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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
three features I can think off off the top of my head.
1) Windows Mobile Device Center - how much did AS do that WMDC doesn't? Backups, conflict resolution?
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Missing features aren't the same as broken features!
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
2) When Connection Mangler came out in 2002, it destroyed VPN connections unless you had a proxy server. Once connected to a VPN connection through "work" anytime your device tries to make a regular internet connection (POP3 email check for example) the VPN drops. Ackowledged as a problem in 2002, still unresolved in Wm6.1
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Undoubtably a bug in Windows Mobile, but not a case of Windows Mobile and Windows on the desktop not working properly together. Or a case of WinMo not being able to connect to a cloud service such as MSN Messenger.
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
3) In WinMo 5, it was very difficult to upgrade apps. Installers would routinely fail. you had to often manually uninstall the app first (erasing your preferences) and then install the update, which often meant reregistering as well. this was fixed in WinMo 6.0, and possibly in an AKU in 5.0, but few carriers/OEMs gave out that AKU to existing owners.
MS has had its share of making changes and leaving the users high and dry.
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Another pain - but another device bug or "feature" of Windows Mobile. Not a change on a cloud platform that broke the mobile experience.
Which I guess is my real rant: Google can change the cloud, break their own apps compatibility, and tell users "uh, sorry" with nothing more. MS would never be able to get away with that.