[eric12341]

Originally Posted by cmajewsk

This statement is so true! I went from a Treo 700w to a Mogul, to a TP, to a TP2 and all along the way I found myself constantly flashing ROMs, over clocking, managing memory, etc., all just to get the device to do what I wanted it to do. More times than not – it failed me quite often - from getting out an email to, using GPS, or even taking a picture. All due the crappy specs of these phones.

Now that I am in back the UAE for a while, and no longer subject to a contract, I picked up the crown jewel of Windows Mobile – an HD2 (a T-Mobile Version of all things). Wow! This is how Windows Mobile is supposed to be. Smooth. Quick. Responsive. Even with the same ROM for the past 3 weeks. No slowdowns, no memory management issues (290MB Free after boot up). I am able to browse the web …finally! I can open multiple apps, and still come back to them. I love to be able to pen a few otabs in Opera, and take a call, and send an email, and come back to Opera and my tabs are still open. I think most people were turned off using Win Mo, and if the hardware was where it is today (over even last year with the 1Ghz Snapdragon), I think it would not have gotten such a bad rap. Obviously there are major shortcomings, and designing a new OS in WP7 was necessary, but I still love Win Mo and Sense, CHT, GTX, sencity, etc...it's hardly a dead OS.

OK, I’ll leave now.

carriers bugging up stock ROMs is what turned people off, the original droid was released with nearly the same specs as the tp2 and no one bothered to bash it. most of the TP2s bashing has to deal with the beef that people have against MS for some reason.