Did you switch from WM? What do you think?

[gullzway]

Originally Posted by sureshot007

So I've been with Windows Mobile since my HTC Apache, and now my TP2 is feeling a bit outdated. With the lack of a comparable WM phone for Sprint on the horizon, I've been considering an Android phone (possibly the Epic). I just want to hear about what people's reactions were when they made the switch from WM to Android. What did you love, what did you hate, what do you miss from WM?

(I didn't try searching for this, I just browsed through the last 6-7 months of threads in this forum and didn't see anything related. Seeing as I wanted something a little more up-to-date, I figured I'd start a new thread. My apologies if this is a topic that has been beaten to death)

I too started my smartphone days with an Apache and ended with a TP2. I now have an Epic and don't miss Winmo at all(I thought I would.) This phone runs so Great Stock that tweaking is not really need. I'm running a stock Froyo DK17 Rom and this thing Flys.

[argentinito]

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Android u can. Custumise it better n easy man, n is ur choice if u want to pay or get it for free n believe me a lot people do it in ppc, but if u want to stay with window is. Cool, is like u want to drive a ford when u can drive a ferrari lol

[BenC]

I was tempted to install a pirated copy of Swypee, but did not. Now that I have the beta, I have no problem waiting for the real thing. The one I purchased did an ok job. I do lots of data entry and those free ones I tried had issues that were more than what I was interested in going with.

Originally Posted by argentinito

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Thats happen when u dont research n read i have like 4 kb swype, stock, htc im, n better kb... theres a lot of kb on the market n if u have to pay for it just go to 4share n download it for free

My keyboard

Pimp

[chardog]

I was a wm user for 4 years and the switch had ups and downs. downside: I had to purchase a program called gsyncit to sync to outlook. does a fantastic job. The OS is not as configurable as WM.

On the flip side Android is stable as hell in comparison. No more battery pulls/soft reset. If you like lots of configs, I recommend buying tasker. You'll be more complete than wm could ever dream of with that app. Totally worth the 7 bux, and gsync was a must even for 20.

with those apps paid for, you're phone is just as compatible as wm, but now for the positives. FAST.... no more laggy interface. Did I mention fast? right, a lot faster than WM. The app market is huge, not iphone huge, but still huge in its own respect. Android is a fast and reliable OS, that WM can only dream to be. It's like a mixture between reliability and speed of iphone, with customizations of WM. Best of both worlds.

I dont miss the hard keyboard at all. Swype works very well, and the capacitive screen is about as good as the iphone's. I can type reasonably fast with this thing. The navigation voice action works much much better than it did on the TP2 with bing.

[BenC]

Battery pulls? I have to reset (off/on) my device once a day to ensure Bluecrap continues to run properly. If not, then sometime during the day a call will come in, act like it is sent to the headset and nothing heard from the headset or speaker.

[steinom]

Sold my HD2 and got a Desire HD, it's greate and much better....
Android is the future ;-

[Riley]

Yes, from the tp2 to the Evo. I am happy with the move. I feel there is so much development for this device that the possibilities are unlimited. I do not miss windows mobile because the Evo provides me the same experiences for the most part. Ability to use custom roms, flash various themed sense clocks and other third party themes, etc. It's a lot of fun.

[chardog]

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Originally Posted by BenC

Battery pulls? I have to reset (off/on) my device once a day to ensure Bluecrap continues to run properly. If not, then sometime during the day a call will come in, act like it is sent to the headset and nothing heard from the headset or speaker.

Sometimes I get sod, and do a battery pull if my stylus is missing. Sleep of death is common with windows mobile... Even more prevalent with 6.5 and sense.

[BenC]

My TP2 never gave me a bit of trouble. No resets, stalls, SOD, et cetera. It just plain worked. Never had to turn it off and never had a problem with the Bluetick implementation; wish I could say that with the Evo.

[horndoctor]

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Originally Posted by chardog

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Sometimes I get sod, and do a battery pull if my stylus is missing. Sleep of death is common with windows mobile... Even more prevalent with 6.5 and sense.

Never had SOD with 6.1 (knock on wood).