[NEWS] Microsoft kills Windows Mobile Brand, Births Windows Phone

[D/\SH]

intomobile.com/2009/07/30/microsoft-kills-windows-mobile-brand-births-windows-phone.html


Guess there looking for a fresh new start?

Today, we learn that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is planning on ditching, nay killing, the Windows Mobile brand. What about Windows Mobile 6.5? Windows Mobile 7? Nope, itll be known as Windows Phone. The change also applies to past WinMo platforms. From this point forward all Windows Mobile 6.x operating systems will be referred to as Windows Phone.

Rather than stick with a household (at least in the mobile world) name like Windows Mobile, Microsoft wants to distance themselves from all the bad press that the Windows Mobile platform has generated over the years. Theres also talk of “un-boggling” consumers minds so that the brand “reflects the upcoming desktop operating system release where people away from their PC can have the same experience everywhere.” Right, now were all less confused.


So, to recap. If this report is on point, Windows Mobile is no more. Windows Phone, people. Learn it, love it.

[PsyChoTk]

so......no wm 7 in name? more like windows phone 7?

i don't care it's called as long as it's finger friendly, speeds up my phone, and extends my battery life.

[Mike20PR]

I support the move to a name change to get a fresh start and relieve themselves of the bad rep winmo has given them.... But could have they done better than windows phone?

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by Mike20PR ”

I support the move to a name change to get a fresh start and relieve themselves of the bad rep winmo has given them.... But could have they done better than windows phone?

i have to agree with you there mike, basically what they are doing is they are dropping the bad rep that windows mobile got for being non finger friendly to a new name in windows phone where they are going to be starting to go more finger friendly.

[VenumX]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

i have to agree with you there mike, basically what they are doing is they are dropping the bad rep that windows mobile got for being non finger friendly to a new name in windows phone where they are going to be starting to go more finger friendly.

They better live up to their new name. If they thing now is the time to switch their name then they have to make sure to maintain that new name :P which is a good thing for us

[only1penny]

i think this is pretty stupid. does everyone remember the ford taurus? and then they changed the name to the five hundred, remember that? remember how no one cared because everyone knew it was a taurus with a different name. and then to further demonstrate what a great idea it was they changed the name back to taurus. it's pretty obvious that people want the better product not the better name. how about making a better product and saying "the new windows mobile.....it's better" instead of "windows phone......just another in the ever revolving microsoft products" at least that's what i think

[jdep1]

“ Originally Posted by only1penny ”

i think this is pretty stupid. does everyone remember the ford taurus? and then they changed the name to the five hundred, remember that? remember how no one cared because everyone knew it was a taurus with a different name. and then to further demonstrate what a great idea it was they changed the name back to taurus. it's pretty obvious that people want the better product not the better name. how about making a better product and saying "the new windows mobile.....it's better" instead of "windows phone......just another in the ever revolving microsoft products" at least that's what i think

you are kindda right on that in a way.. but what there doing is changing the name just to say that they have improved there product and its much better that there old one also to atract new consumers into the windows world without that bad reputation.. I just hope they stick to there word just like i have stuck to them

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by only1penny ”

i think this is pretty stupid. does everyone remember the ford taurus? and then they changed the name to the five hundred, remember that? remember how no one cared because everyone knew it was a taurus with a different name. and then to further demonstrate what a great idea it was they changed the name back to taurus. it's pretty obvious that people want the better product not the better name. how about making a better product and saying "the new windows mobile.....it's better" instead of "windows phone......just another in the ever revolving microsoft products" at least that's what i think

i can see where you are coming from but i feel this is one of the only things that can save windows mobile..... the main reason i feel that way is because they are being blown out of the water by iphone, android, and now webos. With all these companies being successful and Palm being back after wm thought they beat them off with a stick but like a pest they are back.... all the above mentioned devices are finger friendly so why not start a new era with leasving behind the past of windows mobile and all the torubles people know them for and start with a fresh title and outlook to see if they can make wm better.

[only1penny]

i hear what youre saying, but disagree. we look forward to windows 6.5 and windows 7 and now windowsphone. but theyre not trying to impress us. theyve got us. do you think the average iphone user is really gonna go "microsoft phone, ill have to try that out" hell no! the friends that i have that use an iphone think there phone is way better. even if they have a 1st gen iphone. palm pre got rave reviews & so did android. thats why theyre hot right now. they have a good product, not a new or catchy name. theres to many blogs & youtube vids etc. for something to not catch on if its good. people want good, good gets around........like Wckediden

[PsyChoTk]

M$ should have developed the platform before now. I really don't see why they didn't absorbe or buy out the better third party apps devs back in the day. i remember when Swcked came out with pocket plus. DAMN that was HOT!!! I think M$ really didn't catch on until the iphone took off. no stylus and finger friendly is the way to go. I'm excited about manila 2.5 and how it took over the whole UI.

