I think the form facter was nailed with the Xperia Play, possibly a bigger screen.

What Sony should do is take the Xperia Play concept, put in the dual core processor (like modern Android phones like the Galaxy SII, HTC Sensation, Motorola Atrix, etc) and I think it could work.

On the other hand I dont own the Xperia Play due to lack of content, so I think content does matter.

Considering Android is so far out in market penetration compared to Windows Phone this is sounding like sour grapes from Ballmer.

Don't get me wrong, the interface on Windows Phone 7 isn't half bad (could do with some cool skins), Phone 7 with HTC Sense looks amazing and the interface is simple to use.

However the marketplace still doesn't have a diverse range of apps and games that the App Store and Android Marketplace have. Impart from that iOS5, Windows Phone 7 and Android are all pretty much on equel footing. They all preform the same functions, they are very easy to use and except the iPhone: modern releases have dual core phones.

Microsoft right now is paying the price for having a really bad product. Windows Mobile had a cumborsome interface, too reliant on a pen & too office/corporate focused for mainstream adoption not to mention I found it to be an unreliable, horribly designed product.

The whole "Windows on Phones" as a brand has been tarnished in the past. Its a matter of advertising.

Still with that being said, I stand by what I said: he's just coming off as a sore loser. Especially when the whole "cheap" argument goes out the window when you look at what has actually been selling (Samsung Galaxy S & SII, HTC Desire, Motorola Droid, etc).

Which is why he said he wasn't sure if parent was trolling or ignorant. If parent was serious in his views on the dock, then he would consider parent 'ignorant'.

How is that any different from all previous iPhones, Android phones, desktops, etc?
Are not all upgrades incremental? Otherwise it would be a new product.

For a regular married man, yes. This is Slashdot.

Doesn't really make sense:

Windows 95: Bad
Windows NT4: Good
Windows 98: Good
Windows 2000 Professional: Very Good (prehaps their best desktop OS ever)
Windows Me: Bad
Windows XP: Bad
Windows Vista: Bad
Windows 7: Good
Windows 8: Bad

The heading alone suggested they were being anticompetitive until you read the mandate is not so much for not filing patents for their work: but mandating they open source their work. Its essensially not Intel being anticompetitive but Intel preventing their funding being used for anticompetitive purposes.

I always heard Vista was bad but that bad?

Didnt South Park teach you anything?

Don't give them ideas, there is already too much interspecies erotica on the web as it is!

Im Australian = you fail

The High Court usually only hears cases that people argue goes against the Consitution and doesn't hear appeal cases too much.

I think Aaron Barr deserved a nomination, Sony deserved one winning nominaiton for everything mentioned above and possibly a Lifetime Achievement award down the track.

Not all regions, I haven't been able to change my email address OR password on my PSN account. Considering I want to close down the email address, and would like to change the password (as I like to change all my passwords peridocically) I am still not happy with Sony.

Then the judge would have to be removed from the bench for conflict of interest.