Speculation [Windows Mobile 7]

[Syph3r]

New Windows Mobile 7 Big disappointment to Custom Roms etc...


No Multi-Task support. Applications will “Pause” when in the background, however will support notifications via push notifications.

No NETCF backwards compatibility. This means the original rumor of no backward compatibility for applications holds to be true.

OEM Interfaces will not be allowed to run on the device. Say goodbye to Sense UI / SPB Mobile Shell / Point UI / Infinity, etc, etc

Windows Phone 7 will only support application installation through service based delivery. (i.e Marketplace). Application installation via storage card will not be possible.


So much for me getting a Windows Phone

Hello Android [HTC Supersonic]

[atomicvocabulary]

I might be able to deal with all of that, except for apps stopping when you move away from them. With 1ghz processors you should be able to multi process and not being able to is a step in the wrong direction.

Hell Win 7 should be the standard for at least two years and in that time CPU tech for phones might move into the 2ghz+ range by 2013. No excuse.

[Ikonic]

Well right now thats all speculation. we will see it when they reveil it on feb 15th. hopefully its not truth and its all an apple conspiracy to get ppl to buy there iphones. but hopefully if they do see the errors behind that they will go back to how it is now.

But thanks to the TP2 being a great phone and i have no dreams of changing it soon anyway

[Paragon]

Wow! You have taken a whole bunch of speculation and presented it as fact. There have been a few people state what you just have, but there have also been many people state that these rumors are not true.

As well, when you deal with rumors that turn out to be fact, they are generally a small piece of the bigger picture, and when seen in that light, look quite different.

I think it is a very big mistake to jump to any conclusions at this point, till we see all the facts.

Dave

[Oxymoron238]

Originally Posted by Paragon

Wow! You have taken a whole bunch of speculation and presented it as fact. There have been a few people state what you just have, but there have also been many people state that these rumors are not true.

As well, when you deal with rumors that turn out to be fact, they are generally a small piece of the bigger picture, and when seen in that light, look quite different.

I think it is a very big mistake to jump to any conclusions at this point, till we see all the facts.

Dave

Oh I HOPE these are rumors. I cannot believe that Microsoft would do this. If Windows 7 turns out to be nothing but iWindows, then I'm going to the Droid.

I will NOT deal with the iPhone, no matter what brand name it's under.

[rawdikrik]

Originally Posted by Paragon

Wow! You have taken a whole bunch of speculation and presented it as fact. There have been a few people state what you just have, but there have also been many people state that these rumors are not true.

As well, when you deal with rumors that turn out to be fact, they are generally a small piece of the bigger picture, and when seen in that light, look quite different.

I think it is a very big mistake to jump to any conclusions at this point, till we see all the facts.

Dave

God Bless there is still someone SANE here. Geeze.

Rumors guys. Plain and simple. U wanna start jumping ship based on very incomplete information? Go right ahead. Ill wait a little longer.

But to add my take on this Rumor... you are right. Everythign you said... is right - ON ONE VERSION OF WINDOWS 7.

Thats right. If you remember, there have been quite a few rumors of 2 different kinds of windows 7... and im sure that is right.

The winmo7 that is for media playback and light usage and quite possibly the rumored "pink and turtle" phones will be this. Its a Zune HD with more phone functionality, but without all the crazy powerhouse stuff.

Its still more powerful than the iphone, and still has lots of room to work with, but by making restrictions you make it easier to make apps for and allow these apps to use the most power possible.

There will be a second kind of winmo7... just like ours.... that can do Everything and anythign under the sun, and still use carrier customizations and everything.

Can you imagine winmo upsetting its biggest hardware player HTC, and telling them "sorry guys, no more Sense"?

I dont think so....

[smoove21]

Originally Posted by rawdikrik

God Bless there is still someone SANE here. Geeze.

Rumors guys. Plain and simple. U wanna start jumping ship based on very incomplete information? Go right ahead. Ill wait a little longer.

But to add my take on this Rumor... you are right. Everythign you said... is right - ON ONE VERSION OF WINDOWS 7.

Thats right. If you remember, there have been quite a few rumors of 2 different kinds of windows 7... and im sure that is right.

The winmo7 that is for media playback and light usage and quite possibly the rumored "pink and turtle" phones will be this. Its a Zune HD with more phone functionality, but without all the crazy powerhouse stuff.

Its still more powerful than the iphone, and still has lots of room to work with, but by making restrictions you make it easier to make apps for and allow these apps to use the most power possible.

There will be a second kind of winmo7... just like ours.... that can do Everything and anythign under the sun, and still use carrier customizations and everything.

Can you imagine winmo upsetting its biggest hardware player HTC, and telling them "sorry guys, no more Sense"?

I dont think so....

That last sentence makes alot of sense. HTC has imho kept microsoft relevant these last couple of years. Like everyone else I hope to god those are rumors. If not then it's looking bad for microsoft. I'm sure that they will do ok in the consumer space and I believe simplifying the OS will put them on top in the business communtiy.. I imagine it becoming I hard decision for business users over whether or not to get a blackberry. At the same time, no multitasking is kinda counter productive in the business world nowadays isn't it? Those rumors really does make microsoft sound like followers but going to android is no better.. Android is a knock-off of windows and apple in my opinion.. Their app store is filled with mostly bs and the games are crap. Also it can't even begin to compete with windows in the business world. One would do better(if he/she decided to jump ship) by getting the palm pre for multitasking or the iphone for multimedia purposes. Hell I'm willing to believe that the next iphone os will have multitasking in some form or another..I'm sure microsoft has considered the competition and developed their os (in all this time) accordingly. Why disregard the hundreds of thousands(million?) apps you already have and the ability to install/use external storage, just to start from the very beginning with app #1? Every other os has apps in the thousands, microsoft is smarter than that(I hope). Again these are only my opinions.

[Darrell262]

After reading that it makes me want to buy a android phone. I am not in the market for a new phone right now, so when the time comes I'll check out what win 7 is doing i am sure by then the specs will be out and make my choice then.

[PropagandaX]

I could not agree more, they better be rumors. Otherwise WM is digging its own grave.

[redd214]

i also heard it will run mac os x programs, end world hunger and make you a mixed drink on request....but you cant charge it with a normal outlet you have to use that weird one behind the refridgerator

but seriously until we get a presser from microsoft themselves, dont believe everything you read on tech blogs