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"But Windows Phone is entering a dangerous time, one in which its competitors are starting to catch up"

Pffft. Really? ROFL.

It's Paul Thurrott. He's like the mirror-universe version of John Gruber who only boosts Microsoft stuff instead of Apple.

I haven't read Thurrott too often, but in the few times that I have, I've actually been somewhat relieved that he does maintain some degree of cynicism about how the company works. I am a former Microsoft employee and I get irritated about a lot of MS boosterism I see on the web in recent years; it's hard to read and more dogmatically pro-MS than most MS employees I know. But Thurrott doesn't strike me as one of those people. He knows where some of the bodies are buried and isn't shy to voice concerns.

There is one difference between them; With Thurrott, Microsoft is not always the best at everything. Rather, they are supposed to be but fail from time to time.

Gruber once mentioned that he'd like to have Thurott on The Talk Show. I'd love to hear that.

You're quoting out of context.

He's speaking of a single category advantage in which WPh has an arguably better design... integrated services instead of silo'd apps.

He says this was their advantage and that (with their sloth-like dev pace) MS is in the process of squandering it, because competitors are adding those improvements, leaving WPh with none.

That competitors have other huge advantages to lean on is not included in this piece, but as a fan of TWIT, he is well aware of them.

You need to learn about android intents.

...or you about windows phone.

Android doesn't have "silo'ed apps." I don't see what Windows Phone has to do with it.

It does in the sense that they show one at a time. In WP functionality mostly integrates into the main interface. Of course android isn't standing still, which is the point of the article.

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