Solve : 'Microsoft Mobile Mistake', Bill gates says.?

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Answer» The full title is: Microsoft made a mistake with its mobile strategy, says Bill Gates. By Ian Paul. Feb 19, 2013 PCWprld Ever SINCE the iPhone debuted in 2007, Microsoft has struggled to adapt to the quickly changing smartphone world—and company Chairman Bill Gates knows it. “There’s a lot of things, like cellphones, where we didn’t get out in the lead very early,” Gates said in an interview with Charlie Rose that recently aired on CBS This Morning. “We didn’t miss cellphones, but the way we WENT about it didn’t allow us to get the leadership. So it’s clearly a mistake.” ... http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028716/microsoft-made-a-mistake-with-its-mobile-strategy-says-bill-gates.html Quote from: Geek-9pm on FEBRUARY 20, 2013, 08:08:03 PM “We didn’t miss cellphones, but the way we went about it didn’t allow us to get the leadership. So it’s clearly a mistake.” ... No. "We" missed cell phones and did go about it wrong because he championed the touch or surface development. The problem is they started with huge screens thinking that was the future of touch. In one demonstration Bill Gates was suggesting that the surface table is something every home will have to have due to all of the cool stuff you can do. Why would he think that? Because he has a computer as a home so it made sense to him. They were shooting for a broad market but ultimately the market was media outlets. You don't see that technology anywhere but on news sets and sports broadcasts. A far cry from the home user market. If they would have started out with phones or even tablets they may have had BETTER success. INSTEAD they started out with huge screens and there really is no home user market for that. Well unless you're Bill Gates that is.

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Microsoft made a mistake with its mobile strategy, says Bill Gates.

By Ian Paul. Feb 19, 2013 PCWprld

Ever SINCE the iPhone debuted in 2007, Microsoft has struggled to adapt to the quickly changing smartphone world—and company Chairman Bill Gates knows it. “There’s a lot of things, like cellphones, where we didn’t get out in the lead very early,” Gates said in an interview with Charlie Rose that recently aired on CBS This Morning. “We didn’t miss cellphones, but the way we WENT about it didn’t allow us to get the leadership. So it’s clearly a mistake.”
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028716/microsoft-made-a-mistake-with-its-mobile-strategy-says-bill-gates.html

Quote from: Geek-9pm on FEBRUARY 20, 2013, 08:08:03 PM

“We didn’t miss cellphones, but the way we went about it didn’t allow us to get the leadership. So it’s clearly a mistake.” ...

No. "We" missed cell phones and did go about it wrong because he championed the touch or surface development. The problem is they started with huge screens thinking that was the future of touch. In one demonstration Bill Gates was suggesting that the surface table is something every home will have to have due to all of the cool stuff you can do. Why would he think that? Because he has a computer as a home so it made sense to him.

They were shooting for a broad market but ultimately the market was media outlets. You don't see that technology anywhere but on news sets and sports broadcasts. A far cry from the home user market. If they would have started out with phones or even tablets they may have had BETTER success. INSTEAD they started out with huge screens and there really is no home user market for that. Well unless you're Bill Gates that is.

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