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1. phillymjs

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   06/29, 02:25pm | report spam | close reply

   Fresh coat of paint...

   ...same outhouse underneath.

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1. mullum

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   06/29, 02:28pm | report spam | close reply

   phone?

   to call it "phone", I dont think is very forward thinking, they may eventually need to change it again as devices evolve/converge.

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1. koolkid1976

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   06/29, 02:29pm | report spam | (1 reply) close | reply

   Microsoft...

   ...always ditching names to avoid associated stigmas. I'm surprise they didn't call it Windows Phone Platform Live.

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1. JeffHarris

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   06/29, 02:32pm | report spam | (1 reply) close | reply

   Wow!

   Another Me-Too-Moment™ courtesy of Microsoft!

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1. 64stang06

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   06/29, 02:34pm | report spam | close reply

   Bing!

   You mean it's not called "Windows Bing Phone"?

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1. jpellino

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   Ooh! Hexagons!

   That changes EVERYTHING!

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1. G4_Kessel

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   06/29, 03:51pm | report spam | close reply

   LOL

   Bua-HaHaHaHaHa!!!! Effin Microsoft and their retarded naming conventions!

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1. Salty

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   06/29, 03:56pm | report spam | close reply

   Maybe...

   Maybe they're hoping it starts getting called wphone, in which case people might think that since iPhone is before Wphone, then the Wphone must be newer and shinier.

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1. testudo

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   Re: Maybe

   But the problem is they stuck with the one letter in the alphabet that is multi-syllabic. So 'dou-ble-u-phone' does not roll off the tongue, or any other body part for that matter.

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1. testudo

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   Re: LOL

   Bua-HaHaHaHaHa!!!! Effin Microsoft and their retarded naming conventions!
   
   Let's see. You complain when they give things boring names "Windows Phone" and complain when they come up with 'new' names, like "zune" or "bing".
   
   They could follow Apple's model and just start everything with a specific letter (iMac, iPod, iPhone, iLife, iWork, etc). Or give them cutesy names for the sake of being cute, like "Quartz", "Airport Extreme", or "Grand Central".

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1. Wingsy

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   06/29, 04:22pm | report spam | close reply

   Re-branding

   Wish someone would count how many time MS took one of their existing "technologies" and slapped a new name on it to make the unsuspecting consumer think they have something brand new.

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1. nat

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   06/29, 08:11pm | report spam | close reply

   testudo

   where you been? i for one have not missed your stupid blatherings.

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1. twodales

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   06/29, 08:12pm | report spam | close reply

   @testudo

   06/29, 8:09pm, edt
   At least it works.
   What is a MP3 player called?
   iPod
   What is a smart phone called? iPhone
   What is a broadcast over the internet called? Pod cast
   What is any thing Microsoft called? Horse p***.

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1. winterspan

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   pig, lipstick, etc

   Doesn't matter what you call it, the fact is that Windows Mobile 6.5 is the same old POS Windows mobile.
   
   It compiles to ARMv4 from circa 1999, can't take advantage of a FP unit, DSP, SIMD or anything else on modern ARM chipsets.
   
   It's based on the core from the ancient windows CE.
   
   It's graphics library is based on the ancient GDI , without any kind of hardware acceleration --- directX, OpenGL, or otherwise.
   
   The user interface is frustrating and terribly counter-intuitive, being built without any thought to user experience, and it's "touchscreen" controls are tiny buttons created solely for input from a stylus.
   
   Overall, it's slow, buggy, and unstable.
   
   The only thing good about it is that supports the .NET framework.
   
   
   As a .NET developer, If they got off their a** and made something modern and high quality like the iPhone OS, WebOS, or Android that takes advantage of new ARM architectures and GPUs, has a brand new WPF-like interface layer, and has full .NET support I would jump ship in heartbeat.

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1. winterspan

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   06/29, 08:41pm | report spam | (1 reply) close | reply

   pig, lipstick, etc

   Doesn't matter what you call it, the fact is that Windows Mobile 6.5 is the same old POS Windows mobile.
   
   It compiles to ARMv4 from circa 1999, can't take advantage of a FP unit, DSP, SIMD or anything else on modern ARM chipsets.
   
   It's based on the core from the ancient windows CE.
   
   It's graphics library is based on the ancient GDI , without any kind of hardware acceleration --- directX, OpenGL, or otherwise.
   
   The user interface is frustrating and terribly counter-intuitive, being built without any thought to user experience, and it's "touchscreen" controls are tiny buttons created solely for input from a stylus.
   
   Overall, it's slow, buggy, and unstable.
   
   The only thing good about it is that supports the .NET framework.
   
   
   As a .NET developer, If they got off their a** and made something modern and high quality like the iPhone OS, WebOS, or Android that takes advantage of new ARM architectures and GPUs, has a brand new WPF-like interface layer, and has full .NET support I would jump ship in heartbeat.

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1. LordJohnWhorfin

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   06/30, 01:25am | report spam | close reply

   So much creativity...

   If only it extended to their software development skills. It's not like it's only competing with the iPhone now, the market is packed with worthy contenders: Android, Palm, Symbian. And next to any of them, Microsoft's offering looks right out of the '90s whether you call it PocketPC, Windows Mobile or Windows Phone. Damage control time in Redmond... they got complacent and it could very well cost them the smartphone market. Heads will roll.

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1. shawnde

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   06/30, 03:08am | report spam | close reply

   re: Microsoft

   @koolkid1976
   
   That was funny. Another suggestion would be "Windows Phone Presentation Foundation" !! I don't know where they get this stuff.
   
   With Apple we have Aqua, with Microsoft we have Windows Presentation Foundation. Just because Bill Gates has a stupid money-laundering foundation, they want to use the word "Foundation" everywhere.
   
   And who knows what happens to all those non-phone devices that used to run Windows Mobile (or Windows CE). So now you'll have a tablet, which is running Windows Phone, but it's not a phone! That's great.