I think this could be the rebuilding of Microsoft. I mean Balmer and the team have done an exceptional jobeso far. As apple are steadily going backwards Microsoft are steadily going forward.
Zune Xbox Windows 7 And hopefully WinMo7.
I was really excited for the iPad but jobs shot me in the balls. I think the iPhone is let down for me Personally because of the way apple goes around things. Although there's a good chance I may end up owning an iPhone if they make a good phone this year I'm more likly to head for WinMo 7 if its as good as I want to be.
The Microsoft-apple Wars are back on and I fro one am really looking forward to being a consumer over the next year
@kris120890 It's nice to dream isn't it? Zune is a flop. You don't see it because you like it a lot but the industry numbers don't lie. WinMo7 will have its captive audience but it might be too little too late and it will have to be purchased by handset makers while Android is free.
You have to decide if you are Microsoft fanboy or a Ballmer fanboy. If you really are rooting for Microsoft, you should be clamoring for a new CEO. Ballmer is not the one. He might have been okay as a number two hatchet man type of fellow, but as the top guy, his vision is either nonexistent or extremely faulty.
@kris120890 "I think this could be the rebuilding of Microsoft. I mean Balmer and the team have done an exceptional jobeso far. As apple are steadily going backwards Microsoft are steadily going forward."
Are you retar -- oops, I mean intellectually challenged? Look at the MSFT share price over the past ten years and then explain what you see in terms of Ballmer doing an "exceptional" job. LOL
@(Unverified) "@kris120890 It's nice to dream isn't it? Zune is a flop. You don't see it because you like it a lot but the industry numbers don't lie."
So is OSX, Macs, Apple TV, MacBook Air, and perhaps the iPAd too using that standard.
"WinMo7 will have its captive audience but it might be too little too late and it will have to be purchased by handset makers while Android is free."
Also, Android is not "free". It is controlled by Google at the price for handset makers not having to buy a licensing fee.
And can you people please stop with this "too little too late" BS? Do you seriously think all of the people that will own smartphones HAVE one? What type of crooked nonsense leads one to such a conclusion is beyond me.
@kris120890 If you feel that way don't buy them. There are plenty of alternatives out there. I don't understand the mindset of "I don't like it so no one else can like it" It's really childish.
@(Unverified): Sure the Zune is a flop on a purely numbers game, but given the limited US only roll out - including the Zune Marketplace, it's not surprising the numbers are low. However, you're lumping that statement in with Windows Mobile 7 (or WindowsPhone). When you talk about moving forward, the smartphone game is STILL anybody's game. Over the next 4 years or so, the percentage of cellphone subscribers using smart devices is going to grow exponentially, as the hardware gets cheaper, and $0 devices become more common.
I think the estimates for market saturation say somewhere around 2015-2016, so plenty of time for ANY of the existing players to have an impact.
I gotta say I also found this...
***I don't understand the mindset of "I don't like it so no one else can like it" It's really childish.***
At least those products make money for Apple. Zune is just a money loser for Microsoft and an equal failure in the marketplace. Funny you include iPad when it hasn't be released. Damn could they start giving IQ checks for Engadget?
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I think this could be the rebuilding of Microsoft. I mean Balmer and the team have done an exceptional jobeso far. As apple are steadily going backwards Microsoft are steadily going forward.
Zune
Xbox
Windows 7
And hopefully WinMo7.
I was really excited for the iPad but jobs shot me in the balls. I think the iPhone is let down for me Personally because of the way apple goes around things. Although there's a good chance I may end up owning an iPhone if they make a good phone this year I'm more likly to head for WinMo 7 if its as good as I want to be.
The Microsoft-apple Wars are back on and I fro one am really looking forward to being a consumer over the next year
@kris120890 It's nice to dream isn't it? Zune is a flop. You don't see it because you like it a lot but the industry numbers don't lie. WinMo7 will have its captive audience but it might be too little too late and it will have to be purchased by handset makers while Android is free.
You have to decide if you are Microsoft fanboy or a Ballmer fanboy. If you really are rooting for Microsoft, you should be clamoring for a new CEO. Ballmer is not the one. He might have been okay as a number two hatchet man type of fellow, but as the top guy, his vision is either nonexistent or extremely faulty.
@Unverified User
why do I have to be a fanboy to like something. Because I'm not a fanboy of apple?
@kris120890 "I think this could be the rebuilding of Microsoft. I mean Balmer and the team have done an exceptional jobeso far. As apple are steadily going backwards Microsoft are steadily going forward."
Are you retar -- oops, I mean intellectually challenged? Look at the MSFT share price over the past ten years and then explain what you see in terms of Ballmer doing an "exceptional" job. LOL
@(Unverified)
"@kris120890 It's nice to dream isn't it? Zune is a flop. You don't see it because you like it a lot but the industry numbers don't lie."
So is OSX, Macs, Apple TV, MacBook Air, and perhaps the iPAd too using that standard.
"WinMo7 will have its captive audience but it might be too little too late and it will have to be purchased by handset makers while Android is free."
Also, Android is not "free". It is controlled by Google at the price for handset makers not having to buy a licensing fee.
And can you people please stop with this "too little too late" BS? Do you seriously think all of the people that will own smartphones HAVE one? What type of crooked nonsense leads one to such a conclusion is beyond me.
@Ed T
Like I care about Share Prices.
Look at apples they've been quite consistent but then look at their products.
iPod touch = crap compared to most other PMPs.
iPod Shuffle = crap
Apple TV = Just plain crap
Macbook Air = crap.
@Ed T he was refering to the great job they have done with improving thier products (which imo they have) not how much money they made
oh i didnt see that kris posted after me nvm
@kris120890
If you feel that way don't buy them. There are plenty of alternatives out there. I don't understand the mindset of "I don't like it so no one else can like it" It's really childish.
@(Unverified)
I think its childish to make things up and to accuse them of something.
@(Unverified): Sure the Zune is a flop on a purely numbers game, but given the limited US only roll out - including the Zune Marketplace, it's not surprising the numbers are low. However, you're lumping that statement in with Windows Mobile 7 (or WindowsPhone). When you talk about moving forward, the smartphone game is STILL anybody's game. Over the next 4 years or so, the percentage of cellphone subscribers using smart devices is going to grow exponentially, as the hardware gets cheaper, and $0 devices become more common.
I think the estimates for market saturation say somewhere around 2015-2016, so plenty of time for ANY of the existing players to have an impact.
I gotta say I also found this...
***I don't understand the mindset of "I don't like it so no one else can like it" It's really childish.***
just a smidge hypocritical.
@kris120890 Now that's a well balanced review. All crap.
@LAY
At least those products make money for Apple. Zune is just a money loser for Microsoft and an equal failure in the marketplace. Funny you include iPad when it hasn't be released. Damn could they start giving IQ checks for Engadget?
@iPad
Wish I could say you were just playing stupid but you just are. If you r not Muntari you wouldn't have asked.
Try thinking. Its brilliant.