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Tsepz_GP
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Personaly not that impressed by Windows Phone7 UI wise, ive used it a couple of times on both the HTC Mozart and Trophy. There are some great features such as Xbox Live, and the People Hub, but they arent enough to take me away from Android.
Flash support is a big one for me to, and luckily in Android we have both HTML5 and Adobe Flash support, another is customizability and thats before rooting, WP7 doesnt come near Androids.
WP7 phones have great build quality though, MS did a good thing by setting strict requirements, WP phones feel expensive and solid, with Mango around the corner i would recommend WP phmes to people who dont require all the bells and whistles Android brings.
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Bonovox
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From what I have seen on W7 UI it looks more fluid than Android. I have played with many handsets & this did seem to be the case imo
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julias
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Although Android is much more flexible i think its just far too messy and cluttered I prefer a UI to look neat and user friendly as is the case is with both the WP7 and iphone
Bonovox agreed WP7 is definitely much more fluid than Android.
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Bonovox
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 @Julias,Bada by Samsung is more lag free than Android  Nearly every Android phone I have owned has suffered quite bad lag. I am actually slowly going off Android again. I want something new
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julias
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Yeah i had Samsung wave for a while and thought Bada was rather good again a very underated OS i think. Don't think i would want a Android phone again unless there was updated neater and lag free version.Will be sticking to WP7 or the iphone as my other choice.
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Bonovox
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I had the Wave & although it was a little lacking in apps it was very fast. I want to try Meego the N9 but as far as I know it's not being released in UK  Will have to find elsewhere & why did Nokia close down their online store?? I think W7 is getting better & the new W7 Nokia devices will be able to use Android apps 
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false_morel
Joined: Feb 24, 2010
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Been owning an HD7 for some three to four months now.. Amazing is all I can say!!
Greatest UX one could ever get! As simple as that. WP that is. As to HTC, next time, I'd better snatch a cheap Chinese phone from an unknown manufacturer!!
And soon enough, WP will even beat Android in functionality! Mango is already a huge step forward.
Flash support will be coming as well.. Adobe themselves reported so!
Working on my first app for WP after jumping ships from Qt with Nokia.. Microsoft's environment and support is top notch! Pleasure to work in such environment..
At first, those live tiles didn't convince me at all! Be it aesthetics or functionality-wise.. But hands on the actual device, and using it for just the first week, and I could say Microsoft even outdid themselves by this!!
Live tiles are widgets, notification areas, and homescreen icons all in one! Intelligent! When one gets used to this new concept, Android's UIs, and the classic homescreen Windows UI feel like last decade thingys..
And the Metro UI is pure creativity and beauty.
Now add Nokia's hardware to the mix, and I'm totally sold.
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Bonovox
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Yes,I was not at first but I loved it when I tried it in a store in Birmingham for a good half hour. Although at that time the multi-tasking update had not been out but it's a massive improvement over WP6.5
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admad
Joined: May 26, 2005
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Quick question, is it now possible to connect WP7 phone to PC in USB Mass Storage mode? Or is it magic they yet have to "invent"? -_-
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false_morel
Joined: Feb 24, 2010
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No I don't think this feature will ever be officially given.. It's against the design of WP..
But how is this any problematic?
Syncing multimedia files is even easier with Zune.. For other data files, there is Skydrive and other clouding services..
What I find limiting though is the lack of directly sharing with other mobile devices! Bluetooth file transfer that is.. It's in the works though..
DLNA is there as well..
By next month, WP will be 1 year old only! And the work already done with the Mango update is incredible!
Specially that everything works flawlessly and seamlessly!
On Android, true by now one gets more functionality, but much work is still to be done with all the chaos going on there! And still one has to root and patch/flash to fix certain things or add certain stuff!! Definitely not the way to go!
Microsoft's approach is to combine iOS's strong points with Android's strong ones.. Still materialising,, But definitely getting there.. |
Bonovox
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I still find Android messy and also Android market is full of crap. But the fact that Nokia is making WP7 work with Android apps is a good move.
