Why is the Windows Phone Failing?

[ via Business Insider ] 27 Dec

A former GM who used to work on Windows Phone 7 for Microsoft, Charlie Kindel, took to his personal blog today with some thoughts on why Microsoft's mobile efforts seem so stagnant.

According to Kindel, Android is crushing iOS and Windows Phone 7 when it comes to market-share simply because its open platform allows manufacturers and carriers to get away with whatever they want, while cranking out dozens of devices a year.

Here's Kindel:

Google has been wildly successful with Android (at least in terms of units) because Android was built to reduce friction between all sides of the market. It ‘bows down’ to the device manufactures AND the carriers. It enabled device manufactures to do what they do best (build lots of devices). It enabled carriers to do what they do best (market lots of devices). It enabled users tons of choice. My hypothesis is that it also enables too much fragmentation that will eventually drive end users nuts.

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Nokia Lumia 800 may be the best Windows Phone ever !!

Full Story: POPSCI

People say Nokia makes great hardware, but terrible software. And the review by POPSCI says that Lumia, Nokia's first Windows Phone may perhaps be the best Windows Phone once people get to know it. The reviewers longs: Bring this phone to America, Please!!

This phone isn't new, exactly. It has previously existed as the Nokia N9, a thoroughly odd outlier of a phone that may be the only phone to ever use the MeeGo operating system. It uses Windows Phone 7.5, with a few Nokia-centric additions like Nokia Maps, Nokia Music, and Nokia Drive (turn-by-turn navigation). 

But mostly, what's new is some solid hardware for Windows Phone.

Thats what the review says - read full story for more

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