Robert Scoble is at it again, name dropping on his interactions with the tech glitterati at CES. Most of his Google+ discussion can be written off as his usual “Why Windows Phone will fail” riff (answer: not enough apps), but in the garrulous post he does bring up an interesting discussion he had with Tom Conrad, the chief technology officer at Pandora.
According to Scoble:
“I walked around the show with the CTO of Pandora. He told me he still isn’t willing to support Windows Phone. Why not? We were walking around the new Ford car, which has Pandora support. Pandora was ALL OVER the CES show floor. You could see that a small company still has to decide where to put its development resources. Clearly, after walking the show floor, that’s Android and iOS”
It’s one thing for Pandora to hold off on Windows Phone in 2010 but to say in 2012 they still have no plans to support Windows Phone is a bit unbelievable. Even more so since we do have third party clients already doing their work (e.g. MetroRadio,Radio Controlled). Of course, we can relish in the thought that developers are making money off of Pandora and they’re not seeing a dime from their continued disregard for Windows Phone. Still, that’s cold comfort for the platform as a whole
[WPCentral]
