One question that goes unanswered to me is that in the coming seven months why should someone buy Windows Mobile when the Windows Phone 7 is coming in the market for the holidays?
Let us check what the senior director of Microsoft, Todd Brix, has to say about this.
In a phone interview to one of the newspapers he said, “People have to obviously decide whether they want to wait for Windows Phone 7 or buy now.” It is very clear that the future will always be advanced in technology than what we are using now he said.
Well, here is a small exception. Microsoft is unveiling the Windows Phone 7 earlier than what it has been scheduled, some eight months before. Moreover, recently it has been announced that Windows Mobile apps will not be working on the new OS. Hence, effectively the demand has been squashed for the OS than what the company is actually selling at present.
Brix says that if an user wants great e-mail experience on the Windows Mobile then the product has it. He also added that the mobile’s Windows Marketplace offers its customers too many productivity and also many business-oriented apps. He suggested in his brief talk with the media that the Windows Mobile will be treated as an affordable enterprise solution.
Brix adds further, “Windows Mobile is a very competitive solution for a lot of things people are trying to do with smartphones today. What we’re trying to do with Windows Phone 7 is push the experience a little higher.”
Brix also confirmed that the company is also expecting some mobile handset manufacturers to release more Windows Mobile 6.5 phones before the release of Windows Phone 7. He also mentioned that the present lineup of the Windows Mobile handsets will go unupgradable to the Windows Phone 7.
He said, “Our plan is to really support both Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile 6.5-based devices … for several years.”
Brix further briefed that the Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets will be cheaper, on an average, than those of the Windows Phone 7 Series.
Hence, it seems that people may opt for Windows Mobile 6.5 because it will be cheaper.
