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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Problem is:
Majority of users/buyers obviously doesn't care much about the OS.
It's 99% about apps.
Else my beloved BlackBerry PlayBook and the equally advanced HP TouchPad, about 2 years ago, would have been way more successful. At their time, their respective OS was way ahead of iOS or Android. Still: Lack of apps killed them both rather quickly.
If I look at reviews in iTunes or Google Play or now in the Microsoft Store, I get the impression, the average user is about 15 years old, has very limited cash resources ("for such a high price of 3 Euros I would have expected a way better game") and mainly is interested in games. One just has to check out the top 100 Apps: Angry Birds and the likes.
You don't need an advanced OS for that, nor multi-tasking and the likes.
But you have to offer the majority of the top 1000 apps...
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This has been the biggest issue IMO, and also the hardest to overcome. It doesn't matter how good the hardware or OS are, if you don't have apps people want or need you're not going to make the sale.
Microsoft has been much more aggressive though than RIM or HP were in getting apps out there, and they also have a far more developed ecosystem of their own products like Office, Bing, Skype, XBox, SkyDrive, etc. Plus their store is not just for RT but full Windows 8 as well, whose sales are somewhere over 100 million.
While I would to see more of the latest and greatest apps on RT, it's not like it was with my Blackberry where I felt I was missing out on huge chunks of functionality and entertainment. All my needs and most of my wants are covered, and there's enough to keep the kids occupied as well.