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Originally Posted by orangekid
i AM talking about the diamond2, what makes you think im mistakenly referring to it? Im using the verizon diamond2 specs (which would have to be the same for sprint since it has fcc cdma approval). there are so many phones and rumors to phones coming out that it could really be anything, but what I am talking about is the sprint diamond2, in the end it doesn't really matter what it is. the Leo looks like the best phone out of all of them anyways. a 3.6" wvga with wm to me is worth $50 more than an hvga android.
dont get me wrong, android has a huge upside and from what ive seen, it is very modifiable and you can put new roms on it and all that. But currently there is no app that I want that I cannot find on wm, plus wm7 coming out to me is too awesome to put my eggs in the android basket just yet. A really good android/rosie port should hold me over.
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I agree, the Whitestone and the Diamond 2 are almost identical in hardware specs, other than the screen size.
The thing that WM needs to get right is the marketplace. While there are plenty of apps out there for WM devices, they are scattered all over the place. The nice thing about Android and the iPhone (oops I said the i-word...hope it doesn't get be banned
) is the centralized app store, where all I need to do is click on the icon for the app store, and browse what I want. Click it, and it installs. I don't need to download the cab, sync my device, and side load the program on my phone (although I think you have to have the iPhone synced to iTunes in order to install apps, via cable...is this correct? If so, the iPhone/WM program load is a push.). In order for Microsoft to stop the market share loss they need 3 things:
1) Easy to use, centralized app store (we will see how the marketplace holds up)
2) Faster, more finger-friendly, and intuitive OS (WM 6.5 is taking them in the right direction, but 7 needs to be a game changer)
3) A marketing team. The iPhone is an average phone, that has a fantastic marketing division. MS needs to show everyone how easy to use WM is, and get people to say "wow...that looks cool."
Plus, for me, I've been using Windows based devices since 2006. Ipaq h5555, Treo 700wx, and now my Mogul. While I like 6.5, a lot, I'm ready for a change. Maybe WM 7 will bring me back. But Android better suck, or WM 7 better be a game changer.
I will now step down from the soap box, and let someone else have a turn.
