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kennyc · 10-20-2011, 06:43 AM

slamming Android on the day new OS/phones released.

Ballmer slams Android as 'cheap,' doomed, as Android lengthens its lead by two big steps
Ice Cream Sandwich is cool; NSA/Army Android mod will outsrip Blackberry security
By Kevin Fogarty

October 19, 2011, 1:29 PM — Microsoft's Steve Ballmer picked the wrong day to try to build up the image of market trailer Windows Phone 7 by trash-talking Android for what he called its overly complex interface, the "cheap" phones it runs on and its inevitable domination by an upcoming wave of marginally improved hardware running Windows Phone.

At the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this morning, Ballmer said both the phones and interface customers get with Microsoft's phone OS are just better than anything Android offers. It's not his fault he did it on a day Android took another two big steps forward to lengthen its already big lead over Microsoft's offering.

"The biggest advantage we have over Android is that you don’t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone," Ballmer said. "But the cheapest phones will be Android, and we are going to have to look at bringing the cost of our handsets down."

Which, if I'm translating the FUD correctly into English, that Windows Phone hardware is too expensive and the UI is so overwritten it slows down even the more expensive phones.

more:
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wirele...-two-big-steps

This referenced link is quite significant I think:

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11801

10-20-2011, 06:43 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I still say Balmer's an idiot! :) slamming Android on the day new OS/phones released. Ballmer slams Android as 'cheap,' doomed, as Android lengthens its lead by two big steps Ice Cream Sandwich is cool; NSA/Army Android mod will outsrip Blackberry security By Kevin Fogarty October 19, 2011, 1:29 PM — Microsoft's Steve Ballmer picked the wrong day to try to build up the image of market trailer Windows Phone 7 by trash-talking Android for what he called its overly complex interface, the "cheap" phones it runs on and its inevitable domination by an upcoming wave of marginally improved hardware running Windows Phone. At the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this morning, Ballmer said both the phones and interface customers get with Microsoft's phone OS are just better than anything Android offers. It's not his fault he did it on a day Android took another two big steps forward to lengthen its already big lead over Microsoft's offering. "The biggest advantage we have over Android is that you don’t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone," Ballmer said. "But the cheapest phones will be Android, and we are going to have to look at bringing the cost of our handsets down." Which, if I'm translating the FUD correctly into English, that Windows Phone hardware is too expensive and the UI is so overwritten it slows down even the more expensive phones. more: http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wirele...-two-big-steps This referenced link is quite significant I think: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11801 Last edited by kennyc; 10-20-2011 at 06:57 AM.