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Originally Posted by gimme5
Great post, Smoove!
I don't know about not standing out compared to other UIs. I think the tiles being "alive" might make WP7 stand out a bit. If I walk into a store knowing nothing about phones and I see static screens everywhere except on one phone where things other than the wallpaper are moving, it might catch my eye. And if it's on the lock screen, it might give the (justified?) impression that WP7 is a more personal phone.
une Phone" or something like that?
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The reason why i say it doesn't and wouldn't stand out if i were in a store is because motorola's blur does the exact same thing. Actually it does it better. They kept talking about facebook but blur has facebook,myspace and picasa to name a few.. Just look at this video and let me know what you think. Listen to him say the exact same thing microsoft did. "integration,no reason to open apps, updates live, no need to sign in"..actually that last one im not sure microsoft spoke on. O yea lol here's the link..
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US.../Meet-MOTOBLUR On top of that, what if i dont particularly use alot of social networking sites? Continuously downloading/pushing updates to the phone will kill the battery. Palm(to some degree) already has this problem. I'm sure there's a way to turn those things off but if one does this then what happens? Does it become one of the same if not worse static screens you spoke of? Integrating your os so deeply and relying so much on social networking isnt what I FEEL should be the base of any os. All they showed was flash, having everything updating constantly and all those flashy animations every time i click something will slow down the device. Im assuming thats why they "pause" apps instead of leaving them running in the background. If it had true multi-tasking combined with the updates and all the little graphics that pop everytime you click something then im sure it would get ugly(slow) in a hurry. As with all new things, the flash and "cool" factor will wear off and it will just be another smartphone. What happens when you dont want to wait for all the animations to conclude before you call or text someone. Can you turn those off? I need options,stability and speed. Flashyness (my word) doesn't cut it for a power user like myself.