Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Development Platform
From the "didn't realize it's on its way out" file
Silverlight? Oh awesome! The Flash-alternative nobody uses.
Will it have MSN TV integration? 🤣
What about PlaysForSure support? 🤣
Will it have MSN TV integration? 🤣
What about PlaysForSure support? 🤣
Doesn't Netflix and Sunday Night Football stream in Silverlight? 🤨
I didn't realize it either, until a couple months ago. It turns out there are all kinds of silly issues with Flash which software manufacturers hate. Some didn't really surprise me (like the inclusion of wacky animation abilities resulting in excess...
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yeah nobody uses Silverlight? Try Netflix, Sunday Night Football, and I believe a ton of NBC stuff is Silverlight as well (I think a lot of the Olympic streaming coverage was Silverlight).
So... Netflix on my phone? Sounds frickin awesome to me.
So... Netflix on my phone? Sounds frickin awesome to me.
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Microsoft learned something from APPLE.
There are 2 things that Microsoft has seemingly learned and are implementing in Windows 7.
1. Market place. People don't like the Iphone for the Iphone, they like it because it works so well with Itunes.
2.Have a strict standard, how many phones run the Iphone OS...one the Iphone, so Apple doesn't have to spend wasted money tweaking its os for everything single phone model that wants to use it os. It only has to deal with one. By having strict standards they can devote all that xtra time to putting to use ideas from the people over at xda. 😁
1. Market place. People don't like the Iphone for the Iphone, they like it because it works so well with Itunes.
2.Have a strict standard, how many phones run the Iphone OS...one the Iphone, so Apple doesn't have to spend wasted money tweaking its os for everything single phone model that wants to use it os. It only has to deal with one. By having strict standards they can devote all that xtra time to putting to use ideas from the people over at xda. 😁
1. Microsoft already knew that, they just weren't good at it. They already tried their own mediaplayer and Zune, and they just sucked.
2. Only selling an OS on your own hardware is not quite the same as having strict standards, it is just avoiding ...
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2. Only selling an OS on your own hardware is not quite the same as having strict standards, it is just avoiding ...
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Wow, somebody who posts both in the loung AND the news headlines, I don't see that very often.
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