I want a Windows Phone but…
I played with a Windows Mobile Phone and it’s pretty awesome. Awesome being that it had a beautiful interface, it’s snappy, it felt fun to have in my hands.
Yet…
I won’t buy one (unless we’re developing for it). Reasons are simple.
1. I’m locked in already: Even if I don’t use iTunes to get music/movies/etc. anymore, iTunes payment has me locked in. Apps and other media are already in my library. I don’t want to move to another platform to buy again.
2. Choices: Even if I did leave the iOS ecosystem, there’s plenty of other choices out there (mostly Android devices). They’re powerful, they’re also very good looking, they have all the apps I would want. *UPDATE* To clarify, there are other Smartphones out there, lots of them, so why WM.
3. Apps: Not that all the apps I need aren’t on WM but there’s not as many apps, which indicate to me that WM as a platform is playing catch up and maybe, just maybe, there isn’t enough momentum to get more developers on board.
4. MS overall strategy is confusing: MS has tried with Kin, previous WM, and they seem to be betting on something entirely different every year or two, especially if they can’t meet the success they wanted with WM in the first place. Will WM work well with Win 8 (probably), will it work with Macs (it kinda does now), will it end up being an Xbox phone (it seems well integrated but I don’t want that). Too many unknowns.
5. It’s too late perhaps: MG Siegler explains it here: http://bit.ly/rRVsJz
6. Just not a MS fan: They’ve burned me before. Probably do it again. I want to like them, really I do, but I have a hard time doing so.
Conclusion: I’m not getting on the WM train, like many many many of us.
