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Originally Posted by Djblois
One thing I wish they would do is get rid of the Start Menu button and Ok button on the screen - they are redundant on all new devices. They require the manufacturer to have a hard key for both in all new devices - so why do I need them on the screen too? this will allow the different software writers to have room to put 4 buttons on the bottom as opposed to just 2. This will make it much more finger friendly alone.
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Agree. But that is a requirement of WM7 devices. There is no start/ok buttons in WM7 screen shots. Perhaps they are keeping the start ok buttons here so devices that dont have hardware buttons can be updated.
Like OEMs would give us updates anyway tho..
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Originally Posted by epdm2be
This is not Microsoft's fault. It's all the device-manufacturer's fault. THEY ought to provide at regular intervals firmware updates to their fones. M$ provide the building blocks and then it's up to the manufacturers to get new firmwares out. It's the same with those dumbfones. Everybody is always waiting to get new features (or at least genuine improvements) in newer firmware but in the end users always complain that their fone isn't being suported much to soon.
In the case of winmo-devices those stupid manufacturors have it easy because majority of the OS development is done by microsoft. In fact look at what rate forums like XDA churn out new winmo-updates. Every new build gets notices by these forums and worked on the get on many devices. While the manufacturors don't even bother. So I think we really ought to stop blaming Microsoft and start targetting Samsung. HTC and all those other greedy bastards who GET the new builds from M$ but don't channel them down to us, paying customers!!!
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Tru. At the same time MS could do their part by making an OS that can be updated without going through OEMs. All they need to do is allow the OS to be updated while leaving OEM bits in tact. Which they may have done with WM7. If they pull off direct to user updates in WM7 credit to MS for taking care of their customers.