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Steve Ballmer admits to poor Windows Mobile execution
Meanwhile other platforms have long since integrated more advanced features and improved user interfaces. Although Microsoft still holds a sizeable portion of the market, the company has seen its strongest hardware partner, HTC, turn more of its attention to Android, while Palm outright confirmed it has no plans to produce any more Windows Mobile phones.
Ballmer assured the crowd that these delays would not happen again and that they are bringing in new talent to help with the development. In the same vein, the Microsoft executive spoke with TechCrunch and reiterated they have no plans on selling a Microsoft-branded phone -- even though recent leaks point to the contrary. He also used the opportunity to take a shot at Apple, claiming how a company that makes its own hardware can only dominate "niche" categories like media players, not something as massive as smartphones.
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tengeta said:
Finally cleaning up the development lines... hopefully Apple will follow suit eventually.
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T77 said:
apple can be one of the major players in the smartphone market in the coming years.
microsoft takes a lot of time to release updates,apple is much faster in this regard
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As a Senior level C++ Software Developer I'm NOT surprised at all! These things are at the core of Microsoft's problems:
- overall arrogance of Microsoft;
- poor quality of implementation;
- over-complexity of algorithms;
- inconsistency with Win32 API for different platforms;
- inability to create bugs-free codes.
What else could you expect after putting all these things together?
S. Kostrov.
Calgary, AB
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I have a HTC windows mobile and a blackberry. guess which one I prefer. sorry Microsoft, stick to desktops.
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