Comment Re:Ok, I'm convinced (Score 1) 213
so what's great about WP7 is that it will tie the phone to the Windows Desktop PC? Leveraging that desktop worked for desktop products but it has never worked for them otherwise. Seeing how Android is already hear and moving forward fast, WP7 without any compelling reason over the competition is a yawner.
There's nothing which ties the phone to a PC except for loading music and video. That isn't even limited to Windows because there is a Mac sync client in beta. You can set up your Windows Phone, sync all your contacts from Windows Live, Google Contacts or Exchange without even touching a PC. Even photos you take can automatically be synced to Skydrive, Facebook or both.
And what's up with using Sliverlight as the "native" development platform for WP7? I would have figured it would have been MS
You don't seem to understand that Silverlight is the