A call to arms - Windows 7 phone succeeds

[kvictor017]

Ok I read a few posts and want to put in my 2 cents. My first smartphone was a WM phone. Loved it. Plus the hacking appealed to the geek in me (as it does most of us). But I began to seriously get tired of doing all of these hacks just to make the phone perform the way I wanted it to, and I didn't want to leave Verizon (I like their network) So I got a Droid X. That phone is freakin awesome! Just about everything that I would want my phone to do, it does and it does it well, and fast! And if I want to add some features or functions, I can find an app for it. Easy.

That said I'm still a MS fan. I personally think MS is gonna be the quiet beast with WP7. They won't advertise how cool WP7 is or how it does all of these things like "Droid Does". I think that's a bad thing. I really want WP7 to gain Market share but if they only push it in a way that "gets you in and out and back to life" That's, well, boring. From a marketing standpoint, when I think Android, I think innovation and cutting edge cool stuff. But with WP7, I think plain common sense and solid performance and compatibility, which is the most important, but it doesn't lend to customization and innovation, which makes it plain and unappealing.
Right now, Android is the sport car and WP7 is the Minivan with the high safety ratings lol

Now I'm a geek, and I know better than to just look at some cool commercial, but the fact is that Android is more popular than WP7, it has more app development too (Apple just doesn't count to me lol), and it's going to take MS showing me how innovative, functional, customizable, and inclusive their phones can be, before I invest in them. That will take time b/c it's only been 3 months. So in the meantime, I'm chillin with my Droid X.

2 cents deposited...

[kvictor017]

Originally Posted by Kliptik

This is funny... The largest phone manufacturer in the world jumps to WP7 and somehow that still isn't good enough? And honestly it doesn't matter if the OS is "all that". Look at the iPhone. The OS is terrible compared to others out there. I mean they couldn't even take video until iPhone 4! And look at how much it sells!

What matters is if it sells! So now you'll have MS fanboys AND Nokia fanboys all over it. I think we should save this thread and revisit it in one year... See who takes back their words....

But what difference does any of this make if we can't get these amazing phones on our carriers here? The only ones that have it are the GSM carriers. Why? Because it has to be customized to work with CDMA netorks. That explains why no one has seen a Nokia phone pushed here in forever. The rest of the world, (which believe it or not is bigger than the US) is GSM, so MS is definitely gonna go in that direction and I don't blame them. But it still sucks b/c I like Verizon and don't want to switch to AT&T or T-Mobile.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by kvictor017

But what difference does any of this make if we can't get these amazing phones on our carriers here? The only ones that have it are the GSM carriers. Why? Because it has to be customized to work with CDMA netorks. That explains why no one has seen a Nokia phone pushed here in forever. The rest of the world, (which believe it or not is bigger than the US) is GSM, so MS is definitely gonna go in that direction and I don't blame them. But it still sucks b/c I like Verizon and don't want to switch to AT&T or T-Mobile.

Nokia just let go of their president of US branch and hired a sale guy from M$ as president of the branch to help push sales in the USA..

[eric12341]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

LMAO @ people acting like they dont know the only reason Nokia went with Microsoft is because Elop used to work for Microsoft. Why else would they be STUPID enough to abandon the biggest OS in the world for the smallest? I guess some people dont understand how businesses work. It damn sure wasnt because WP7 is a good OS.

sounds like someones jealous Nokia didn't go with Android. try again troll.

[Dr.8820]

I wonder sometimes about that guy. Microsoft must have really hurt his feelings for him to constantly bash them. It doesn't bother me one way or the other and I've never made a big deal to anyone about it, but I wonder why he just doesn't enjoy his os and phone. Maybe if he had some facts, but everything is just opinion. All I know is i have it and it works pretty good, but it's not for everyone . I know he has ATT coverage, but if tmobile worked in his area, he'd be singing a different tune....he has coverage envy lol.

[darren.wlsn1]

from one wp thread to the other, for the love of the ppc world guys please stop with the taunting/trolling/crying/mines bigger than yours ect stuff. dont come to the wp threads if all your gonna do is troll and entice people into a flaming war. this is getting really old and the cdma phone isn't even out yet and i promise this islast time im asking nicely and there will be bans handed out if this dont stop.

[eric12341]

its mostly that hornet guy. i wonder how he even got his VIP status.

[Dr.8820]

Wirelessly posted (PPCGEEKS Fire Dept.: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows Phone OS 7.0; Trident/3.1; IEMobile/7.0; HTC; HD7))

Mine's not big (yet), it's only been out 5 months...but with Nokia on board, it will be ! (Staying on topic )

[rrjskj]

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

from one wp thread to the other, for the love of the ppc world guys please stop with the taunting/trolling/crying/mines bigger than yours ect stuff. dont come to the wp threads if all your gonna do is troll and entice people into a flaming war. this is getting really old and the cdma phone isn't even out yet and i promise this islast time im asking nicely and there will be bans handed out if this dont stop.

thank you for stepping in on that . it's was starting to get ugly up in here . with all the wp bashing ..

[Dr.8820]

wp7 is going to be just fine
Microsoft shows off WP7's future with multitasking, Twitter integration, and IE9, all coming this year -- Engadget
Windows Phone 7's multitasking uses zoomed-out cards to check on your apps -- Engadget
Microsoft Rally Ball demo shows Windows Phone 7, Kinect, Xbox Live living in perfect harmony (video) -- Engadget
and that copy/paste that the trolls always harp on...?
Windows Phone 7 update with copy and paste, CDMA support coming in 'early March' -- Engadget