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Microsoft's Windows Phones get ripped in debut
Posted by Sharon Pian Chan
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Windows Phones are now available with today's launch of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 and the initial reviews are scathing.
Here is a sampling below:
TechCrunch says, "It still sucks."
Gizmodo says, "There's no excuse for this."
Engadget calls it "very much a nip-tuck job -- just as every Windows Mobile version in recent memory has been."
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has acknowledged that Microsoft screwed up with the development of Windows Mobile.
The new features include a Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft's answer to the iPhone App Store and a redesigned Web browser. AT&T, Verizon and Sprint are all selling phones with the new software.
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