Windows Phone 7 Discussion - Page 4

**jbearamus** · #31 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by gcianc

very, very impressed. will be a no-brainer in stores (most important) and with users total integration.

hackers/geeks can & will move to android and it's win95-like quagmire.

like the Orange guy said... 25% connected to internet... WP7 gives a huge opportunity to get the untapped 75%. lets be real Android is looking primitive and Palm is basically dead. Plus blackberry will suffer badly with casuals/moms (a large smartphone user base in 2010_

I agree, I really like it, probably going to win me back from Android, but I'll need hands on time first, hoping for some sort of multitasking and I hope there's an emulator of some sort available for our old .cab collection, but its definitely what Microsoft has needed for a long time. I don't know about Palm being dead, WebOS was a great comeback but I can definitely see Blackberry and any stock Android device have problems, Android with an overlay such as Sense or Blur or Sony's new sexiness would be fine but stock is in trouble

Nano, Engadget confirmed this is integrated Pandora support but they don't know to what extent. And yes, this legacy edition is intriguing, wonder why they didn't say anything about it...

Tim Smith · #32 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jbearamus

And yes, this legacy edition is intriguing, wonder why they didn't say anything about it...

They'll probably address it at MIX. My understanding is this was just to show the new major features at a glance. Basically a teaser.

**jbearamus** · #33 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Smith

They'll probably address it at MIX. My understanding is this was just to show the new major features at a glance. Basically a teaser.

makes sense, i was also figuring MWC is more of a consumer show anyway, most people there probably wouldn't be interested so hopefully more info drops next month but if legacy has at least some of these new features integrated

**Biggzz** · #34 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by gcianc

very, very impressed. will be a no-brainer in stores (most important) and with users total integration.

hackers/geeks can & will move to android and it's win95-like quagmire.

like the Orange guy said... 25% connected to internet... WP7 gives a huge opportunity to get the untapped 75%. lets be real Android is looking primitive and Palm is basically dead. Plus blackberry will suffer badly with casuals/moms (a large smartphone user base in 2010_

Not giving up my $15 month data package for all the "features" W7 is supposed to bring....I was hopeful but not impressed.

**brownhornet** · #35 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by gcianc

very, very impressed. will be a no-brainer in stores (most important) and with users total integration.

hackers/geeks can & will move to android and it's win95-like quagmire.

like the Orange guy said... 25% connected to internet... WP7 gives a huge opportunity to get the untapped 75%. lets be real Android is looking primitive and Palm is basically dead. Plus blackberry will suffer badly with casuals/moms (a large smartphone user base in 2010_

I take it you're easily impressed... there's nothing even remotely impressive about it IMO. Looks like an iphone knocking using the zune. Then again I wasnt really expecting to be blown away anyways considering its microsoft.

**jbearamus** · #36 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by brownhornet

I take it you're easily impressed... there's nothing even remotely impressive about it IMO. Looks like an iphone knocking using the zune

although everything looks tied together and integrated much like sense for android and the newest touchflo/sense hybrid for winmo

**brownhornet** · #37 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 02:00 PM

Blah... oh well I hope the supersonic comes to sprint and if so I hope it has sense.

**jbearamus** · #38 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by brownhornet

Blah... oh well I hope the supersonic comes to sprint and if so I hope it has sense.

i would assume it would

**amw1972** · #39 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 02:22 PM

I'll bump all the IMPRESSED posts...but here's my take...

As much as its nice to see M$ taking a giant LEAP with WinPho7...they basically closed the book on 6.5 and 6.5.x. All the custom ROM's that we love to run...the custom interfaces...most of those if NOT all will be moot within the next couple of years.

Look at the iPhone...even when jailbroken...and/or with 3rd party skinning...it still LOOKS like the iPhone. I think we just lost an "OPEN" system where there is so much user modification...that as much as we complain about WinMo sucked...we thoroughly enjoy the flashing of ROM's...the bleeding edge software (beta's and alpha's) the newest builds...

I hope PPCGeeks live on after this...and an expanded Android section...because I think Supersonic will be my next device....bye bye Windows Mobile or whatever you call youself!!!=D>

smoove21 · #40 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gcianc

very, very impressed. will be a no-brainer in stores (most important) and with users total integration.

hackers/geeks can & will move to android and it's win95-like quagmire.

like the Orange guy said... 25% connected to internet... WP7 gives a huge opportunity to get the untapped 75%. lets be real Android is looking primitive and Palm is basically dead. Plus blackberry will suffer badly with casuals/moms (a large smartphone user base in 2010_

NO....the only thing that separates this os from any other os is its xbox live intergration.. Everyone wont go to android if anything android has to be worried about windows phone. Android isnt anything special, has nothing unique to offer its just free and no phone manufacturer has to pay google to license it. Im sad that windows mobile as we know it is gone, but this new os was obviously developed to combat apple and it does one up them in the sense that they do have xbox live and their office suite for mobile. There's no way in the world that this will make blackberry suffer.

This "legacy" edition of windows phone everyone speaks of, are there any links i can go to so i can read up on it? Today reading this thread is my first time hearing about it.. i know about the starter edition of windows phone series http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/mwc-w...ement-tomorrow but not legacy.. If this is true then microsoft is making a bigger mess in my opinion. With legacy,starter, 6.5.3 and the one announced today.. It's too many different versions to support with fast ota updates. Dont tell me we are headed down a slow update process like with old versions again.