I'm looking forward to M$ developing WM7 or whatever to a stylus free application.


as a side note on ppcgeeks there is/was talk of M$ planned on leaving the clock in the title bar not the battery meter. in the vid the battery meter is in the task bar so hopefully the final product will have the battery meter.

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by only1penny ”

i hear what youre saying, but disagree. we look forward to windows 6.5 and windows 7 and now windowsphone. but theyre not trying to impress us. theyve got us. do you think the average iphone user is really gonna go "microsoft phone, ill have to try that out" hell no! the friends that i have that use an iphone think there phone is way better. even if they have a 1st gen iphone. palm pre got rave reviews & so did android. thats why theyre hot right now. they have a good product, not a new or catchy name. theres to many blogs & youtube vids etc. for something to not catch on if its good. people want good, good gets around........like Wckediden

yea but for those that dont know about the past it is totally different than windows mobile and they will see the new name and what it is all about with touch friendliness.... it will bring a new crowd of people in if they market it correctly.

[PsyChoTk]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

it will bring a new crowd of people in if they market it correctly.

yup, and maybe the'll keep the loyalists and bring back some who left for the past issues.

[ON3/\L]

I am all for change when it comes to Winmo. I think they should do better than just Windows tho. But hey... whatever works. I don't care what they call it. And I'm tired of saying Windows mobile anyway, time for a new name with a bnew attitude and a new approach headed in a new direction. I'm down. Like anything else, SOME will think it's stupid because they DON'T understand the reason OR they just don't like change blah blah blah. But owell, it's 2010 *****es get with the program! Everything is ****ing changing and the shit that isn't will be left behind. I would like Windows to market this correctly so people would shut the hell up and realize that Windows is the ssshhhh and stop hating. IMO Windows is better and easier to customize than any other os out there!

[merdinh]

I also think this is a good idea for a fresh new start. But they could have built back up their reputation just like with the xbox 360, at first they were crappy with the 3 rings of death and some other defects with limited warranty, and many switched to a ps3, but then brought in a extended 3 year warranty, and now they even offer a 1 year warranty to the consoles no longer in warranty that get a repair. Just like that windows mobile needs to come out with something big, and support it unlike most other platforms, where they built in that windows Update feature on our phones but whats the point when it never gets any updates.

[only1penny]

hey oneal, i'm wit ya. i'm all for change and improvement and winmo phones. and i hope anything they do is hit out of the park and i'm sure i'll be on board. i was just saying the name doesn't need to change. if it does coo, i'm wit it. i just hope the improvements come with the name. i'm pumped for a better product.....no matter what they call it.

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also did they give any sort of time frame for release?

[PsyChoTk]

“ Originally Posted by only1penny; ”

also did they give any sort of time frame for release?

I'd like to know too. I just hope they don't delay it like they have in the past. Like getting WM2003SE in 2005...........

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by PsyChoTk ”

I'd like to know too. I just hope they don't delay it like they have in the past. Like getting WM2003SE in 2005...........

well this name starts immediately for all phones and devices that have at least wm 6.0 installed if thats what you mean.... or you talkinga bout the release date for wm7? if so its going to be around middle of 2010 from what i hear.

[PsyChoTk]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

well this name starts immediately for all phones and devices that have at least wm 6.0 installed if thats what you mean.... or you talkinga bout the release date for wm7? if so its going to be around middle of 2010 from what i hear.

WM7, sorry, i just don't want to get my TP2 in late 2010 with WM6.1..........like the i930.

[qrazy08]

well thats good point

[VenumX]

I just dont understand why they picked the name windows phone was it something to do with iPhone?? they think the name is what sells it? if so why not call it winPhone OS or something Windows Phone just sounds so lame. Name it like Windows ToGo or something creative...

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by VenumX ”

I just dont understand why they picked the name windows phone was it something to do with iPhone?? they think the name is what sells it? if so why not call it winPhone OS or something Windows Phone just sounds so lame. Name it like Windows ToGo or something creative...

or just name it something well known and catch sounding like Mobile D/\SH or MD for short :) might hasve the docs getting it too just for the name hahaha

[PsyChoTk]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

or just name it something well known and catch sounding like Mobile D/\SH or MD for short :) might hasve the docs getting it too just for the name hahaha

OMG thats narcissistic. Funny as hell but narcissistic.

