[watzone69]

Originally Posted by smoove21

Okay so I have a palm pre and a thread/poll asking which OS interests my fellow peers the most(link in signature) and of course this site is ppcgeeks so windows is winning. I'm basically trying to prove that most current windows users are simply blindly supporting microsoft and aren't willing to admit windows shortcomings.. Everyone swears the touch pro2 is such an amazing device, yet if it is...why are they waiting on an unlocker to flash custom roms?? See what I'm trying to say is windows needs to be tweaked all the time because its too slow and unstable.. Its always a battle of adding and subtracting files just to get it(windows) to run in an acceptable manner.while those of us that have moved on to the pre's,hero's and even iphones have complete satisfaction(as far as performance) right out the box. I also find it funny that the #1 argument windows users make is that its the most customisable OS, yet when you look at the thread titles..a majority of the themes or shells they add are to make their phones look like a hero(hello spb and sensuite) or someone is asking whether or not android or webOS can run on their phones.. Doesn't this mean you're interested in another OS outside of windows?? I'm trying to prove this to everyone and I need help. Please direct others to this thread and vote in my OS poll by clicking the link in my signature. Help me show that its not all about windows anymore. I'm headed to the android and very small iphone forum as well. If anyone agrees with me I would really appreciate ur show of support by hitting the thanks button..

+1!

To me, WM phones are like the old Volkswagen Beetle. They don't run correctly most of the time and it always seems you're looking for a part or addition that will improve the performance. You can modify them to look like a number of different things. They usually don't represent the cutting edge of technology... the list goes on. But, the owners are fiercely loyal and will defend the superiority of their device (or car) over the heartless modern marvels that they compete with.

I say this because I used to be one of those guys (WM and VW Bug owner) and I thought they we the best. So what if one of my modifications/improvements caused a huge problem that made me stay up all night trying to fix it? One day I had enough and sold the Bug to get a more reliable car. Sometimes I miss it but not that often. I did the right thing.

Recently I bought a Sprint Hero even though I had a perfectly good Diamond. I love the Diamond but I saw that the Hero did just about everything that I was trying to get the Diamond to do and it was doing it right out of the box! I was spending countless hours scouring threads for apps, trying registry edits, making cabs and cooking ROMs to find the "perfect setup" for my Diamond. All of that was fun but I wasn't really getting anywhere and my wife was close to throwing my phone (and me) out the window!

There's a few things in Android that I haven't figured out yet but I'm finding out that I don't need to customize much. There's some room for improvement but I think that for as young as this OS is, it's pretty damned well put together.

So, I love my Hero. I find myself actually using it more than screwing around with it. Nothing against WM, I will always have a soft spot for it... just like I do for VW Beetles.