Many analysts point to the confusion generated by the RT platform as one of the major causes of Microsoft's failure in the mobile device industry. That intermediate step between Windows 8 y Windows Phone generated some distrust in an audience accustomed to iOS and Android to be handled within somewhat simpler schemes. Those of Redmond will try to tackle the problem in their next products.
The convergence between Windows 8.1, RT y Phone Number is one of the priority objectives of Microsoft short-medium term. Initially, the company looked for software that was adapted to each type of device. The Complete version it was intended for PCs, laptops, and some ultrabook-inspired tablets; the light version was intended for most tablets, with ARM chips, as a direct alternative to Android and the iPad and, finally, the third operating system had to run exclusively on phones.
Android and iOS simplify and win
Even though so much Google as Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), They have their own desktop operating system, iOS and Android are totally different products and both converge their catalog of mobile devices. Maybe a Windows Phone for tablets would have been a more timely option rather than initiating a third way and creating a segmentation image important, in which the user does not know exactly what he is buying and how he will be able to use it together with the other devices in the ecosystem.
The logic behind Microsoft's strategy
Having software prepared to work on a specific type of device had a logic quite reasonable behind. It was about optimizing the characteristics of each type of hardware in terms of autonomy, connectivity or security, as Julie Larson-Green, vice president of the company, has recently detailed.
The next devices with the Redmond signature, however, will give a convergent turn to bring together the three philosophies under the same concept, eliminating the differences, as far as possible, and working to make it easier for developers to get their applications ready for Windows without having to design specific versions in three brackets different.
We will see how this process is carried out, but without a doubt the ecosystem will become much more functional and rich in its catalog of apps.
Source: WP Central.