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Originally Posted by whydidnt
Well, I used to feel, "it's not that bad". Then I used an iPhone and a higher end Android device for a while before purchasing the HD2, and truthfully, for me it was "that bad". Maybe I had a bad device, or something, but I was really frustrated by daily slowdowns, and found myself resetting constantly. I was also "trained" to use my finger by the other OSs, so trying to hit the right spot on the HD2 screen's outside of Sense was another downer.
You make valid points regarding marketing. Microsoft has never been very good at marketing to end-consumers, and really has rarely even tried. I would be willing to venture a guess that their marketing budget is similar to the competitions, though.
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I do have the HD2 as well since it is probably the last, and best of Classic WM devices. I have not experienced the slowdowns you mention. Rarely have to reset the HD2. Not doubting you had the problems, just not a problem for me. Did you perhaps have a rogue 3rd party app, or an app multi-tasking in the background that was using CPU cycles?
I did experience the touch situation you mentioned outside of Sense with one or two 3rd party apps. With Sense, and even the PIM apps when you exited to WM, I had no problems with touch at all. With a 3rd party app or two, it could be tricky, but did not encounter often. Since the HD2 was a capacitive screen device (first I am aware of) used with Classic WM, and the 3rd party apps were a year or so old designed for resistive screens, not surprised. If MS had not given up on Classic WM, updated 3rd party apps probably would have solved that problem. At least for me, it was an infrequent, minor inconvenience. Sense was as smooth as iOS, but the reduced smoothness with old 3rd party apps was acceptable since I could do tasks on the HD2 with those apps that I can still not do with an iOS device even a jailbroken touch. I'll take a bit of smoothness reduction vs. not being able to do the tasks at all.
You are probably correct in MS spent a lot on Classic WM marketing, but in the wrong places. Still go with their Classic WM marketing dept should have been CTRL ALT DEL'd, not the platform.
Last edited by jimtravis; 01-08-2011 at 06:36 PM..
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