Windows Phone 7... Doomed?

[gTen]

Originally Posted by orangekid

the first time I picked up an Android device it was a Hero in a Sprint store, up till then my knowledge was in WM flashing, hacking, cooking, etc... and I couldn't figure out how to work the task manager in Android, didn't even know you could slide the notification window down, I just tapped it and nothing happened. I didn't know how to use the menu key, the whole experience was like wtf.

Then I got a mytouch 3G just to learn Android and after about a week I was rooting, flashing custom recoveries and radios and roms and all that jazz, so I learned pretty fast but yeah, when I had WP7 flashed on my phone I learned the whole OS inside/out in about 10 minutes, lol.

Yeah I will admit on the notification bar...I kept tapping it and it would scroll down a little and go back up..i'm like..wth...I think android should tell you to pull down the bar when you initially start it up :/

I wasn't confused about the task manager though..comming from winmo I knew some roms had task manager hidden somewhere in settings so I wasn't too concerned..

[matty032]

I have tried Winphone at the T Mobile store. It is definitely the best OS out there. But after all the bad news from the MWC this week, I doubt it will be viable by the time my sprint contract is up, and I can purchase one. VZW, nor Motorola seem to have any interest at all, as far as adopting it. They should have release this two years ago. It would have beat hemmoroid hands down.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by matty032

I have tried Winphone at the T Mobile store. It is definitely the best OS out there. But after all the bad news from the MWC this week, I doubt it will be viable by the time my sprint contract is up, and I can purchase one. VZW, nor Motorola seem to have any interest at all, as far as adopting it. They should have release this two years ago. It would have beat hemmroid hands down.

well the NoDo update is coming in March, and the Mango later this year.

The Sprint Pro7 RUU actually leaked and they are trying to dump it and look at all the NoDo goodies right now, since it does appear to have a more updated firmware on it, so I may be running NoDo on my HD2 sooner than later

[Noir]

to quickly add expect sprint wp7 device in 2 weeks

I mean its kinda a physiological thing where everyone's UIs have similarity that even while unique can confuse users for the limited amount of time they get to play with it :/

but does everything have to be homogenous? Why I loved htc sense on android is because it didn't look android. WP7 does the same thing by revolutionizing ui for a minimalistic experience. Ain't ya getting tired of the iphone esque swipe to screen? Oh a widget how nice...
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