He goes through a lot of interesting analysis of the past, then asks THE KEY question about the future, and just dismisses it with a negative answer without any analysis and calls Elop clinically insane. Instead of a personal attack on Elop, I'd like to see more about why the strategy will fail going forward. Being that these are now occurring:
1. WP marketshare is increasing very very steadily.
2. WP reviews are great and user satisfaction is great.
3. WP8 and Windows 8 are both about to come out in a few weeks, and although Microsoft has taken some risks, there is massive potential.
4. Nokia's new phones look great, have several impressive unique points of differentiation, and in some ways are clearly superior to any other phone on the market (e.g. Pureview).
5. The news about positive WP phone sales in China and India. Taking into consideration the fact that they have great phones at several price points.
6. The existing reports of the new feature phone line are promising (Asha).
He goes through a lot of interesting analysis of the past, then asks THE KEY question about the future, and just dismisses it with a negative answer without any analysis and calls Elop clinically insane. Instead of a personal attack on Elop, I'd like to see more about why the strategy will fail going forward. Being that these are now occurring:
1. WP marketshare is increasing very very steadily.
2. WP reviews are great and user satisfaction is great.
3. WP8 and Windows 8 are both about to come out in a few weeks, and although Microsoft has taken some risks, there is massive potential.
4. Nokia's new phones look great, have several impressive unique points of differentiation, and in some ways are clearly superior to any other phone on the market (e.g. Pureview).
5. The news about positive WP phone sales in China and India. Taking into consideration the fact that they have great phones at several price points.
6. The existing reports of the new feature phone line are promising (Asha).