{"id":13558,"date":"2012-09-21T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13558"},"modified":"2012-09-21T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T12:31:00","slug":"a-challenge-to-anyone-in-microsoft-that-is-selling-windows-phone-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13558","title":{"rendered":"A Challenge To Anyone In Microsoft That Is Selling Windows Phone 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I currently use two phones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My iPhone 4 that I bought the week that WP7 went on sale in Europe. I use it for my on-the-road stuff, and it\u2019s mostly used with an FM transmitter for listening to podcasts\/music in the car. I very rarely listen to broadcast radio.<\/li>\n<li>A WP 7.x HTC HD7 handset for work. I turn it on when I get to the office, and I turn it off when I leave the office. I <em>hate<\/em> Zune, it\u2019s a dreadful platform to manage podcast subscriptions on, and there are no FM transmitters \u2026 no I am not replacing my car because a phone has no 3rd party add-ons.&#160; Would you replace your legs because a shop doesn\u2019t have shoes in your size?&#160; Think about it \u2026 I jumped on the Hyper-V bandwagon when it came out. I was all over System Center before it was even called that. And <em>I, <\/em>of all people, hate using Windows Phone 7.x.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With all the mess around IOS6Apocalypse, I\u2019m considering my options when my 2 year iPhone 4 contract runs out.&#160; I had been thinking that it would be an automatic upgrade to an iPhone 5. But, the phone isn\u2019t a \u201cgrab my attention\u201d device and there are some things about IOS 6 that I\u2019m not mad about.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s my challenge to Microsoft:<\/p>\n<p>Prove to <strong><em><u>me<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (not to yourself or to someone else) that Windows Phone 8 is up to my requirements and I\u2019ll buy a handset when it comes to Ireland. I want whatever is replacing Zune to be useful.&#160; The corners in WP7.x need to be shaved off. I don\u2019t want some long flat list of apps (the solution is not an app-starved store).&#160; I need to be able to search for podcasts, and click-to-subscribe.&#160; And finally, I need an FM transmitter that plugs directly into the phone.<\/p>\n<p>My advice to you: I don\u2019t care about colours.&#160; I don\u2019t give a damn about how many megapixies are in the camera: I\u2019ll take out my \u20ac4,500 DSLR and stick a Canon L lens on it if I want a good picture. Screen resolution is a red herring for journalists and fanboys. Stick to my 3 requirements and you\u2019ll be able to crow about converting a WP-cynic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Podcast management<\/li>\n<li>Sorted apps<\/li>\n<li>FM transmitter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> It wouldn\u2019t hurt to prove that typing is greatly improved too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I currently use two phones: My iPhone 4 that I bought the week that WP7 went on sale in Europe. I use it for my on-the-road stuff, and it\u2019s mostly used with an FM transmitter for listening to podcasts\/music in the car. I very rarely listen to broadcast radio. A WP 7.x HTC HD7 handset &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13558\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Challenge To Anyone In Microsoft That Is Selling Windows Phone 8&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}