Comments on: Why Microsoft outplays Apple long term http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/ Exploring the 2010 Web Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:51:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Microsoft needs to be chewed up and spit out… « WinExtra http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/comment-page-3/#comment-116867 Microsoft needs to be chewed up and spit out… « WinExtra Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:14:20 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/#comment-116867 [...] Robert Scoble on one hand tells how in the wake of the iPhone release that Microsoft still outplays Apple, he  on the other hand is dismayed at the abandoning of the HMS Microsoft by its top [...] [...] Robert Scoble on one hand tells how in the wake of the iPhone release that Microsoft still outplays Apple, he  on the other hand is dismayed at the abandoning of the HMS Microsoft by its top [...]

]]> By: Android, an idea whose time has come...and gone? - DriverHeaven.net http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/comment-page-3/#comment-74643 Android, an idea whose time has come...and gone? - DriverHeaven.net Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:49:49 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/#comment-74643 [...] luck or strategic insight, depending on whom you believe) opened up its operating system and courted developers to become the standard for generic hardware. _______________ Source: The Open [...] [...] luck or strategic insight, depending on whom you believe) opened up its operating system and courted developers to become the standard for generic hardware. _______________ Source: The Open [...]

]]> By: » Android, an idea whose time has come…and gone? « Software Reviews & Free Software Download. http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/comment-page-3/#comment-74644 » Android, an idea whose time has come…and gone? « Software Reviews & Free Software Download. Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:01:47 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/#comment-74644 [...] luck or strategic insight, depending on whom you believe) opened up its operating system and courted developers to become the standard for generic [...] [...] luck or strategic insight, depending on whom you believe) opened up its operating system and courted developers to become the standard for generic [...]

]]> By: Android, an idea whose time has come…and gone? « IT Spot http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/comment-page-3/#comment-74645 Android, an idea whose time has come…and gone? « IT Spot Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:53:28 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/#comment-74645 [...] luck or strategic insight, depending on whom you believe) opened up its operating system and courted developers to become the standard for generic [...] [...] luck or strategic insight, depending on whom you believe) opened up its operating system and courted developers to become the standard for generic [...]

]]> By: Chris Knudsen on life, business, and entrepreneurship » iPhone honeymoon is over http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/comment-page-3/#comment-74523 Chris Knudsen on life, business, and entrepreneurship » iPhone honeymoon is over Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:31:12 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/#comment-74523 [...] get started on “the new” AT&T. I think we all know how that’s going to end. Or the fact that Apple didn’t even officially show up to a conference dedicated to building... (yes, MS was [...] [...] get started on “the new” AT&T. I think we all know how that’s going to end. Or the fact that Apple didn’t even officially show up to a conference dedicated to building… (yes, MS was [...]

]]> By: Al Willis http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/comment-page-3/#comment-74524 Al Willis Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:06:14 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/06/why-microsoft-outplays-apple-long-term/#comment-74524 The iPhone is activated through iTunes because tens of millions of users on Mac OS X and Windows already use it. Yes, they use it for their iPods, but it's pretty clear that syncing calendar and contacts data is also something else it can do. I would argue that the iPhone is being marketed to consumers, but it's not a consumer device. It runs OS X, which is by no means a consumer operating system. If you've used an iPhone, it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that this is a high end device, not a consumer cell phone with a nice UI and a browser. I get it that unless it talks natively to an Exchange server, it won't be considered a real business device, but we know that's coming, plus lots of other enhancements. The iPhone is activated through iTunes because tens of millions of users on Mac OS X and Windows already use it. Yes, they use it for their iPods, but it’s pretty clear that syncing calendar and contacts data is also something else it can do.

I would argue that the iPhone is being marketed to consumers, but it’s not a consumer device. It runs OS X, which is by no means a consumer operating system. If you’ve used an iPhone, it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that this is a high end device, not a consumer cell phone with a nice UI and a browser. I get it that unless it talks natively to an Exchange server, it won’t be considered a real business device, but we know that’s coming, plus lots of other enhancements.

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