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I'm a WM loyalist, but come on... a lot of you guys are in denial. WM may have tons of apps, but they're terribly outdated. Our favorite online stores and sites make iPhone apps to compliment their sites now (ebay, amazon, espn, nba.com, etc). How often can you go to one of your bookmarks and expect to see a WM app for it? iPhone games can be compared to standalone gaming devices. WM games are complete crap. Even if you compare apps found on all platforms, WM will probably be in last place. Today, it's not just about functionality anymore, they have to be polished as well or the experience is ruined. And you're lying to yourself if you haven't taken notice to how ugly a lot of WM apps are compared to iPhone and Android. You can't say it doesn't bother you, especially with how old the WM platform is...

If you want apps, you should really be looking at the iPhone or Android. These are app phones. All the creative apps and developers are going to those platforms first and even leaving WM for them. Most of us stick with WM because it's a business phone first and also because of the customizing aspect, not because of the apps. Another huge strength of WM is being able to change the UI easily and the selection we have. I don't really consider these apps though.

Hopefully we will see more love from developers when WM7 hits. I'm glad HTC is a big part Android's growth because if WM7 fails it'll make switching to it much easier.