The_Rev Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 The Xbox is getting increasingly important for Microsoft. They can "own" the living room with that thing in the medium term, but areas where they have traditionally been strong are really starting to slip away from them. Windows Phone is lovely, but like most people, I like it but would never buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2013 Microsoft will be fine in the long run... they'll be just like IBM before them, IMO. Nearly irrelevant in the main areas of technology, but with decent R&D and enough legacy business to stay around. They might even make a move into services, a la IBM and Unisys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Yeah, in the Enterprise and SMB space Microsoft are getting more traction if anything, much to my dismay. When Google cloud services are so obviously utterly superior to Exchange + Office 2010 + Server 2008 + SQL which it seems everyone has, it really does cause some perplexation. So I think we're now seeing this kind of consolidation pattern: Utter noobs, chavs and women: Apple Tech-savvys and main consumer market: Google SMB/Enterprise groupware: Microsoft Commodity hosted: Linux server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Had the 8S for a week, swapped it for the 8X, had it for just about a month and now sold it. Advice to self: Dont buy a windows phone again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Had the 8S for a week, swapped it for the 8X, had it for just about a month and now sold it. Advice to self: Dont buy a windows phone again. I think that's good advice to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I got an 8S today, seems pretty decent, though I don't like how the Microsoft Account syncs in all of your Hotmail stuff, especially if you only use an old Hotmail account for rubbish emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 So my wife has bought a Lumia 520 as the screen on her Xperia Tipo is too small. So the inevitable happens, can I set it up for her. Slight issue as the Lumia takes a micro sim and the Tipo a normal size one. No problem I thought, I can set it up via WiFi, sort out her her email account and then when she gets her micro sim its good to go...........wrong. Apparently if for any reason you don't complete the account set up first time round the phone throws up a very useful error code and you simply cannot then set up a hotmail account. You have to reset the phone. For a budget handset the Lumia appear a nice phone, just let down badly by the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 You can cut down a normal size SIM (which is actually a mini sim) with a pair of scissors if you are careful, or you can probably buy a SIM cutter from Amazon or some local phone repair shop for less than a fiver. Not the best solution in the world, but it helps if you are impatient. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 She is off to the O2 shop in Merry Hill to get them to supply one and transfer the number. If I try to cut it down and bugger it up I will never hear the last of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Microsoft buys Nokia devices Division. Was always going to happen when their goal of having multiple partners ended up with it just being Nokia. So the dream of a Nokia Nexus is dead. Sniff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) Could be a good move by Microsoft as Nokia have been making some nice looking phones. Will HTC and Samsung stop developing Windows phones. One interesting point to make though is that while they have brought Nokias phone making operation they are unable to use the Nokia brand. Edited September 6, 2013 by lp_villa830 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) I don't understand how this isn't a criminal offense. A Microsoft mole gets made CEO, ditches their new OS (Maemo), dedicates the company to Windows phone crapware, tanks the share price, the company sells to MS, and then the Microsoft mole gets a nice new job and more responsibility at MS. It's **** scandalous. **** everything about Microsoft. Edited September 6, 2013 by Davkaus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 6, 2013 Administrator Share Posted September 6, 2013 Are you suggesting that Microsoft planned something and it worked as designed? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Does anyone have a windows phone? Are they any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 No. No. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 See my post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Ok. Consensus is its horrible. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Nothing inherently wrong really but nothing overtly good. Its just there. Existing. Like a phone version of Keanu Reeves. He's still around but you don't really give a ****. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Like most Microsoft products, they watch something happen, realise it's become big, then attempt to worm their way back into a trend they completely missed with an inferior product e.g. Zune Internet Explorer Xbox (only hung in there until now from massive loss-making investment) Windows Phone Surface They have no idea how to innovate and think that just by throwing money at something rubbish, they can con people into buying them. The main problem with Windows Phone is that it's too late. The market is already saturated by Apple and Android manufacturers. There's no point to anyone developing for such a small platform that isn't growing particularly quickly and only has a few phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Ignore the Apple boys. Windows Phone > iPhone. It does everything an iPhone does and more. I know it doesn't come with one of those little Apple badges that the kids are so impressed by but if you can get over that, it has everything you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts