fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to Z80A
Re: Ballmer: killing the iPad is a "job one urgency" I agree with you.
They need to develop the open standard for such a slate like they do the desktop version of 7... they need to make it more compact and leaner to run on a smaller piece of hardware, allow it to integrate between the desktop and multiple smart phones, and then think more "app-like" in the sense of programs that run on it rather than, as you said, making a different piece of hardware running the same ol' programs on it. I think that's what frustrates netbook users, such as myself. Running office on a netbook isn't a pleasant experience for me to say the least.
Personally, one reason I've also not liked M/S is that the mobile devices I've owned, be it a netbook or phone, HAS lacked the software built around it, and in regards to my WM phone I had, the "apps" were $20+ a piece.. I just couldn't justify spending that much on an app so small.
If M/S wants to "kill the iAnything" they need to actually think MORE like the iDevices.. I can say that many users here would like an apple-like experience that isn't locked down. If MS did this, I think that it would either prove or disprove the point, once and for all, if apple would be a swinging company if they'd just open up. And, too, MS really needs to not try to also reinvent an entirely new way to do something JUST to be different. If there is one thing I do like about the apple platforms, is they get the user interface/experience down pretty well. |
