Poll: iPhone 6...
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Microsoft are a total joke at the moment. They've sat back and relied on their dual cash cows of Windows and Office for far too long and, now both are becoming decreasingly relevant, they have no idea what to do and are just chucking mud at the wall to see what sticks.
Their phone and tablet strategy is in tatters - hopelessly late to the party and without a hope of ever competing with iOS and Android. Their Windows 8 strategy is comical. They saddled the desktop version with a touch interface no one needed or wanted and are now busy backpedalling like crazy to appease people. The tablet RT version was a total waste of time as no developers are interested in supporting it as iOS and Android cover the vast majority of the market and, without apps, no-one will buy the hardware. The Pro version is decent, after three iterations and totally shafting anyone who bought into the first couple of generations, but will always remain a niche product for the relatively tiny minority who want or need full Windows on a tablet.
It may take a good few years but Microsoft are dead in the consumer space. They got complacent and took far too long to switch tack when everything went mobile. It reminds me of their massive U-turn in the 90s when Bill Gates suddenly realised that the Internet wasn't just a passing fad but was the future. It's to his credit that he saw what was happening, admitted they'd got it wrong and turned the whole company on a six-pence. The problem is the same has happened with the mobile revolution but, this time, they had the totally clueless Ballmer in charge and he didn't have a clue what to do.
All too little too late for Microsoft now. They'd do better to focus on server stuff like Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server etc and cloud services like Azure. Remember when people referred to the "Wintel" monopoly? Those days are long gone, the consumer space belongs to Apple and Google now.
Their phone and tablet strategy is in tatters - hopelessly late to the party and without a hope of ever competing with iOS and Android. Their Windows 8 strategy is comical. They saddled the desktop version with a touch interface no one needed or wanted and are now busy backpedalling like crazy to appease people. The tablet RT version was a total waste of time as no developers are interested in supporting it as iOS and Android cover the vast majority of the market and, without apps, no-one will buy the hardware. The Pro version is decent, after three iterations and totally shafting anyone who bought into the first couple of generations, but will always remain a niche product for the relatively tiny minority who want or need full Windows on a tablet.
It may take a good few years but Microsoft are dead in the consumer space. They got complacent and took far too long to switch tack when everything went mobile. It reminds me of their massive U-turn in the 90s when Bill Gates suddenly realised that the Internet wasn't just a passing fad but was the future. It's to his credit that he saw what was happening, admitted they'd got it wrong and turned the whole company on a six-pence. The problem is the same has happened with the mobile revolution but, this time, they had the totally clueless Ballmer in charge and he didn't have a clue what to do.
All too little too late for Microsoft now. They'd do better to focus on server stuff like Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server etc and cloud services like Azure. Remember when people referred to the "Wintel" monopoly? Those days are long gone, the consumer space belongs to Apple and Google now.
See also: their delay in bringing Office to iPad because they were arrogant enough to think that people would sit around and wait for a tablet that ran Windows to be released instead of just finding an alternative product that was 'good enough' - Box.net, Google Docs/Drive, QuickOffice etc.
I'd like to see them turn it around because competition is healthy, but I fear in the mobile space they've "done a BlackBerry" by assuming that their market share was because people wanted their products, as opposed to a lack of alternative options. Consumers don't and never have specifically chosen Microsoft products - they chose Sony, Dell, HP, whatever, and Microsoft came with it, and was the name they saw when their computers acted up.
I'd like to see them turn it around because competition is healthy, but I fear in the mobile space they've "done a BlackBerry" by assuming that their market share was because people wanted their products, as opposed to a lack of alternative options. Consumers don't and never have specifically chosen Microsoft products - they chose Sony, Dell, HP, whatever, and Microsoft came with it, and was the name they saw when their computers acted up.
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The Alpha is on my list of potential new phone candidates, while looking at benchmarks I see it consistently scoring very well, the Sony z3c has also just entered my list as I've only just noticed how good it is and looks, i recomend any iphone buyers also look at the Sony z3c as it has apple worthy styling and size.
