Bill Gates: Windows Mobile would be Android now, but Microsoft 'screwed up' the timing

[head shots101]

android had customization's that microsoft didn't and wouldn't allow for.

You could do damn near anything on those pocket pcs

 

[head shots101]

I had a HTC HD2

Windows Mobile was better than android until like 2011

MS really fukked up android shouldn't have even popped off it was trash for like five years

I had that also....I was running Android on my shyt at the time

 

[head shots101]

Is bill talking about Windows mobile from the late 90s 00s or that windows metro bs that was locked down?

 

[bnew]

You could do damn near anything on those pocket pcs

sure they had a couple hundred apps in their store, microsoft was still shoehorning the desktop into mobile while ios and android had a whole other experience.

 

[head shots101]

sure they had a couple hundred apps in their store, microsoft was still shoehorning the desktop into mobile while ios and android had a whole other experience.

Windows mobile from the late 90s 00s didn't have a app store

 

[bnew]

Windows mobile from the late 90s 00s didn't have a app store

i don't think thats the OS they were planning on putting on the droid.

 

[DragonKnight]

nokia had meego but microsoft went and bought them and fukked them up. As much as i like android, there have been a number of mobile operating systems still used by consumers today.. imagine if WebOS and meego had a chance to mature. windows mobile was so locked down, devs didn't bother making anything for it. microsoft wanted the walled garden apple business model for their customers so badly they kneecapped their own OS. couldn't even export your contacts without it being a hassle. either you had a microsoft account to sync it too or you have to email it in a non standard format. microsoft basically wanted devs to make web apps while android was providing them with a deep API to do all sorts of things. 3rd party rom development really made android what it is today. companies saw what power users were vying for.

microsoft gave up to early though. they should make another OS, borrow from android + ios and add in their own functionality. they could copy googles mobile strategy, open source OS with proprietary apps. i'm not a propenent of proprietary apps but it's still a lane they can take.

Nokia n9 was my favorite all time phone ever. Meego was buttonless almost 10 years ago

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

always hated windows phones

 

[Secure Da Bag]

always hated windows phones

I had 6 thru 10.

 

[head shots101]

i don't think thats the OS they were planning on putting on the droid.

Makes sense