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Originally Posted by champ052005
I'm not trying to put anyone down but I dont understand why WP7 is getting such a negative reputation when we dont even know all the specifics yet. The unveiling was just to show us the major features of the phone. I'm sure they have things and kinks to fix and change before it is released.
For people to say I can't wait to jump to Android, well its your opinion. But wouldn't you want to physically hold a phone running WP7 in your hands and test it out yourself before you put a negative spin on WP7?
I hear people saying it will not have multi-tasking and so on and so on. But Microsoft did not say anything about multi-tasking as of yet. As far as customization, I believe HTC said their phones will be unique in some ways. So I think customization will still be there, especially with the developers here at PPC Geeks and XDA.
We have not seen the business aspects of the phone yet, or the phone features itself. The conference was just to get the "big picture" out and the little details will begin to surface sooner or later. Hopefully at MIX.
I'm not a WinMo fanboy but I think WP7 has HUGE potential and upside. And I trust HTC will make this phone absolutely awesome. They always find a way to make their phones stand out.
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Microsoft isn't giving them that chance (yet) though. They have very strict restrictions on what a "Windows Phone" is. It would be like Apple allowing other companies to build iPhones, but the ones they build aren't allowed to look any different or function any different than the authentic Apple product. Basically saying, there wouldn't be any difference between them. The only choice the hardware manufacturers are given now is the aesthetics of the phone and whether or not it will have a keyboard. I think some of the restrictions (screen resolution and aspect ratio) are a little annoying, but I understand why they're doing it. Just look at Apple. They've created quite the problem for themselves with the multiple devices in the App Store. One that there isn't a beautiful, elegant, traditional Apple solution to. It's only going to start getting ugly on that side.
Microsoft wants a unified platform like Apple has. They've learned from Apple and are going to go one farther. So far, that's what they've got. They are doing very well. WP7 looks awesome, but it also alienates a LOT of the current WM 6.x following. The concepts behind each are just plain different.
Microsoft said this isn't EOL for WM 6.5 yet, and they will continue developing it... There will be a following for a while, I'm sure. They'll reach a point where they leak one last build, and that'll be it. I'm sure they will leave us with a finished product, even if it isn't much different from what we have now.
I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Where did you expect WM 6.5 to go?
Am I ready for WP series 7? No. It's not what I've grown accustomed to, but I'll wait till I get one in my hands and see what it's all about before I jump ship to Android. Microsoft's got a good thing going, let's let them develop it a little bit.