C’mon Microsoft, Meet Common Sense!..
AdamaDBrown submitted an article to Brighthand discussing the new Microsoft Windows Mobile renaming. He was questioning if there was any Common Sense when the business folks at Microsoft came up with this?
The reason I know this is because I use my brain to think. Two minutes of pondering provided me with a laundry list of problems with the whole idea, not least of which being the vast increase in customer confusion. I can already hear the salespeople trying to explain it to potential buyers…
“Well, this one is a Standard device, so it doesn’t have a touchscreen.”
“Wait, if a touchscreen isn’t standard, why do those other ones have it?”
“Well, those are Professional devices.”
“Okay, so only the professional devices have touchscreens?”
“No, the Classic ones do to.”
“If they’re classic, and the other ones are professional, how is it that the one that’s supposedly standard doesn’t have a touchscreen, and doesn’t run the same software as the other two?”
“Well, that’s just what they call it.”
“Never mind. I’m going to go buy that Blackberry. At least then I know what I’m getting.”
Read AdamaDBrown Full article HERE!
It’s not really that tough. The most common smartphones now are the ones without touch screen so obviously they’ll be called Standard. The Pocket PCs like Dell Axims, HP iPaqs, etc aren’t so common anymore so obviously they’ll be called Classic and finally if you get a Standard with touch-screen support – then it’s only logical to call it Professional. Don’t know what all the fuss is about. People are just trying to make news I suppose.