Wow, how frustrating is it to have a Microsoft Mobile Phone !
I now understand truely why Microsoft lost so much ground on the mobile front.
For the last couple of months I’ve been using some really cool applications for my Windows Mobile(running 6.5) phone. I’ve been browsing through the Marketplace apps and have downloaded soem nifty applications and the tool just makes the installation so much easier. Then I found an application that I had to pay for and I had to add a credit card to the profile.
I tried desperately to add my credit card to my profile, to the dismay, that every avenue I try it just does not work, because I’m from South Africa, it restricts me from buying the apps or adding my credit card.
We in South Africa have been running TechEd‘s for the last couple of years and have a Microsoft office here, now why would they ever restrict us from being able to try out the technology etc , that is plainly just rediculous.
Am I missing something somewhere or is Microsoft just cutting their own throat.
This is slowly starting to make me think to go towards another platform and with Windows Mobile 7 coming, they surely need to pull up their pants and make it easier for people to use their platforms.
On a side note, at TechEd they made us soooo excited about SQL Azure and the Azure platform, but to be told we cannot use the trial versions. Of course we managed to get accounts to use it, although we had to “move” to Australia.