No. Giving things away doesn't create any benefit, it massively devalues the product. Apple don't need to give away iPhones. Samsung don't need to give away Galaxys. Microsoft need to give away WiPhos.
I reviewed a Lumia 800 recently on Talk3G. The Lumia, and WiPho, have a long way to go. I returned mine. One day MS may get there, but that day is not today.
Wait... his phone was faster than a Windows phone, so they gave him a Windows computer?
Thank God for eBay.
Probably gave him a cheap Windows comp, sell on Ebay for i7 Quadcore Windows 7 gaming rig![]()
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Its all about creating buzz for the product
You are correct. I used a Samsung Focus for less than two months. The quality of the apps in the Marketplace is pure ****. Not one good GTD app, nothing. One or two decent Twitter apps but that's it.
Once you get passed the five seconds of ooohs and aaaaahs on the stupid Live Tiles, you actually want to USE the smartphone. And the apps are where it's at, but in the Marketplace, it's pure ****.
damn. I'd like to have been able to take an old iPhone (I've still got a 3G), and give this a shot. Either way I come away with something free
My experience is totally opposite of yours. Also got myself Focus to test out straight talk. Quality of apps in marketplace is actually pretty good. All the apps I used on ios are on windows phone, some work better than ios ones. Live times and windows phone mango are much better than ios and its grid system. MS is doing the right thing. They are getting phones into as many hands as possible and at the same time trying to attract as many developers as possible. and OS is actually very nicely done.
So Things, Omnifocus, Firetask, Tweetbot, Twitterriffic Premium, QuickCal, Cyclemeter, B.iCycle, and all the rest are on Windows Phone 7 now? And some of these have apps that work perfectly on the tablet along with their respective desktop counterparts?
Sorry, I have to raise the BS Flag.
And what about people who want nothing to do with Facebook? Who gives a **** about updating your status on Facebook? There's more to smartphones than weather widgets and updating your Facebook status.
Ah, its April mean that this deal of getting a laptop it over by now....![]()
I went to challenge them last week at the Santa Clara store and I got beaten so bad. I wonder how he was able to update his status so fast.
BTW, updating the facebook status with WP is pretty east. Just open up the Me tile, click status, type the MSG and click save. The whole process takes less then 5 seconds to do it...