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Originally Posted by bparent
I like WM and my TP2, but it has some miles on it and wonder when it will quit. I am not all that impressed with Android yet. I boot into Android with my TP2 and there are a lot of apps, but mostly play stuff. I can do all the Google Maps, voice commands, TellMe, Bing, etc. on WM. I have office apps like excel( even third party ones that will do macros & programming),word, powerpoint and outlook on WM. In short it is a good business phone. There are several good Navigation programs on WM that do not require online internet access.
If WM7 were backwards compatible and would run all the apps I have acquired and tweaked over the years then I would go with it. But, with it being Silverlight based and having to get a new development system and not being able to run WCE/Pocket PC apps, etc. then it is a real downer.
Typical of MS abandoning the masses and requiring developers to buy and learn a new OS and developer tools.
I know Android can open and edit some office files, but not sure it run some of the excel files and controls I now use on WM. It would be great if Android could boot back to WM or even better yet run a VM to allow running some WM apps. Oh well for now, even though I qualify for an upgrade, I am not inclined to do so.
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What do you need opened? most of the office apps are free to view, payed to Edit...so you can test out the apps for free to see if they open and then see about committing to buying..
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Originally Posted by eric12341
the HTC Arrive is currently the only sprint phone that could stream Netflix. the Netflix for Android app is in the making but hasn't been released yet AFAIK. and as for 4G its basically just a marketing gimmick and battery sucker. 3G is enough to satisfy most if not all computing needs (when it works but I won't go there in this thread). |
4G has its uses...like downloading huge files...I also notice tethering is smoother on 4G...(probably due to being able to handle more active connections)
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Originally Posted by AZTECHKA
I was in Vegas last weekend and 4G did nothing noticeable for me on my EVO. Streaming Youtube still had to buffer and what else do you need that speed for? Unless you are tethering and using the laptop... I can't think of anything I'm going to do on my phone that requires super fast speed.
Not till they get things right and standardise 4G and give us batteries that last longer than a fart lingers.
But I'm not holding my breath... So to speak.
p.
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I have been in a few places including vegas, vegas I had not bad 4g coverage maybe even the best..but the speed was the slowest out of all the markets I tried so far while traveling.