it's not verizon's job to create demand. android was brand new when verizon launched the huge motorola campaign for the original droid. the manufacturers have to put $ into the ads as well. some ads are done by verizon (promoting the network) while others are paid for (in part) by the manufacturer. motorola and verizon have always promoted their products heavily (samsung does a great deal of this too)....but how many htc or sony experia ads have you ever seen? the tbolt got some airplay, but that was really more because it was the first LTE phone.
also...google had not already failed at a mobile OS once before. i think verizon learned their lesson with the palms and pre's (hp/webOS). they couldn't pay customers to take that inventory off of their hands. and that was also a GREAT mobile OS. they are also learning their lesson with the blackberries. now what do the iphone and androids have in common that windows, rim, and webOS don't have? apps. it's that simple. people want phones with apps and support. apple and google have that. and verizon wants phones that the masses want....not a small demographic of customers. they watched customers threaten to leave (and many did....and came back) when at&t got the iphone. and for quite a while these forums buzzed with android users complaining about our lower end androids (where's our nexus? we got the htc incredible while sprint got the EVO! why are we the ONLY carrier to NOT get a version of the SGS2!?!?.....etc, etc,etc). verizon's strength has never been their devices OR their pricing. it's about the network for them and it's worked for them pretty well. if the coolest device, or price plans is what's important to your, then verizon's not your guy. if you want the best coverage, then you take what they get. i guarantee that if windows starts taking a nice chunk of the OS market share, then they will focus on it. but the fact is that windows mobile users is still nearly irrelevant in market share....and after all, they are a business.
Man, I imagined Jack Webb on Dragnet talking as I read that. Good stuff.
I know I'm just one cutsomer, but know this... I talk to others. And those people talk to others. People ask me all the time what phone to get. In my organization, many years ago, I was asked my opinion what to get. I recommended Blackberry. At the time, it had the best integration with our collaboration back-end. We eventually standardized on BB. We even installed a BES server and integrated it to our collaboration back-end. We had close to 900 devices on the BES.
Now a days, I am liking the WP.
If Vzw doesn't pick up the 2nd Gen WP's I'm leaving. Yes, I realize I am only one customer, but I will be talking to everyone I know. I will be influencing my organization. I do have clout. I think Vzw may think that individual customers don't count, but they forget that individual customers DO talk to others. It shouldn't matter what revenue I generate myself, it should matter what the market is asking for. The market is asking for 2nd Gen WP devices. Listen to the market or start losing share.
@dominicsantiago
The New York Times and Bloomberg (among others) have recently published very favorable articles for Windows Phone 7. WP7 also has the second highest customer satisfaction rating for smartphone OS.
My daughter has an iPhone 4 and my wife has a Droid X. I prefer my Trophy over both of those phones. If by 'stubborn' you mean WP7 users have read, researched and compared the OS's and then made and intelligent decesion for WP7 over anything else, well, I guess we are the most stubborn group out there.
What I don't understand is the iTard community's need for iTrolling.
Petition them until they agree that WP7 is a viable OS!
Start a new topic or ask questions in the open forum.
