Microsoft disbands the band
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I also have the HDMI dock for it which was big back in the day. I could put shows on it and watch them on the TV.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
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I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
But it's not.
I have the band tied to my Nexus 6P. I get everything I had with Windows phone with the possible exception ( which I just haven't tested) of send SMS from the Band via Android. -
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
But it's not.
I have the band tied to my Nexus 6P. I get everything I had with Windows phone with the possible exception ( which I just haven't tested) of send SMS from the Band via Android.That's what I was asking.... does the Band with fully or almost fully with other devices? MS did nothing to assuage fears of that, which likely did a ton to cause the product to fail.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
But it's not.
I have the band tied to my Nexus 6P. I get everything I had with Windows phone with the possible exception ( which I just haven't tested) of send SMS from the Band via Android.That's what I was asking.... does the Band with fully or almost fully with other devices? MS did nothing to assuage fears of that, which likely did a ton to cause the product to fail.
Yes it worked nearly feature complete on all three platforms.
MS never really advertised the Band. It's like it was more of an experiment than a real product launch.
They put no real effort into promoting it. -
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
But it's not.
I have the band tied to my Nexus 6P. I get everything I had with Windows phone with the possible exception ( which I just haven't tested) of send SMS from the Band via Android.That's what I was asking.... does the Band with fully or almost fully with other devices? MS did nothing to assuage fears of that, which likely did a ton to cause the product to fail.
Yes it worked nearly feature complete on all three platforms.
MS never really advertised the Band. It's like it was more of an experiment than a real product launch.
They put no real effort into promoting it.Like the Phone. Just a failed experiment. It never felt like they were serious about it. That's exactly how it felt when I tried one. It was half finished and half assed and they just seemed to give up.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
But it's not.
I have the band tied to my Nexus 6P. I get everything I had with Windows phone with the possible exception ( which I just haven't tested) of send SMS from the Band via Android.That's what I was asking.... does the Band with fully or almost fully with other devices? MS did nothing to assuage fears of that, which likely did a ton to cause the product to fail.
Yes it worked nearly feature complete on all three platforms.
MS never really advertised the Band. It's like it was more of an experiment than a real product launch.
They put no real effort into promoting it.Like the Phone. Just a failed experiment. It never felt like they were serious about it. That's exactly how it felt when I tried one. It was half finished and half assed and they just seemed to give up.
It was probably that way in Windows Phone 7, but Windows 8 and 8.1 (only versions of the newer OS that I used) seemed pretty complete - though I'll admit I never tried to do VPN on it - I know that was a huge sticking point with version 7, not sure if it still was on version 8?
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
But it's not.
I have the band tied to my Nexus 6P. I get everything I had with Windows phone with the possible exception ( which I just haven't tested) of send SMS from the Band via Android.That's what I was asking.... does the Band with fully or almost fully with other devices? MS did nothing to assuage fears of that, which likely did a ton to cause the product to fail.
Yes it worked nearly feature complete on all three platforms.
MS never really advertised the Band. It's like it was more of an experiment than a real product launch.
They put no real effort into promoting it.Like the Phone. Just a failed experiment. It never felt like they were serious about it. That's exactly how it felt when I tried one. It was half finished and half assed and they just seemed to give up.
It was probably that way in Windows Phone 7, but Windows 8 and 8.1 (only versions of the newer OS that I used) seemed pretty complete - though I'll admit I never tried to do VPN on it - I know that was a huge sticking point with version 7, not sure if it still was on version 8?
Version 8 didn't have it either. 8.1 finally had it but only IKEv2 and SSL. And in 8.1 they removed all of the features that made 8 worth using. I really tried hard to like it. I had an HTC 8x, and it was a decent phone. But the bugs introduced with 8.1 like background apps could have multiple instances running and other things just made me give up (plus losing all of the cool features from 8).
edit: I said all of the cool features from 8 but with the parenthesis it makes the glasses. How do you fix that?
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft disbands the band:
@wrx7m said in Microsoft disbands the band:
I would imagine that it has to do with the fact that nobody wanted to use it and nobody knew it existed. I was like, Microsoft Band?
And that people associated with the dead phone platform. We all just assumed that they had died together or that the Band would be crippled on any current phone platform.
I'm not sure why you say people associated it with a dead phone platform, no one even know MS had phone platform.
They did, enough to think that the Band was part of it. And honestly, wasn't it?
All the literature I saw specifically mentioned about how the band worked with iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Worked with isn't the same as "did everything the same" on all platforms.
Does anything?
They talked about this in Windows weekly. And Mary Jo Foley (tech writer) said the same thing I did. To her, MS wasnt considering the band linked to Windows Phone.
I don't care if anything else does, nothing else is from Microsoft. That all the features were on a dead useless platform was the concern. I don't care if my Apple Watch only works with iOS because I use iOS. If the Band is for Windows Phone, then it's useless.
But it's not.
I have the band tied to my Nexus 6P. I get everything I had with Windows phone with the possible exception ( which I just haven't tested) of send SMS from the Band via Android.That's what I was asking.... does the Band with fully or almost fully with other devices? MS did nothing to assuage fears of that, which likely did a ton to cause the product to fail.
Yes it worked nearly feature complete on all three platforms.
MS never really advertised the Band. It's like it was more of an experiment than a real product launch.
They put no real effort into promoting it.Like the Phone. Just a failed experiment. It never felt like they were serious about it. That's exactly how it felt when I tried one. It was half finished and half assed and they just seemed to give up.
It was probably that way in Windows Phone 7, but Windows 8 and 8.1 (only versions of the newer OS that I used) seemed pretty complete - though I'll admit I never tried to do VPN on it - I know that was a huge sticking point with version 7, not sure if it still was on version 8?
I used it post 7. It was 8 or 8.1 and just like the desktops that they made in that era, it felt like an internal joke. It was pathetic and the features that they raved about were stupid and things you would want turned off. It was really sad.
