Comment Uhm, wut? (Score 1) 391
I like the new Win 7 phones, especially the HTC and Samsung ones and Win Phone 7 looks fairly comfortable with nice big UI buttons. Will definitely be looking into one next year when my contract is up.
However, the ZunePass, currently, is probably not going to be much of a crowd pleaser. iTunes Music Store has the music market pretty much sown up at the moment. That might change however, because a lot of people like Steve Jobs even less than they do Ballmer, which takes some doing.
I also think Xbox live integration will be interesting for some but probably not be much of a deciding factor either. There aren't enough Xbox gamers who use Live to make a dent in the phone market.
Similarly, Windows Live is not Facebook or Twitter.
And finally the Office integration is a good deal for business people, but it won't make that much of a difference in the consumer market.
No, what will decide the market is apps and word of mouth popularity. Android got off to a slow start but has now overtaken the iPhone. WinPhone 7 can do this as well if the phones are good value for money and perform well without too many bugs. Consumers don't care who the phone comes from, but they do care if it's popullar with others and works well enough for them.