[heatlesssun]

I think that the demise of Windows phones is GREATLY exaggerated and to be honest Microsoft’s app store isn’t really needed though I can understand wanting Microsoft’s visibility as a developer. If you look at the reviews of the HTC Touch Pro 2 on Verizon’s site the reviews are stellar.

I just got a Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2 three weeks ago. If you really think that an iPhone beats this thing then I have to say that there would some debate about that.

Bottom line, the current version of Windows CE is old, Microsoft is rewriting it and every mobile device in our hands right now is crap compared to what’s coming. The mobile story is just BEGNING!

But Windows Phones RIGHT NOW do everything I need and pretty much all that I want. Sure it could be nicer but is there anything holding someone back from getting the job done on these devices. And really reading on an iPhone compared to a Touch Pro 2? LOL!!! Last time I checked there STILL isn’t an app for eyesight but I guess that’s next year!


As my sign of support I've purchased about $50 of apps from the app store!

I love my 6.1 Touch Pro 2. 6.5 should be a little nicer. I just am not needing are wanting more anymore. 200 reviews on Verizon are saying the same thing.

[heatlesssun]

I think that the demise of Windows phones is GREATLY exaggerated and to be honest Microsoft’s app store isn’t really needed though I can understand wanting Microsoft’s visibility as a developer. If you look at the reviews of the HTC Touch Pro 2 on Verizon’s site the reviews are stellar.

I just got a Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2 three weeks ago. If you really think that an iPhone beats this thing then I have to say that there would some debate about that.

Bottom line, the current version of Windows CE is old, Microsoft is rewriting it and every mobile device in our hands right now is crap compared to what’s coming. The mobile story is just BEGNING!

But Windows Phones RIGHT NOW do everything I need and pretty much all that I want. Sure it could be nicer but is there anything holding someone back from getting the job done on these devices. And really reading on an iPhone compared to a Touch Pro 2? LOL!!! Last time I checked there STILL isn’t an app for eyesight but I guess that’s next year!


As my sign of support I've purchased about $50 of apps from the app store!

I love my 6.1 Touch Pro 2. 6.5 should be a little nicer. I just am not needing are wanting more anymore. 200 reviews on Verizon are saying the same thing.

[karen]

Haven't you read those statements in newspapers about films that had no review copies available prior to the street date?

Those are films so bad that the studio is counting on the clueless first weekend viewers to show up, buy tix, then not be able to get the word out to friends how bad the flick is until Monday. That way studios can at least get an opening weekend's worth of revenue.

The MS Mobile team seems to be saying that they can't let the clued in reviewers see anything early.

BTW, twitter, Facebook, etc. have pretty much killed any advantage of "no review copies" strategy. Perhaps pirated and leaked software has done that for the software world.

[Perry Reed]

Jason, that stinks that you haven't been able to get your hands on an official version of WM6.5. Microsoft really blew it there.

I've been one of the ones running the XDA-Developers cooked ROMs and I have to say, for a facelift, WM6.5 is pretty decent. Yes, it is barely more than skin deep, but it is an improvement.

The really sad part is that 6.5 wasn't released two years ago! What has MS been doing all of this time?? We should all be running WM 7 right now, looking forward to the imminent release of 8.0, which would push the limits of what can be done on a mobile platform, leaving iPhone and BB and the others in the dust.

Instead, we're hanging on to the facelift on a dinosaur with WM 7, which will supposedly catch up with the others (but probably not surpass them in any meaningful way) promised for *maybe* sometime next year, or more likely the year after.

Microsoft has really screwed the pooch on WM. Very disappointing.

[jason mazzon]

The question is: Do these reviewers or anything but Microsoft fanatics do anything other than thumb-icons-shuffling and email? The rage today is the back and forth shuffling of visual gunk and the novelty of the new cell phone oses. Talking of phone oses, the only one that looks and feels like an os is Windows Mobile. The others look and feel more like simple cell phone interfaces. Windows Mobile users will know what I mean; those who never used or will use it will never care for the facts. Windows Mobile is not perfect but it feels old and it is not pretty and this alone drives those who chase novelty crazy. It puts the emphasis on productivity first and entertainment second. Now, ask any of those reviewers what Windows Mobile does not do and does not do well and their biggest gripe is that it uses a stylus. No matter how big the icons are made for our thumbs, we will still need a stylus to edit an email Excel or Word attachment. Try doing that with your thumb. So, I don’t think that resistive screen technology is going away. Cell phone makers see a bigger future for resistive technology a technology that will only get better and even more precise. That is why they are still putting out phones with this technology. There is more to productivity than easily shuffling icons. The other big point that Windows Mobile haters (it is just cool to hate anything Microsoft) don’t realize is that it is the only interface that allows you to do most of what modern cell phones technology offers.
Microsoft deserves the situation that it finds itself in. It is a company that follows trends it does not create them or innovates. It had to turn on a dime with the introduction of the GUI, the multimedia PC, the internet revolution, the mobile phone popularity surge, etc. You would think that a large company with so many resources would have learned by now that you cannot fall asleep on your laurels.