Is it just me or does WM just plain suck?

[Flash_C4]

It's not you. You make a lot of valid points and it is very frustrating when Microsoft dropped the ball with their mobile platform the way they have. When they did this kind of things in the desktop market with such great things as Windows ME and Vista they still didn't take much of a hit because of the huge market saturation that they have. The mobile market is very different because it is still emerging unlike the PC OS market. If there were other players (Apple doesn't count because they have never wanted to play the game the way others do) in the OS market 20+ years ago that would have been able to get the upper hand on Microsoft in the way that other mobile platforms have done (Apple with the iPhone, Google with Android, Blackberry, Symbian etc) then Microsoft probably wouldn't be sitting at the top of the pile like they are now. The mobile market is very different because of the speed in which technology is advancing and the fact that the mobile market has just really started to explode in the past couple of years and I believe 2010 is going to be the year that we see it really take off. With all that being said I think that Microsoft is trying to play catch up due to some lack of foresight and some arrogance and it shows with their mobile platform. It might be ok for the casual user but for someone who relies heavily on their phone for more than just email and the Internet I get frustrated when I am trying to do a simple task like connecting into my corporate network to reset a password for someone and my phone wants to act like it's soaked in gravy. Great hardware that HTC is coming out with and I'm glad other platforms are taking advantage of it. Let's hope that Microsoft also gets on board in 2010 with Mobile 7.

[piperthedj]

Originally Posted by Flash_C4

When they did this kind of things in the desktop market with such great things as Windows ME and Vista they still didn't take much of a hit because of the huge market saturation that they have. The mobile market is very different because it is still emerging unlike the PC OS market. If there were other players (Apple doesn't count because they have never wanted to play the game the way others do) in the OS market 20+ years ago that would have been able to get the upper hand on Microsoft in the way that other mobile platforms have done (Apple with the iPhone, Google with Android, Blackberry, Symbian etc) then Microsoft probably wouldn't be sitting at the top of the pile like they are now. The mobile market is very different because of the speed in which technology is advancing and the fact that the mobile market has just really started to explode in the past couple of years and I believe 2010 is going to be the year that we see it really take off. With all that being said I think that Microsoft is trying to play catch up due to some lack of foresight and some arrogance and it shows with their mobile platform....
Great hardware that HTC is coming out with and I'm glad other platforms are taking advantage of it. Let's hope that Microsoft also gets on board in 2010 with Mobile 7.

just my 2 cents if you all dont mind... i am not a pro user, but the 6900 is pretty close....
WinMO is not the most functional for a power user. i use my phone for everything and to have a lag issue is seriously frustrating. 3 months ago i got the balls to flash to 6.5 in an effort to get outside the lag issue, there are good days and bad days. i am waiting for an android flash rom to come out.
once again IMO WinMO is only popular because the name... Microsoft, by default people trust it- dont know why, but they do- being a former WinCE user, WinMO is a small step in the right direction. personally, my phone is the only microsoft product in my house. apple aced the market moving to unix, lynux is super solid for android. getting everything to HTC in a workable rom is a bit of a task. ever since winXPsp2 my respect for microsoft products has steadily grown weaker.

thanks for reading