Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Why Nobody Will Play Nice With Windows Phone 7 - NYTimes.com

Also see Windows Phone Marketplace Beats Android Market to 50,000 Apps for related analysis

Charlie Kindel, an entrepreneur who recently left Microsoft’s Windows Phone team to start his own company, wrote a blog post Monday on why the software still hasn’t taken off. He breaks down what each party in the cellphone business wants — most notably, the carrier and the hardware maker.

The carrier wants to control the customer experience, and the manufacturer wants to own that and the hardware design as well. This is precisely why Windows Phone 7 faces hurdles, Mr. Kindel says.

Why Nobody Will Play Nice With Windows Phone 7 - NYTimes.com

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