[JohnMcD348]

I'll add my 2 cents in on this. Speaking as someone who's not a hard core techie but likes to play. I was actually just talking to some friends who are common users like myself about this very subject yesterday.

The problem with WinMob is that they don't get any of the good hype that Apple and Google get with their OS's. With both of those groups, they have their software store and people developing cheap easy to use programs. I know quite a few people who use both iPhones and Android devices and they are loving those little $1 or less widgets that can do anything and everything, whether they actually intend on really using them or not. They have that neat and cool effect. It's all a hype thing. And it's all good.

Likes been mentioned before, Windows and M$ are looked at as the Bog Bad. The Evil Empire. They get blamed for everything that happens to these devices running their software. Alot of that blame should actually go to the Phone company. Also, Windows Mobile is on a slow update path. It's an established OS whereas Apple and Google are just getting out there and it seems there's a new update every few weeks. After they get out there more and get caught up, I believe their updates will become fewer and less frequent.

I have stayed with WinMo as I've had PDAs since Windows 2002 when I got my 1st HP 2215 and used it at work. I have a few medical and pharmaceutical programs that I sometimes rely on for work. Most of my PDA use is still for play and keeping track of a busy family life. THe point is that I have stayed PC bound only because the programs I use are all WinMo/PC based. Only 1 of my medical programs have an iPhone companion.

I have compared with friends their Androids and my WinMo 6.1 TP2 and it is significantly faster. We did side by sides using internet browsers to look up the same websites and the Android got there first every time. I used Opera, PIE and Skyfire and every time, Android just worked faster.

Also, why is my TP2 running a chip that is slower and less powerful than my PDA that I have used for the last 5 years? I had put off switching over for years simply because there just is not 1 converged device out there that comes close to my Aximx51v. My Axim, built in November 2004, uses a Intel PXA270 running at 624Mhz whereas my TP2 built in December 2009 uses an ARN based Qualcomm 7600 running at 528Mhz. 6 Years later and I'm actually using a slower chip based PDA. There's no reason why it shouldn't be running at least 1Ghz by now. Also, my Axim had it's own dedicated video that allowed it to run faster.

I'm not a basher but the lack of hardware for Windows based phones is slowing it down and making it look bad on top of the impression that Windows is "So Last Century".......

That will be the downfall of Windows based SmartPhones as I see it.


But then again, I could be wrong......