[only1penny]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

well this name starts immediately for all phones and devices that have at least wm 6.0 installed if thats what you mean.... or you talkinga bout the release date for wm7? if so its going to be around middle of 2010 from what i hear.

Oh, so i'm already running windows phone on my device. wow, it kind of seems the same as windows mobile....actually it seems exactly identical to windows mobile. maybe my first thought was correct. they're changing the name instead of changing the product for the better : (

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by only1penny ”

Oh, so i'm already running windows phone on my device. wow, it kind of seems the same as windows mobile....actually it seems exactly identical to windows mobile. maybe my first thought was correct. they're changing the name instead of changing the product for the better : (

naw they are going for the more finger friendly look in 6.5 and 7 thus the change of the name since everything is more touch friendly with your finger these days.... would love to not have to worry about stylus' all the time.

[PsyChoTk]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

naw they are going for the more finger friendly look in 6.5 and 7 thus the change of the name since everything is more touch friendly with your finger these days.... would love to not have to worry about stylus' all the time.

even now i find i pull that damn stylus out for no reason. i'd love to just be able to glue in in the phone forever.

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by PsyChoTk ”

even now i find i pull that damn stylus out for no reason. i'd love to just be able to glue in in the phone forever.

hahahaha word me too and than it goes straight to the mouth and i chew on the top black plastic part hahhaha

[VenumX]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

hahahaha word me too and than it goes straight to the mouth and i chew on the top black plastic part hahhaha

hahah yesss the worst thing is when im doing phonebook transfers for customers to their TP or whatever and I find myself chewing on THEIR stylus LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO im just like oops

[hctr68]

yeah MS did a smart move to change the name windows phone hope it works so we can keep doing what we do on our phones. and no more stylus wich I dont even use just pull it out because its there, thatl make new comers happy so they can actually use more of the touch feature on the phone.

[PsyChoTk]

“ Originally Posted by VenumX ”

hahah yesss the worst thing is when im doing phonebook transfers for customers to their TP or whatever and I find myself chewing on THEIR stylus LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO im just like oops

OMG.............................gross............. ........blah

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by VenumX ”

hahah yesss the worst thing is when im doing phonebook transfers for customers to their TP or whatever and I find myself chewing on THEIR stylus LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO im just like oops

hahahah but venum is slick and starts to rub his lip with it and than slowly moves it away from his mouth like it didnt happen hahaha i dont know its just i gotta chew it when i have it out which is rarely... i have tetth marks in mine rihgt now hahhaa

[tlpalmer01]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

hahahaha word me too and than it goes straight to the mouth and i chew on the top black plastic part hahhaha

its nice to see im not the only one that does that............

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by tlpalmer01 ”

its nice to see im not the only one that does that............

hhahaha weird that this thread came up sicne i just flashed and made a video for goku and setting my phone up right now with the stylus nowhere else but in my mouth being chewed on hahhaa

[PsyChoTk]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

hhahaha weird that this thread came up sicne i just flashed and made a video for goku and setting my phone up right now with the stylus nowhere else but in my mouth being chewed on hahhaa

you all are stuck in your oral stage of development.

[reebis44]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

well this name starts immediately for all phones and devices that have at least wm 6.0 installed if thats what you mean....

Then it's stranged that they still have the name Windows Mobile even on their website. In fact, I just googled "Windows Phone" and nothing has it branded as such. The only results that have the name are other sites that are announcing the same news.

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by reebis44 ”

Then it's stranged that they still have the name Windows Mobile even on their website. In fact, I just googled "Windows Phone" and nothing has it branded as such. The only results that have the name are other sites that are announcing the same news.

right but this staerts quarter four or q1 of next year.... they are going to change the other wm6.0 on release and above when this all happens..... wm6 is the turning point for them is what they are basically stating,

[BigBadWolf77]

The whole thing is stupid if you ask me. No one will reffer to it as the Windows Phone. It would be different if Microsoft actually made the phone. They don't, and I can guarantee you that the averaged ppc user has no idea what operating system is on their phone. I sat in a meeting next to a guy last week who had his Touch Pro out, and I tried to talk to him about it. He told me it was a touch pro and that it didn't run windows mobile. If Microsoft starts making phones, then call that the Windows Phone. They have a marketing department whose job it is to come up with crap like this. I agree with the Ford Taurus story someone told. Who cares..