To add to his, I think it is fair to say everyone who bought a windows phone bought it on the expectation of an evolving ecosystem: the apps weren't/aren't there, the peripherals aren't weren't there. It's that whole chicken and egg thing, that people bought into Windows Phone on the promise of a better tomorrow, nit just what was/is on offer yesterday.
|-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 2:51 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |Yes but you missed the point: new OS generally does mean new features, some of |which you may only get on new devices (this goes without saying). What’s |unacceptable (at least for most of us) is that existing devices will _not_ run |applications that target the new version of the OS _and_ that there is no way for |existing devices to upgrade to a version of the OS that will run those apps. | | | |Exclusions to this expectation are: | |- At some point there always needs to be a cut off for which older devices |won’t be able to get the new OS. For Apple this is typically vN-2. | |- There are some applications that specifically target new features of the OS |that will only run on new hardware (eg they use a new sensor that isn’t available |on older devices), in which case there is an expectation that these won’t work on |old hardware. | | | |Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone |Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in this |email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose |or use the information in this email in any way. Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not |guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions |expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built |to Roam Pty Ltd. | | | |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 2:43 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | |There's temptation to upgrade for latest features. Siri? I doubt that that |supports backwards. | |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Nick Randolph <n...@builttoroam.com> wrote: | |Hummm can’t recall the last time Apple dropped the ball – they support upgrade |for vN-1 devices. | | | |Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone |Development | +61 412 413 425 <tel:%2B61%20412%20413%20425> | @btroam |The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended |recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. |Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached |files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect |the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. | | | |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 2:36 PM | | |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | |Whatsisnames law. It bites just as hard for Android and Apple, so I wouldn't be |blaming Microsoft. | |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:44 PM, David Kean <david.k...@microsoft.com> |wrote: | |I don't why the unhappiness, clearly you were happy with the device when you |bought it, why do you care that a newer device sometime in the future is coming |out? | | |-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:48 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |Now I'm really grumpy... My lumia 800 isn't that old, but now apparently it is :( | | ||-----Original Message----- ||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Burela ||Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 4:52 AM ||To: ozDotNet ||Subject: Windows Phone 8 announced || ||For anyone interested, I put my rough notes online of the Windows Phone ||8 announcement. || ||http://bit.ly/MrWEze ||Some highlights: || ||* Shared core between Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8. ||* New user definable tile sizes (like Windows 8). Can now have 1/4 |sized ||mini tiles to give it more flavour. ||* A new "company hub" that corporate IT can display apps and deploy |from ||their internal servers. ||* Support for new high resolution screens (720p) ||* Existing device aren't upgradeable to 8.0, but existing devices will |get a ||7.8 update that will give some of the features, such as the new tiles. || ||http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/my-notes-from-the-windows- ||phone-8-announcement/ ||<http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/my-notes-from-the-windows- ||%0d%0a%7Cphone-8-announcement/> || ||-David Burela ||Regional Technical Evangelist ||Infragistics | | | | | | | | | | | | |-- |Meski | | http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv <http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv> | | |"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, |but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills | | | | | | | | | |-- |Meski | | http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv <http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv> | | |"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, |but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills | |
