WP7 no removable storage, no file explorer, no usb hdd, NO COPY AND PASTE - Page 8

**nrfitchett4** · #71 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

There is no way I will be supporting this new imitation iPhone crap. I am already trying to figure out what I need to do in order to switch to Android.

Please, HTC, PLEASE, if you have any reps reading this thread- please submit it to management that we want a Touch Pro 3 running Android with T-Mobile USA 3G+.

What we know to have been confirmed already:
No installing apps outside of the app store
No multitasking
No file explorer
No directory structure
No USB flash drive
No storage cards
No 3rd party interfaces
No replacing the built in apps (like web browser)
No backwards app compatibility
Limited use of hardware keyboards

Are you kidding me? Microsoft just basically abandoned us. If I wanted an iPhone, I would have one already. I certainly wouldn't wait several years and then buy a crappy imitation.

I guess this seals it. Android is the "new WinMo" and WinMo is trying to be the "new iPhone" (or something like that). Android came in with basically the same ideas as WinMo- only they used open source software and gave it away for free. But their functionality is basically the same. And that model is working quite well for Android. Now WinMo is abandoning it and trying to be like an iPhone.

I'm sure I'll see most you guys on the other side (Android) soon.

One of you cats that is already on Android should make up a guide on how to switch from WinMo to Android. You know, with apps we'll need to get, how to get our contacts from hotmail, and all that other stuff.

Oh, and look for Apple to sue HTC or whoever releases these iPhone knockoffs. If they sued HTC for Android supposedly copying the iPhone, it shuld be real interesting to see what they do when HTC (or whoever) starts releasing these Win 7 iPhone knockoffs. I know everyone said they were really attacking Google in the lawsuit, but there is a very good chance they were really attacking MS. They didn't list any WinMo devices because they knew it was dead. They could have been trying to get the word out that they would sue any iPhone clones because they knew Win 7 was nothing but an iPhone imitation, and wanted to let everyone know in advance that they weren't cool with that. You never know...

why just on t-mobile's 3g+, when sprint 4g is already here???

**BlackDynamite** · #72 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by nrfitchett4

why just on t-mobile's 3g+, when sprint 4g is already here???

Sprint 4g is already where? lol, certainly not anywhere near me. Not only that, but nowhere near me is listed on the expansion list for this year.

Plus, I'm sick of my slingplayer stopping everytime I get a text or a tweet (which I get hundreds per day, so this is a real issue). I miss the being able to do both at the same time that GSM offers. And since AT&T wants to lock phones down (see the Moto Android phone they just released) and T-Mobile has faster data anyway- for cheaper and no contracts, then I am looking at T-Mobile as my next carrier if they ever get a phone I want.

**gTen** · #73 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

There is no way I will be supporting this new imitation iPhone crap. I am already trying to figure out what I need to do in order to switch to Android.

Please, HTC, PLEASE, if you have any reps reading this thread- please submit it to management that we want a Touch Pro 3 running Android with T-Mobile USA 3G+.

Actually the TP3 has already been semi confirmed and from what is gathered its the mini-tp2 with wm6.5

**BlackDynamite** · #74 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by gTen

Actually the TP3 has already been semi confirmed and from what is gathered its the mini-tp2 with wm6.5

I don't think that's a TP3. I think it's just another device with a slide out qwerty. It can't very well be called a TP3 if it has worse hardware that the TP2.

Maybe TP mini or something like that, but not TP3...

Give me a TP2 running Android with a Snapdragon or Tegra, with twice the RAM, a better camera, and a flash on the camera. Now that would be worthy of being called a TP3.

**nrfitchett4** · #75 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Sprint 4g is already where? lol, certainly not anywhere near me. Not only that, but nowhere near me is listed on the expansion list for this year.

