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Sony to produce WP8 Handset |
lemmy31
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Apparently Sony are to produce a WP8 handset under the Vaio brand by mid 2014 :
http://wmpoweruser.com/report[....]ows-phone-devices-by-mid-2014/
Looking forward to see if this materialises. It would be good news for WP
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XperiaJunkie
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Personally I can't see this happening due to the whole PS4 vs Xbox One. Would Sony really want Xbox content on one of their own devices I don't think so. 2014 Sony are likely to push on even stronger with Android and incorporate more PS4 exclusives in Xperia devices.
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Supa_Fly
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On 2013-12-31 19:31:21, XperiaJunkie wrote:
Personally I can't see this happening due to the whole PS4 vs Xbox One. Would Sony really want Xbox content on one of their own devices I don't think so. 2014 Sony are likely to push on even stronger with Android and incorporate more PS4 exclusives in Xperia devices.
nothing stops them from doing BOTH.
Remember Sony still makes a LOT of Laptops, and hybrid tablets like the Sony Flip 13/14/15 running Windows. Thus Microsoft is already a platinum strategic partner for Sony, and with Microsoft going BIG this year with Windows plans for smartphones and tablets this may be inline of Sony's efforts.
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I just think that Sony will at least for this coming year focus on Android. There is now doubt Windows mobile is gathering pace I just can't see them using a rival platform when it comes to mobile gaming I know this is a small part of what make a smartphone but it is something both Sony and Microsoft will be focusing on with their respected smartphones and do you think Microsoft will allow Sony to port any Playstation mobile games onto their platform as that is probably what Sony will want as a stand out feature against Nokia who as we all know are now owned by Microsoft who will not want to dent Nokia's sales.
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XperiaJunkie
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Xperiablog.net seem to mirror every thing I've said in my previous post regarding this topic http://www.xperiablog.net/201[....]ws-phone-for-mid-2014-release/
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lemmy31
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We''ll see soon enough. There are a lot of other reports about the same subject all over the tech sites. I just hope they improve their camera performance if they do produce a WP handset.
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Ranjith
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This is great news! WP is growing and its good for makers to cash on it.Damn..if it was still NOKIA we could have gone back to NOKIA vs SE days 
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cu015170
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On 2013-12-31 21:29:34, Supa_Fly wrote:
Remember Sony still makes a LOT of Laptops, and hybrid tablets like the Sony Flip 13/14/15 running Windows.
Exactly.
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lemmy31
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http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_[....]r_the_vaio_brand-news-7539.php
Looks like its going to happen !!
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Tsepz_GP
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Best of luck to them, they'll need it!
I can already see some Esatonians who once wrote off WP suddenly change their tune just because Sony makes/may make WPs
I wonder if Sony will make any sort of major impact though in WP, IMO, no, but this will be interesting to watch.
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randomuser
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Not really. Just because Sony makes a WP8 device doesn't mean people who don't like it would start liking it 
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hihihans
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I really liked WP7.5
I hoped the disadvantages would vanish with WP8 but it didn't.
For daily use it's a nice OS and once when they give me access to do with the files whatever I want. I will try it again.
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reeflotz
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On 2014-01-12 11:23:21, hihihans wrote:
once when they give me access to do with the files whatever I want.
Pretty much the reason why I myself avoided WP, same reason with IOS.
I share the same opinion with random in that Sony shouldn't have bothered with it.
I'd rather see Sony go ubuntu or another OS. I do understand that Sony is looking for an alternative in case people get tired and bored of Android. But as long as I still see WP with restrictions that I don't like, I wouldn't bother considering in getting a WP smartphone.
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Away
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This is a seriously stupid move. Let windows phone die. |
mlife
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On 2014-01-12 11:23:21, hihihans wrote:
...... when they give me access to do with the files whatever I want. I will try it again.
To which files are you referring to and what extent... I have a wp8 devices and file access has not yet been one of my complaints.... admittedly however, its not really my primary device so Im more just curious.
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