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Here is the problem with WM: Microsoft dropped the ball on the mobile market b/c of its ailing desktop sector (Vista anyone!?). People should be looking at its platform flexibility more than anything else. WM i think is a really good platform and i applaud MS efforts to do what it can to get by. That is a problem in itself, it's only doing what it can to get by. I have only been a user of WM for a couple of yrs now. My friend got an iPhone and it made me want to get a smartphone. I have a device running WM 5.0 AKU 2.2. With the induction of 6.5, i do not find anything compelling enough to want to upgrade. What i do appreciate about the platform is how a user can pretty much customize it for anything and the platform isn't restrictive in that you don't have to use its services. That is the one thing i am very critical of the other mobile operating systems.
What MS needs to realize is that most people are idiots when it comes to a computer. Many people think just because they can turn on a computer they are qualified to actually know how the systems work and what component does what. I love the iPhone and its OS is one of the best i have seen on a smartphone. It is simple to use, but it is too restrictive in using their services, their products, their hardware, etc. With my WM device, i find it easy to be able to sync with my PC, access files over the network, stream music and such over the network, receive e-mails, surf the web (i use Skyfire instead of horrible IE). It funny b/c WM is just like its desktop cousin: you don't have to use their services to do what you want at all. How many people on here actually use IE as their primary browser? I am sure most people use Firefox or Chrome.
My device when compared to my friend's iPhone (he has the 1st gen model), my device had more features overall, such as GPS, FM transmitter w/ RDS & TMC, a web browser that is user installed that can view any web page natively without the use of installing extensions. Everything else is pretty much the same minus the multi touch (which is cool but i dont find it practical for one hand use). I like drawing pics on my device w/ stylus when i am bored, and i like writing on the screen, which i think is fairly accurate especially for a mobile device.
Personally, i am waiting for Windows Mobile 7 to come out. WM 6.5 i think is a really good demo of what is to come and a good foundation, but i equate the current version to Windows Vista (not compelling enough to get but nice to look at). Don't forget, MS did put more of their energy toward W7 since Vista was a bit of a train wreck. In some ways, they did drop the ball, but to be honest it was needed b/c desktop OS is their primary money maker. There is a lot that WM can do, and MS has a lot of thing they can do to forge a better OS. I love android, and i really like iPhone, and i despise blackberry. WM is my choice for its familiarity and it made me appreciate the power a small device has. I customized the interface, and i really made my device my own personal computer. It really is my Pocket PC away from my laptop. I think in some respect MS is killing its own OS but i think their energy is focus on the next gen platform, which is WM 7. I hope the rumors are true in that it is a new OS built from scratch.
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