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Originally Posted by brownhornet
WHY???? It's slower, OLD and less development for it
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How fast a given WinMo device is versus a given Android device is largely dependent on the hardware running it. Yeah, an older Qualcomm processor is going to drag compared to a Snapdragon. Early preview/review suggest that the HD2 is screaming fast because it has a Snapdragon. And either way, once I disabled push internet, I find my TP2 compares favorably to my friend's Droid.
And yes, WinMo is old. WinMo 6.0/6.1 was a coat of paint over WinMo 5's guts, and 6.5 is pretty much a tide-me-over update until 7 comes out. Despite its age, software like TouchFLO does a really good job of hiding WinMo's aging guts under a UI that can hang with any other modern smarphone OS.
Android is brand new. So what's its excuse for its bare-bones presentation of white font on black menus and a grid of icons that look ripped for a five-year-old Linux distro? Without a slick UI like Sense, Android looks as old as WinMo is.
As for development, the Windows Phone Marketplace is indeed lacking compared to the Android Marketplace. But that's where WinMo's biggest advantage really shines: it's an open platform. Pretty much anything I've wanted WinMo to do, I've been able to find an app for it with a quick Google search, including stuff that comes on Android like Google Maps.