“Interviewed at the company’s Professional Developer Conference, the veteran developer tried to downplay apps as a lure and insisted that ‘all the apps that count’ will be available on every smartphone as the time to write and port code is much shorter than on the desktop,” Electronista reports. “Ozzie instead implied that it was the OS itself and its built-in features that would make the difference.”
MacDailyNews Take: So, even if he’s right, which he isn’t, the hopelessly outclassed Microsoft loses in those categories, too.
Electornista continues, “The comments are considered by attendees and critics to be a spin downplaying Windows Mobile’s weaknesses.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Microsoft had its giant, bloated ass handed to it by Apple quite some time ago. Ozzie and Co. are obviously still having difficulty seeing anything but ass even today. Maybe that explains their product lineup.
Ozzie: Mobile apps aren’t an important factor in the success of a smartphone platform
How would he know? He doesn’t have a successful platform!
Ozzie: all the apps that count’ will be available on every smartphone
Only on those that count, and Windows Mobile is already slipping below the radar.