Jul
13
Microsoft's innovation illness
Microsoft’s Windows Phone president Andy Lees at the Worldwide Partners Conference once again tried to shoot down hopes for tablets based on Windows Phone 7. The use of the mobile OS would be “in conflict” with Microsoft’s notion of having the full speed of a computer in any design, including truly mobile tablets. He insisted that users would want to do PC-style activities on a tablet and saw Windows 8’s networking and printing support as being important.
“We view a tablet as a PC,” Lees said.
Microsoft is making a bet that technology (more specifically, how people use technology) won’t change. I’ll gladly take the other side of that bet.
(via DF)
