“Microsoft Corp.’s top mobile-phone executive said its Windows Phone operating system has an opportunity to lure away Apple Inc. and Google Inc. users because it offers a more exciting and smoother experience,” Scott Moritz and Dina Bass report for Bloomberg.
“Apple’s iOS software is ‘boring,’ with icons across the bottom that offer little information or flexibility, said Terry Myerson, vice president of the Windows Phone division, at a conference in New York,” Moritz and Bass report. “Google Inc.’s Android is ‘a mess,’ with too many different versions of the operating software in use, he said.”
Moritz and Bass report, “The Redmond, Washington-based software maker had 2.6 percent of the smartphone operating system market in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yeah, boring a massive hole straight through your mismanaged company’s blackened heart.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Pridon” for the heads up.]
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…boring into Microsofts Bank Account!
Apple is yawning all the way to the bank!
Who was it here earlier who noted how believable it is when a competitor says your product is inferior?
Microsoft once lazily thought their incredibly boring Windows Mobile OS was perfectly OK. Why the change of heart now? Then they liked their stragedy, they liked it a LOT!
So Microsoft turned to this for inspiration for their tiles.
I’m sure Ballmer had a bad case of Keith Partridge envy.
An important rule of marketing is to never mention the competition.
Not true. The rule of marketing is not to listen to people who say there are rules. And that rule, in particular.
Do you hear yourself?
So true. Here is the play out as it occured.
1. Lawsuit filed against Samsung, creating a media hype.
2. Release of iphone5 was o.k. and the 4s kept selling at a steady pace.
Since then, apple stock has continued to dropp at a surprisingly fast rate. From 700 in 9/2012 to under 400 in 4/2013. When you consider that the iphone sales make up 47% to 50% of the whole apple market.
Don’t be surprised to start seeing this brand come in with lower-priced iphones and lowered priiced products, as well.
Haha great take MDN.
Here’s a headline for Microsoft:
“The world’s consumers say Windows Phone is awful.”
At least he got the part about android right 😉
Donkey Boy Moritz!!!! The donkey who couldn’t get 1 Apple doomsday prediction right at TheStreet, was thrown out covered in Zune brown, comes back for more FUD and cluelessness.
So befitting of Bloomberg to hire a deadbeat with the worst Apple credentials…
The only thing boring about someone who is bored is them.
I love the way iOS is boring. No crashes, easy to use, best of the world.
Seriously I tried Windows 8 and RT and Phone. All of them are terrible. Unusable if you ever used iOS.
Stay boring, Apple. (May be some UI overhaul would be welcome.)
iOS is boring like my new thermostat is boring. I haven’t given it a thought since I installed it. It just works. My old thermostat was exciting. We were jumping up to adjust it and change the programming every few hours. I’ll take boring.
Did you get the Nest one? I’m thinking about getting that. Any down sides to it that you know of yet?
The price.
Yeah…that’s kind of what’s held me back from getting one immediately. I’d like a new iMac before I spend on a new Thermostat. Priorities.
Only downside is that it may not reconnect to your network automatically after a power failure. If you’re not home and it’s winter time in a cold climate you could freeze some pipes.
Dear Microsoft:
STFU.
Thanks,
Apple Inc.
Dear Microsoft,
RE: Profit, Customer Loyalty, Hardware, Software
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Creatively,
Apple inc.
Robin: Holy Adderall Batman, Terry Myerson says iOS is boring.
Batman: Yes, Robin, his Teletubbies feed must have been interrupted. We need to get this fixed right away.