Android versus WinMo - a personal experience

[dishe]

Originally Posted by MrPib

One thing to remember is that we had to jump through our share of hoops to get WM running just as we like, so of course we'll have to do the same for Android. My address book is in the Palm Desktop contacts app (with the nice Agendus overlay), so I had to install Outlook, then get the PDT -> Outlook export working, and then sync with the horrid ActiveSync just to get my contacts on my TP2!

Another example -- I used to have multiple Gcals, with stuff like kids' sports seperate. The google cal sync only lets you sync the primary calendar (which G says is WM's fault), so I had to merge everything into one cal. Wouldn't have had to do that for Android.

Of course, I had to jump through a whole different set of hoops when I went from a HP200LX to a Palm E2 a few years back. It's just par for the course.

That may be true, as far as transitions go. However, that seems to be assuming that all things are otherwise equal (in other words you can do the same things in Android that one used to do in WM).
My original post was not about trouble with transition, but rather that there are things you just can't do in the newer platform yet. I should emphasize "yet", since it may very well catch up soon... However certain things, like the lack of Tasks as part of the synchronized PIM, may really take some time if it is to ever be resolved. This is true regardless of any "hoops" one may have to jump through during the transition.

[Daboodah]

I completely agree with dishe about the TASKS! That is one of the reasons I hold out. I'm beginning to think I will need to change the way I manage tasks if I want to move off WinMo, as it just doesn't appear to be an important thing to any other OS out there.

[horndoctor]

Speaking of tasks...
Anyone try pTasks:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ighlight=tasks

or HTC Tasks:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ighlight=tasks

[redd214]

i use task a lot and the task apps on android are honestly better on android than winmo. most of them allow interactable widgets on the homescreen, much like mobile shell, but where i give them the edge is that they easily integrate into the calendar as well. the got to do app on android also allows subtasks which is very useful and is something i havent seen on any winmo tasks app. ive tried tasks manila and ptasks, i found both to be buggy and retreated back the pocket outlook. while both are very finger friendly and look much better than the stock task program i found them to be slow and dont work perfectly.

got to do + pure calendar widget = damn near perfect task experience for me personally, your results may differ of course

[Blades]

The worst part about WinMo is how MS threw devs and users under the bus with WP7.. So now, companies like Bank of America or Barnes and Noble don't even bother to have a WinMo section/app/comingsoon. It'd be one thing if they scrapped 6.x and built something cleaner with the same set of 'tweakability' - but they didn't, they switched to closed-out applesque style.. Its aggrivating because I (and I'm sure others as well) would like to ask "How stupid do you think we are" (to decide to close out 3rd party apps and other mod-friendly features)... but the answer we'd get is based on the entire phone-buying population.. and that answer is "pretty ****in stupid".. Smartphones being mainstream really kinda sucks..

[MrPib]

Very well put. Blades. Right under the bus. And you'd think that they would have learned from the Zune that they can't out-Apple Apple.