Windows Phone 7 initial sales estimates underwhelming

Nonetheless, they cannot dominate everything on the market. It's already enough.

My initial thoughts are:
It doesnt look asthetically pleasing. The GUI and case equally dull, the phone doesnt look very savvy at a glance. And I like Microsoft but Im not a big fan of the Windows symbol right there on the phone..

How those first 40,000 perceive it will be a big factor. If they like it and make others want it, then Microsoft's market share will expand.

The advertising wasn't great, though i somewhat liked the concept itself there are better ways of promoting speed and simplicity.

This is pretty awesome I was thinking of buying one but I wanted to wait for trusted reviews, anyone on the forum/comments have anything to say?
It seems nice and all i dont have a iphone or a droid i have a (blackberry) so ? what do u guys think
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If you're looking at the MyTouch slide, you might like the Motorola Droid 1 or 2, or the Desire Z, or even the sprint epic 4G.

Not true; the only thing that really matters is OS version(which most of the times can be upgraded; even the G1 can easily run Froyo), and resolution. WP will eventually have these problems as well, with new devices being introduced.

Android(or at least the Google Apps for Android) did the same thing in 2008; now these standards are outdated.

If you'd root your phone, you'd be easily able to remove it, and almost all android phones are rootable.

How can you define the difference between bloatware and genuinly useful features like sense?

ms needs new and fresh ideas of their own. copy-paste was a good paradigm in 1981 (Apple Computer popularized that with the Lisa and Macintosh os)

I can't say I'm surprised. WP7 is not necessarily a failure, but it will definitely never be a success with Android and iOS on the market. And yes, I used the word never.

To put it all in a nutshell; WP7 is late, has a bad history with previous mobile OS and that Android / iOS have already captured much of the market. But we can't discount WP7 just yet. So we'll have to wait to see how its evolves (or not)?

They're a tad bit late.

I really like winmo7. I hope it takes off. The more competition, the merrier

I wouldnt say never, more its very very very unlikely.

One of the best things that Android had going for it was, it wasn't Apple, people wanted an iPhone alternative and the Android OS delivered just that. Windows 7 just doesnt have that edge that will make the masses migrate

bill gates should do a ad for wp7.nevertheless i think it would be a huge success.
android.iphone have their fanboys. but till now windows mobile had only hateboys..
so would take time..

I think sales are pretty low because:
1) Those who are considering buying a WP7 (or other smartphone) are waiting for the reviews.
2) Most of those who had smartphones already, upgraded this summer and had a lot to choose from. Why would they upgrade after just a few months.
3) The holidays season is near so they might plan to buy one then.
4) People need to see a WP7 commercial with the Old Spice guy in it

WP7 is a refreshing but 'incomplete' platform for now, they need to burn more cash + effort to 'complete' it for it to become competitive with the rest of the lot; I think it will take about 1-2 years period for them to do it. If they do it rightly, they may end up having the best user interface with the right feature set and most importantly the 'user experience'.

i think that the windows phone didnt just get enough attention. the buyers are exposed more on the existing systems like apple and android since they are a lot more publicized and a lot more reviewed. maybe its one effect of starting late in the race. windows is a good platform. it just needs to catch up a little more

If that's saturated, what do you think about the PC market, which sold 306 million in 2009?

The marketing is at fault here and also because of very few good phones being released and hose that are good have only a limited number in stock.
They were betting on the "7" naming scheme and they didn't really put enough effort.

Huh?

You said its "very very very unlikely," but then you go ahead and pretty much explain the very reason why I used the word never.

Trying to compare both markets just nullifies any possible chance of argument.

You can't compare the mobile market with the PC market. I assure you the PC market doesn't sell 200,000 PCs every day. Not to mention, that in the long run, you actually end up paying even more than what a PC costs when you purchase a phone.

Microsoft has to bring some special on Mobile OS otherwise it will be failure only.