Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 too little, too late
Ever seen a Microsoft Zune HD? It’s a lovely little device for watching movies, listening to music and playing games. Slim, sleek, sophisticated - and irrelevant.
That’s because the Zune HD was released two full years after the premiere of Apple Inc.’s iPod Touch. By the time it joined the battle, the war was already lost.
In technology, being late can be as disastrous as being wrong. And that’s the battle Microsoft Corp. is now fighting with the release of Windows Phone 7, its new smart-phone operating system. The good news is that the software is generally a winner: fun, easy to use and not just another iPhone wannabe. The bad news is that the good news may not matter.
So true. Microsoft is very late to the party and no one is waiting for them to arrive…