Windows Phone 7 Discussion

[gcianc]

comedy hour is among us here.

ROTFMLAO check back when iPhone leaves ATT in the USA... the rest is not worth responding since you're a hater with a closed mind to things.

no big deal either way.

Originally Posted by brownhornet

If you think ANYTHING winmo will outsell iphone then you sir, are an idiot. If and when the iphone goes to verizon their sales will most likely double.. and they already lead winmo in marketshare as it is. Winmo will NEVER outsell blackberry.. now you're just being outlandish. And again, i'm willing to put my money up that says within the next year Android will surpass winmo and possibly iphone in marketshare.

If you like it then you like it, fine.. but I see nothing here even remotely impressive. I think some of you are just afraid of change but I watched the whole presentation and all I was left with was scratching my chin wondering when the big boom was coming.

Game changer? WHERE?????????? They integrated the phone with zune and threw in xbox live and thats game changing? Sorry but I have to stand by my point.. there's nothing in that video thats going to convince anyone to switch from BB, Iphone or Android back to winmo since a lot of the things they showed other systems ALREADY do.

[prince]

"gcianc


sorry WP7 is a GAME CHANGER more than i myself actually ever expected. "


+1 In the broad scheme of things, it is a game changer. Broad strokes rub some the wrong way, but they are clearly going for mass appeal

[smoove21]

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.

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by smoove21

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.

Uh, in case you havent noticed phone sales as of lately plenty of people are ALREADY going to Android.. and after this "big" announcement I definitely dont see that changing. The biggest excuse people here loved to use as to justify winmo still was the customization... what now?

[brownhornet]

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

[jbearamus]

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]

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>

[jbearamus]

Originally Posted by amw1972

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>

we don't necessarily know that it's all locked up, for all we know we'll still be able to hack/tweak/customize, may not have as much control over it as we used to but it would expect it to be just as hackable as Android or WebOS

[Tim Smith]

Originally Posted by jbearamus

we don't necessarily know that it's all locked up, for all we know we'll still be able to hack/tweak/customize, may not have as much control over it as we used to but it would expect it to be just as hackable as Android or WebOS

People love drama and love to freak out and make everything a big deal.

[gcianc]

no problem, they all are really poor in comparison... sorry cooks but as Tuna (bill parcells) once said so eloquently

"if i'm going to be the cook then i want to buy the groceries".

Custom ROMs were sometimes better than the Verizon/Sprint/Att/etc roms... they were not perfect or anything special given the groceries the cooks had to work with.

Originally Posted by amw1972

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.