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msmobiles.com_robot · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 16777215

A guy who calls himself "mini-Microsoft" is a Microsoft employee who blogs anonymously about various things in Microsoft. He is de facto the best known Microsoft blogger and since blogs anonymously he is usually t...

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chrissyboy6969 · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 33 Location: UK

I think the guy has it spot on, nothing more to add

dreamtheater39 · Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 24 Location: Bangalore

windows phones are not for pansies like you! every phone has wm6.5 on xda-dev. we love windows phones because we can mod it beyond recognition unlike iphones, where steve jobs decides what color underwear i must wear!

stop whining like a fruitcake...and say something meaningful. even WM5.0 is way better than the iPhone, because the OS can really DO something unlike the iPhone.

Losers, seriously, all you guys! And msmobiles, supposedly a fckin winmo site punctually brings in all these kinds of useless rants against MS from all corners of the world.....go get urself a life!

EJR · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 2629

kaz911 · Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 6

I have used WinMo devices since?? well the first ones that came out. And I must say i agree / i have switched to iPhone and I do not look back.

I have bought a few WinMo & Symbian devices after getting my first iPhone mainly becuase I want / need a SIP phone with me.

So my history goes a bit like this:

1. Lots of WinMo / Symbian devices
2. iPhone 2G
3. Imate Ultimate 9502 - really crap phone back to
3. iPhone 2G
4. upgraded to iPhone 3G
5. Tried TyTN II - dismissed - bad audio quality and bad touch (still have it - will put android on it when that is "fully" implemented)
5. Tried X1, Tried Nokia N97 - sold both quickly again. Even tried xda builds on X1 to "enhance" the experience... but every time you hit the a button you are back in WinMo Gen1 calender or contact list or whatever app the X1 had not replaced.. Nokia N97 - well just a crap phone with no app's available.
6. back to iPhone 3G
7. Sold iPhone 3G. Lost only about 40% of what i paid for it IN A YEAR and a few months. With WinMo I have usually lost 60-70% of the value in a year plus.
8. Got 3GS and very happy..

minus - still no background applications like SIP...

rest is close to perfect! Smile

mchale · Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 36

efjay · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 33

While there is some relevance to the report re upgrades, expecting devices that can barely run WM 6xxx to be upgradable to 7 is foolish. With the rumoured chassis spec devices will be packing better hardware and the OS will be designed for upgradability so in theory the current situation should be a thing of the past. Of course, its up to the handset makers to provide upgrades and since they wont like that they cant sell new handsets if people just upgrade their OS on the old handset there may yet still be issues with upgrading your OS to a later version. Then of course there are the carriers who have their own axe to grind...

maxnix · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 50

I wonder if he will post what a toy the iPhone is when he gets to know it? Welcome to Steve's World! He's Large And In Charge!

Yeah, I can't run WM6 on my old (upgraded to WM5 from WM2003) device, but the hardware does change more quickly than the software OS.

And I doubt any G3 device will be upgradeable to G4 as the technology is totally different. So who thinks running WP7 or iPhone 4.7 or Android 4.4 on a a G3 device will be cutting edge and productive in a year or two?

maxnix · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 50

"iPhone is the best smartphone on the planet now, point.

Windows Mobile has a lot of work to do yet, to catch up not only with iPhone but also with Android, Palm webOS and Nokia Maemo."
WM can still do things the others cannot. And who gives a crap about application stores when you can donate money directly to authors at PPC Geeks, XDA, etc. without a cut going to Steve or Steve? Pay for MSVC? Surely you jest!

iPhones are for people who ard challenged operating toasters. It is a subscription music player with a phone radio strapped on. At least the early WM devices were PPC with a radio strapped on.

If you can't see anything around you but the same other creatures running in one direction and your horizon is filled with another's butt hole, then chances are very good you are a lemming.

Hobo · Joined: 23 Nov 2008 Posts: 169

The iPhone is the overall best smartphone on the planet right now. Accept that then try and better it. By saying the iPhone is crap you just show your ignorance.

Hobo · Joined: 23 Nov 2008 Posts: 169

dreamtheater39 · Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 24 Location: Bangalore

darthbane2k · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 15

chrissyboy6969 · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 33 Location: UK

The worst part of all this is the undeniable loyalty that Microsoft have gained from the Windows Mobile community and they continually feed them xxx, its sad beyond belief, I just watched the Engadget interview and when asked about Windows Mobile his main answer was that the Smartphone market was tiny compared with PC's, that sums it up, its not a big priority and boy does that shine through.

EJR · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 2629