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admad
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No I don't think this feature will ever be officially given.. It's against the design of WP..
But how is this any problematic?
Syncing multimedia files is even easier with Zune.. For other data files, there is Skydrive and other clouding services..
Well that's sad. And it's really problematic. I really appreciate freedom of choice on a phone, and being forced to install some syncing software that can transfer only media files, is just lame, especially when it's not a problem for Microsoft to include normal file transfer... I just can't imagine, that a new 'smartphone', when connected to PC won't be recognized. It's XXI century not XX...
And still one has to root and patch/flash to fix certain things or add certain stuff!
Well yes, but we have to do it in order to get things that would be just impossible to achieve on WP7. So it's not a valid argument. |
Tsepz_GP
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Only reason ive rooted my Android is to play around with custom ROMs, majority dont root, as Android has everything out the box, rooting is for those who enjoy tweaking things such as CPU and ROMs.
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false_morel
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On 2011-09-12 01:57:00, admad wrote:
Well that's sad. And it's really problematic. I really appreciate freedom of choice on a phone, and being forced to install some syncing software that can transfer only media files, is just lame, especially when it's not a problem for Microsoft to include normal file transfer... I just can't imagine, that a new 'smartphone', when connected to PC won't be recognized. It's XXI century not XX...
Yes it is a problem.. I said it's against WP's design! Windows Phones as presented by Microsoft are Zune devices! Same as iOS gadgets are iTunes devices..
And it has its advantages and disadvantages! Not just cons as you presented! And actually the pros outweigh the cons!
By manually filling up the memory flash, there is more room for instabilities! Long term Symbian users know very well what happens when those SD cards are fulled with media files! And that's the old Symbian after years of optimizations!
Similarly applies to Android right now! The more you use Android devices, the more you fill them with stuff, the more unfriendly they get: unstable, laggy, buggy, etc..
Letting the Zune software automatically sort things using solid and efficient sorting algorithms, make things much easier for everyone!
And then, don't you still have to install those Nokia, Samsung, SE, and all other suites software? What's different with Zune?! It opens up as soon as you plug in the phone, and dragging and dropping data for syncing is even easier and faster than doing it through Windows Explorer!!
Maybe adding Office docs and PDFs syncing through Zune would be a very welcomed step! But using Skydrive wireslessy is also very convenient and easy!
As I said, regarding connectivity, only Bluetooth file sharing is still missing. Although one could do it through the cloud as well.. Or per email.. Pretty fast as well.
Mass storage is not on my list of the missing features really! Better leave it this way and make further enhancements in the clouding area.. Better Skydrive and office integration.. Which are being done by Mango..
Well yes, but we have to do it in order to get things that would be just impossible to achieve on WP7. So it's not a valid argument.
Not really! Language support in Android is pathetic! Maybe for English, German, French people who only need these languages is not a problem.. But for the whole lot who need other languages as well, rooting, and flashing is just horrible!
And there is much unnecessary stuff pre-installed with Android.. And all those third-party UIs! It's just chaotic!
HTC give you multiple scenes each with dedicated seven home screens (WTF!!) and still not implemented a landscape mode for the UI! This is ridiculous! One has pre-defined sizable widgets but you can't resize them the way you like..
Samsung added unncessary hubs and ridiculous gestures that nobody would use!
Concentrate on things that make our lives easier not useless eye-candy stuff!
Smartphones are there to be used! Not to be played with and shown-off in front of friends!
The WP approach does just that. Straight to the point, gives everything you need in one simple fluid design!
It gives the UX of iOS, and the fucntionality of Symbian/Android!! Perfect!
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julias
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On 2011-09-12 14:00:12, false_morel wrote:
Concentrate on things that make our lives easier not useless eye-candy stuff!
Smartphones are there to be used! Not to be played with and shown-off in front of friends!
The WP approach does just that. Straight to the point, gives everything you need in one simple fluid design!
It gives the UX of iOS, and the fucntionality of Symbian/Android!! Perfect!
[ This Message was edited by: false_morel on 2011-09-12 13:06 ]
I couldn't agree more well said!
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