[CyberMonkey]

I have absolutely nothing against iPhone or WinMo phones. I like them both.
I have used and owned them both.

People keep saying that WinMo is so much better or iPhone are the best.
Neither of those statements are true.

I can only speak from personal opinion but here it is.

First lets take a look at WinMo. GREAT devices. Can do ALOT with them, but with how long pocketPCs have been around you would think Microsoft would be able to have the WinMo OS better than it is. But it's not as advanced as it could be, and that's because the demand wasn't really there until the past few year when touch screen/smartphones have become the normal device.
I mean WinMo is not fully finger friendly. Sure there are interfaces that make it initially finger friendly, but there are still LOTS of areas where you need to use the stylus. But WinMo 6.5 is a bit more finger friendly, and hopefully WinMo 7 will be fully finger friendly.
Customizing the WinMo phones? Easily done, until you get into flashing new ROMS. And obviously people aren't happy with the stock ROMs, why else are all the non-stock ROMs are created here and at xda-developers?

Now let's talk about the iPhone. It's a great device, simple to use and with Apple's marketing of it, there are TONS on apps for it. For example is there a Direct TV appplication for WinMo? I only know of being able to go to the mobile site to set your Direct TV DVR to record shows, yet there's an iPhone app for it.
Yes, customizing means jailbreaking it, which is actually very simple to do now and unlocks the full potential of the phone. Now to reiterate, to fully unlock the potential of a WinMo phone, alot of people on this site would say "you need to flash a custom ROM"....so what's the difference really?


Now Apple did WinMo a favor by making the iPhone in the first place. If the iPhone was not made, does anybody think that WinMo phones would be at the point they are now? Cause I really don't think they would. Microsoft and other companies had to do something to compete with iPhone, before there was no real need to.

So if somebody is a die-hard WinMo fan and totally against the iPhone, just remember to show some thanks to Apple basically making touchscreen/PDA/smartphones the norm thus making Microsoft/PALM/RIM to step it up and create stuff that can compete with it.