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    “Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."

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    AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually

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    Image of dallasmay dallasmay
    09/25/09

    In reply to “Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
    I'll say the browser in the Zune HD is "not perfect". It's not even good.

    [www.viddler.com]
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    09/25/09

    @dallasmay: Shaddup
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    09/25/09

    @Xeno: Right, I forgot. This is 2009, the year MS is perfect and beyond critique.

    Did you watch the video? The Zune browser doesn't even match the iPhone from '07. But then again, no one should be surprised right? I mean, IE 8 doesn't even match Mobile Safari.

    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    09/25/09

    In reply to “Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
    I personally love Windows Mobile 6.1!
    Oh wait, that's because I have an HTC Touch Pro 2 with TouchFLO 3D.
    At least HTC got WinMo right, now I'm just waiting for my 6.5 upgrade.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    09/25/09

    @OMGWTF_BBQ:

    My brother just recently purchased a TP2 as well. It is super slick and I can't wait to see how much 6.5 improves it.
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    09/25/09

    @OMGWTF_BBQ: [forum.xda-developers.com] your upgrade is waiting.
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    Image of drewkkake drewkkake
    09/25/09

    In reply to “Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
    I'm glad that it hasn't already launched, because it would most likely be half-baked. Now that they're throwing 1000+ people into the project and they have more serious competition than ever, I know they'll keep it in the oven until it's something that people will actually want on a phone.

    I'd much prefer delayed quality to immediate crappiness.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/25/09

    In reply to “Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
    Ok, now that we've heard it direct from Ballmer, can we finally make with the "WinMo sucks" jokes without getting caveated and counter-pointed to death? Hmm? Let's find out.

    WinMo sucks. Die!
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    09/24/09

    In reply to “Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
    Um yea. Because when Motorola can produce a good phone from its mobile death bed, you know you fu --errr messed up badly.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/24/09

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Or ARE fucked up, because you'd think something like that could only happen in a purple haze.
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    09/25/09

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: How about we wait for the CLIQ to go on sale before touting its greatness.

    Nobody called Jesus a messiah until he returned from the dead.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButtâ„¢
    09/24/09

    In reply to “Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
    So is Ballmer referring to himself in the third person like The Rock?

    Ballmer: "Ballmer says..."
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    Image of dingus dingus
    09/24/09

    @DustyButtâ„¢: More like The Hulk.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    09/24/09

    @dingus: I was thinking The Todd.
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    Image of Tolgak Tolgak
    09/25/09

    @dingus: BALLMER SMASH!!!
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    09/25/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Developers Five!
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/06/09

    In reply to Symbian^4 Will Break S60 App Compatibility
    Ah Symbian.
    The little train that said, "I think I can, but why bother?"
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    08/06/09

    In reply to Symbian^4 Will Break S60 App Compatibility
    Can anything stop this robotic duck from it's quack-quackery and bathtub hi-jinx?
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    dingus promoted this comment Edited by Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. at 08/06/09 12:07 AM Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. was starred Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. was unstarred
    Image of lpranal lpranal
    12/05/08

    In reply to AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually
    Not to sound like the fanboy ass that i'll be written off as anyway, but almost all of my "support nightmare" here at work is windows mobile. people with blackberries have a learning curve, but they generally manage fine by themselves, mostly the same for iPhonies such as myself.
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    12/05/08

    @lpranal: RIM is a "set-it-and-forget-it" set-up. Type in the server info and you're ready to go.


    It's not that my iPhone doesn't have that ease-of-use capability; I suspect that my company is running some older version of Exchange that the iPhone doesn't play well with. It's not an issue with RIM, though.

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    Image of sebas0069 sebas0069
    12/05/08

    In reply to AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually
    I beleive ATT is asking for all smartphone to be like Apple's iPhone. Take care of your shit! I'll sell it for you but you fix your problems. I think it's a good strategy. Basically, all Smartphone will be third-party soon! I think it's a win win for Apple and ATT. Apple is already set up, so I expect more convert from other smartphone. And for the ones that won't convert, more bandwith left supported smartphones.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/05/08

    @sebas0069: To hell with Apple. They make a dandy phone, but what say does a telco have in the kind of OS hardware vendors use? Shouldn't the decision be up to them?
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    12/05/08

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, and the next thing you know, everyone gets visual voicemail. Is that the world you want to live in?!
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    12/05/08

    @frigg: He's a witch!
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    12/05/08

    In reply to AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually
    Roughly translated:


    We at AT&T harbor a strong and unmoving hatred for all who aren't part of our family. As one of the majority holders of the intertubes, we can now openly express our hatred for all of mankind, with confidence that you complacent, vapid cretins will continue to use our services, and stuff our gluttonous craws with your sucker money. Thank you.

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    12/05/08

    In reply to AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually
    AT&T: "We will support 1 OS and 1 OS only. The only exceptions will be the iPhone, goes without saying, RIM, naturally, Google, of course, Nokia, can't say No to Nokia, Microsoft cause you don't want to get them angry, and maybe one or two others. But aside from those, it's 1 OS ONLY!!!"
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    12/05/08

    In reply to AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually
    Sorry about the double but, the more I think of it, the more I suspect that RIM would get an exemption - or at least become the standard OS.


    RIM makes BlackBerries and BlackBerries make the business world go 'round. Screw with the way a BlackBerry works and you'll spook the business customers. In a down economy where companies are making cutbacks, no company is going to want to have to increase its IT departmental spending because its phone provider has decided to change the way the company's equipment works.


    Either RIM gets special treatment or T-Mobile and Verizon eat AT&T's lunch.

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    12/05/08

    In reply to AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually
    I think if you look in the skies above Redmond, Mountain View, and Irving, you'll see a whole lot of lead balloons.
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    Image of sumocat sumocat
    12/05/08

    In reply to AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually
    Sounds to me like they just threw down the gauntlet. Whoever wants to provide AT&T with their one official OS better step up the awesomeness.


    As far as what defines a "third-party" device, since the concern is tech support, I assume that covers any device for which AT&T does not offer tech support. That includes the iPhone and (I believe) BlackBerries. If a device gets its firmware updates through AT&T, it's an AT&T device.

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    12/05/08

    @sumocat: AT&T is just lazy, that's all this tells me...


    Because, tech-support is one of their "Top" priorities.


    lawl

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