I don't fully understand why MS are getting rid of the Nokia name either, they still have another 8-9 years of licensing left so plenty of time to change it in the future. I can see them wanting a unified front, on the other hand they did have a Microsoft phone almost ready to release at one point then they scrapped it. To me it would make more sense to have MS phones and Nokia Phones, but then that's competing against themselves.
There are phones out there that do compete with the iPhone - which is why I jumped ship for my current phone - but i'm yet to find one that does all functions as well as one. The iPhone certainly isn't flawless either.
The TouchID does cut down on the appeal of stealing them as well as increase security for the data on your phone. Such as the wipe your phone features in iCloud. There are loads of functions built into iOS that you can set up straight from the box, where as Android you have to go source something which is similar and in my experience are never as good.
The TouchID does cut down on the appeal of stealing them as well as increase security for the data on your phone. Such as the wipe your phone features in iCloud. There are loads of functions built into iOS that you can set up straight from the box, where as Android you have to go source something which is similar and in my experience are never as good.
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I just don't trust Microsoft not to totally screw up, the last mobile project they tried by themselves gave us the Kin. I don't fully understand why they had to buy Nokia either. If you have to purchase an OEM to ensure they keep building Windows Phone devices then surely you're just papering over the cracks in the ecosystem.
Office 365 has been around forever now, I think we're on release 15. Why isn't Windows Phone MDM built in at no extra cost? Where is the equivalent of Apple's VPP for apps? The amount of opportunities that are being thrown away is mind boggling.
Apple are beating Microsoft at Enterprise as far as mobile goes, and that says a lot.
Office 365 has been around forever now, I think we're on release 15. Why isn't Windows Phone MDM built in at no extra cost? Where is the equivalent of Apple's VPP for apps? The amount of opportunities that are being thrown away is mind boggling.
Apple are beating Microsoft at Enterprise as far as mobile goes, and that says a lot.
But they have no sense. Look at MSN Messenger - a popular messaging client that was used by millions of people. Then they decided they should buy Skype, kill MSN and move everyone over to that for messaging instead. Cue everyone leaving to other messaging systems. Hopeless MS, totally hopeless.
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Not impressed with the current deals on the iPhone. I'm due an upgrade in November - will see if I can get a better deal via retentions. If not I think I will grab an Android device.
My word, I've just seen Apple's latest promotional brainwashing materials.
I don't know whether to cry or laugh at the fact that they claim the IC in the Apple Watch is the first ever implementation in history of an SoC.
I think I'll just laugh because it's healthier.
I don't know whether to cry or laugh at the fact that they claim the IC in the Apple Watch is the first ever implementation in history of an SoC.
I think I'll just laugh because it's healthier.
I don't get this fascination with smart watches, and I'll probably end up eating my words but I'm sure it's a fad that will pass, a bit like 3D TV.
The only reason people are drawn to the watch form factor is because all the sci-fi TV shows where people talked into their wrist were made before the idea of the mobile phone existed. A device that you have to carry at the same time as your phone, charge daily, and only really alerts you to things that are happening on your phone is utterly pointless.
The only reason people are drawn to the watch form factor is because all the sci-fi TV shows where people talked into their wrist were made before the idea of the mobile phone existed. A device that you have to carry at the same time as your phone, charge daily, and only really alerts you to things that are happening on your phone is utterly pointless.
I'm sure there'll be some reasoning behind their claims - perhaps it's more "integrated" than any previous SoCs? Who knows? Who cares? It's all just marketing rubbish at the end of the day and Apple do it better than anyone, as evidenced by their success. At least their entire marketing strategy doesn't revolve around "but but it's better than an iPad/iPhone!" as does Samsung & Microsoft's
Did they actually give you a new sim or did they cut it ?
I'm also interested in this as i'm wondering what would be the best way to go about it. Have cut a few mini sim's into micro sim size, but don't think I want to try cutting one into a nano sim.
Last time I called into my closest Three store the guy was very good, so hopefully he's still there.