Plus, I'm sick of my slingplayer stopping everytime I get a text or a tweet (which I get hundreds per day, so this is a real issue). I miss the being able to do both at the same time that GSM offers. And since AT&T wants to lock phones down (see the Moto Android phone they just released) and T-Mobile has faster data anyway- for cheaper and no contracts, then I am looking at T-Mobile as my next carrier if they ever get a phone I want.

i saw what at&t did to ruin the moto backflip. horrible yahoo everywhere.
sprint 4g is here in san antonio, so I am happy with that. plus last time i checked out t-mobile they wanted like 2000 in deposits for service (past medical bankruptcy). so i'm staying sprint. i would like to see a tp3 across all platforms like the tp2.

**gTen** · #76 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

I don't think that's a TP3. I think it's just another device with a slide out qwerty. It can't very well be called a TP3 if it has worse hardware that the TP2.

Maybe TP mini or something like that, but not TP3...

Give me a TP2 running Android with a Snapdragon or Tegra, with twice the RAM, a better camera, and a flash on the camera. Now that would be worthy of being called a TP3.

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=14285

Take it as you will..but the touch pro line in general will prob stay to windows mobile...

Personally I already want to see a Tegra on a phone already >.>..snapdragons are nice yes..but I want to see some Tegra >.>.spice some competition

**BlackDynamite** · #77 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by nrfitchett4

i saw what at&t did to ruin the moto backflip. horrible yahoo everywhere.
sprint 4g is here in san antonio, so I am happy with that. plus last time i checked out t-mobile they wanted like 2000 in deposits for service (past medical bankruptcy). so i'm staying sprint. i would like to see a tp3 across all platforms like the tp2.

I don't think T-Mobile takes deposits anymore. They have plans with no contracts at all (and they're the cheapest plans they offer, go figure).

I'm with you though- having it on all the carriers would be ideal. That way if whatever carrier you're on makes you mad, you can drop them and get the same phone on the competition.

That's what I did to AT&T. They started requiring $30 data plans on smartphones, so I dropped them and went to Sprint. I was using a TP2 on AT&T, so I just got the Sprint version and kept it moving.

**BlackDynamite** · #78 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by gTen

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=14285

Take it as you will..but the touch pro line in general will prob stay to windows mobile...

Personally I already want to see a Tegra on a phone already >.>..snapdragons are nice yes..but I want to see some Tegra >.>.spice some competition

Yeah, I've read that and the original thread at xda too. All he said was a TP3 was coming, and everyone assumed that was it because it's the only device we know of on the roadmap that tilts.

I doubt HTC would replace a device with a lesser spec'd device. Just like the HD Mini isn't an HD3, I don't think the TP Mini will be a TP3 either.

Nagrom Nniuq · #79 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 02:09 AM

I don't care what MS does at this point. Unless they completely reverse course on everything related to WP7 (interface, restrictions on 3rd partying skins, restrictions on apps, no multi-tasking, no copy/paste, the stupid push notification with no way to access previous messages, etc), I'm leaving for Android.

In fact, I'm leaving for Android as soon as the Supersonic comes out, unless MS announces those changes before then.

mizofizo · #80 (**permalink**) 03-17-2010, 02:14 AM

Because, as they've stated, they want to get certain core functions 100% right before adding in other things.

There will never be file access because of the way Silverlight works. However, that doesn't mean you won't be able to save certain types of files. They'll just show up in the appropriate hub. What's to stop someone from writing a "Files Hub"? You could have it show up as a helper app so that if you tap on a link in IE, it'll save the file there.

I'm definitely not falling for iPhone Stockholm Syndrome. There is something to say for a phone that just works and you don't have to tinker with to get it to work properly. I'm anti-Apple and AT&T sucks so an iPhone isn't an option. Plus I love my Zune so basically having a Zunephone is going to be wonderful for me.

Remember everyone, this is Windows Phone 7 NOT Windows Mobile 7. It's a phone, not mobile Windows anymore...

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Originally Posted by who?

So what is this magical "why" for not having certain functionality? Don't fall victim to the iPhone Stockholm Syndrome without even having an iPhone or a msPhone yet.