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5 Ways Windows Phone 7 Could Bite Into Android

Did you just bump a 7 month old thread to ask how to trouble shoot your Windows phone on an android forum?

Nah, I'm sure It's just my imagination.
 
I do apologize, I thought the LG phone had android apps on it even though it's a windows operating system. That's what happens when you get my age. Any suggestions for the correct forum? Apologies again.
 
I have no idea but you could try googling "Windows phone 7 forum". I'm sure they would be much more helpful.
 
Ha, I read the title of this thread and thought, "wow, this aughta be interesting since it was pretty much a flop at launch... have they somehow started to gain some steam"???

Shoulda figured it was bumped from back in time.
 
Saw an article where MS thought that most apps (android and ios) were underpriced.
If they don't do apps as cheaply, I don't think it will help matters.
And being windows, it will be fair game for more hackers. Especially with Nokia's user base.
 
zuben el genub said:
Saw an article where MS thought that most apps (android and ios) were underpriced.
If they don't do apps as cheaply, I don't think it will help matters.
And being windows, it will be fair game for more hackers. Especially with Nokia's user base.
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True. Expensive apps and Nokia's main markets in emergent nations are a total incongruity.

There is a complete disconnect between Nokia, Microsoft and Nokia's market base.

Like who cares in the third world about Zune. Or Xbox Live. Like who can afford to download music, play their XBL fees, or afford to pay apps? Windows Marketplace doesn't even have payment options beyond 20 countries. For people in those regions, all they are going to see are the free apps, and they're not going to see a lot of it. What people will end up viewing, is much less than grandiose announcements of how many apps Windows Phone is getting each month. (Please note that despite curation, a lot of spam apps are going into Marketplace, which makes your choice of useful free apps, even less).

Nokia's biggest market is China. Ballmer just said 95% of the Microsoft products installed there maybe pirated.
 
There are quite a few Nokia users in India and the near east. I took to reading all the Nokia forums (in English) as some of the American and West European either didn't know an answer or give a damn. You could always find a site to get an app you wanted if Nokia USA said no. Quite a few of the Indians did use the local social apps. A lot of the S60v5 apps were free.

If MS wants these people to switch, they won't. Nokia isn't dropping Symbian right away anyway.

Nokia does make sturdy phones. I had a C6 (still going but with a relative in England) and my voice only user is using a 6085 that is still going strong.

Maybe MS does have a lot of users in China. MS is also complaining about Chinese piracy of Windows.

And I can't Bing anything. Bing's in the host file and forbidden by the firewall.
 
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