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Originally Posted by gTen
It has to do with the interaction of the OS and the software on it. From what they showed and how they said that oems wont be able to customize the UI points toward dumb phone. Not to mention it sounded like they are gonna take the "app store" approach. Not to mention they clearly said its not a pocket pc...so if its not a pocket pc its a dumbphone..don't take "dumbphone" as a bashing..its just a slang term to refer to a phone thats not a "smartphone"
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So is Blackberry a dumbphone because they dont allow UI customizations as well? Some people criticize phones by saying it is a dumbphone. That is why I thought you were bashing it.
I'm not trying to argue but the things they showed us of WP7 was basically a skim through. We have not even seen the phone aspects of it yet lol. Who is to say that we will not be able to unlock it and load apps on to the storage card?
I think the main reason we customized WM was because it had flaws. The average consumer has no idea how to do this. Microsoft saw this and wanted to appeal to the market share. When you really think about it, how much can you really customize in Android? There is not that much. People just want phones that work and work well out of the box.
I'm just trying to see your point. Instead of labeling OS as smartphones and dumbphones, why don't we just compare the features?
It seems like WM 6.x and WP7 will have very similar features. Internet seems to be better on 7.
Office suite is on both.
E-mail seems similar. From the sound of it, maybe easier to use on 7.
I think all we have seen is the UI and not the inner workings of WP7. So its too early to tell.