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MS software architect: Apps don't make the phone

TUAW  Nov 19 09

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Desktops, Hardware, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store

This sounds an awful lot like sour grapes to me: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software engineer, told a Professional Developers' Conference earlier this week that it wasn't the apps that would make or break the smartphone platforms. Of course, that's what most press and blog outlets seem to be focusing on (maybe because we all already know what the hardware is like -- apps change every day if not every minute, and the hardware only changes occasionally), but Ozzie says customers won't buy a phone for the apps. Full story...

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