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It's generally agreed upon that this entire UI is temporary and unfinished, yeah? Because what I see of it so far, especially the Music app is just.....Yuck.

But that's the thing, a lot of new and growing apps and services, *don't* have a web presence. You can't use Instagram in a browser, for example, because there's no website. It only lives in a mobile app. More and more start-ups are following this model. Microsoft's 'universal apps'...

I guess you haven't used a modern smartphone lately. There are a ton of apps on iOS that aren't re-skinned websites, that are basically mobile-only and need access to the phone functions: things like Square credit card readers, Parrot drones, Go Pro camera control apps, Pebble watch apps...

Given the amount of dev support for RT/Modern and Windows Phone apps, I'm not confident any major 3rd party devs *care*. I mean, Microsoft had to create their own Facebook app, because Fb just didn't give a fig.

But there's a crucial difference: Apple holds the 5% of the PC market that's extremely profitable, the high end >$900 computer market, where they don't get their heads bashed in on margin. Microsoft holds 3-5% of of the mobile market, largely made up of entry level devices like the 520, where...

Maybe, but Amazon will never be able to recreate the ambience of a Borders in its heyday: browsing through stacks, buying a latte in the coffee shop, while listening to an interesting local musical artist play live, and, oh, somebody in a costume is reading to a group of kids in the children's...

It doesn't make any sense for Microsoft to get into the book selling business. Part of the reported deal includes Barnes & Noble's college bookstore business. Microsoft is getting into the business of selling textbooks in universities? It's totally fracking bizarre. What's next, buying out...

Well, this strategy didn't work out so well for the previous Lumia exclusive on AT&T, something like only 600,000 sold, so why would it work better this time around, with *less* marketing. For the first Lumia 900 launch on AT&T, all parties, including Microsoft, Nokia and the carrier said the...

Well, it sure was nice of Nokia to bet the future of their company on a temporary 'holding action'. Based on today's news, and their cash position, I doubt they survive the year.

Nokia doesn't have that in cash; that's the value of all their assets combined along with cash. Their cash on hand is between $4 Billion and $6 Billion; some have surmised that this is only enough to get them through the next six or seven months, before Nokia needs to start selling off large...

This. If WP8 apps, ran on older WP7 or 7.5 devices like the Lumia, Microsoft would be telling everyone and anyone, thus helping to spur sales of the Lumia 900. It would be a feather in the Lumia's cap, so to speak. The fact that this isn't happening lends credence to the valid assumption that...

Count me in too. I was originally interested in this phone, but all the scuttlebutt I've been reading points to the Lumia being a dead-end device. None of the current lineup will probably see a Windows Phone 8 upgrade. Apparently WP8 brings a kernel change; a total top to bottom re-do of the...

Exactly what I was thinking. The release is some time in the early spring; by announcing now and releasing later, they guarantee that the eventual release will get lost in the next iPad or iPhone marketing flurry. Consumers won't care in four months when Nokia gets around to releasing this...

In the U.S., sure, but worldwide overall, the Nintendo Wii dominates by a comfortable margin.

Whoah, whoah, whoah, anybody know the real answer to this? If Nokia's line of new phones isn't heading Stateside until sometime in 2012, with Mango 7.5, and Windows Phone 8 is also being released in 2012, I think it's a pretty huge freaking issue to know whether or not the phone will get...

If Microsoft is relying on a manufacturer brand name, in Nokia, that hasn't been relevant in the U.S. for nearly a decade or longer, to increase low sales in their home market, well, that's delusional. I suspect the Nokia deal had more to do with Nokia's favorable positioning in emerging...

Oh, I totally agree, but the point some of us are making is: PCs aren't going to disappear, they're even now much less relevant. Someone that already owns a 3 or 4 year old laptop, and is thinking of getting another one for just consumption purposes, to check scores and browse, while watching...

Great post and nice summation of the topic. Outside of work, whether professional or personal/artistic, most people even today are 'post-PC' and probably don't need much more than an iPhone or Android phone for their computing needs. The majority of people, as said, while at home, web browse...

What, and you think Microsoft, RIM and Nokia are on the side of the angels? I don't disagree regarding Google or Apple, but you seemed to be implying, "but Microsoft, that there's somebody I can trust." Fact: you can't place your 'trust' in any Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation/Conglomerate...

That isn't too far from the truth. Once a dozen or so popular services (ebook readers, streaming video like Netflix/Hulu, Pandora, popular games, etc.) emerged and became expected for high end smart phones, launching your product out of the gate without these services is a death knell...