why have you not switch to andriod? curious...

[mplsfalls1973]

Like most of the others who posted here SERO. I am not in the United States too much these days and a plan which costs less than $40 with insurance is just too good a deal to give up.

[one80oneday]

SERO is my reason. Hopefully Sprint will let us upgrade to something this year. Android looks good but I am holding out for development since it seems that Android might run on any device soon. Can't wait for it to be ported to WP7

[mswlogo]

SERO and no "Droid" from Sprint. Hero seems too vanilla.

I hope to squeak out the last 2 years on SERO with TP2 (my wife too).

Not to mention Tethering. Buddy has Droid but can't VPN over Tethering.

Lot's of stuff a good WinMO phone does that we take for granted.

[nutzy19]

1 word.... EVO

[computerpro3]

There's a lot of misinformation going around here regarding Android.

Look, I've been one of the biggest WinMo advocates on earth for the last decade. I've bought everything from my Q, Ozone, TP1, TP2, etc all on release day with overnight shipping. Then, I made the mistake of loading the Android port onto my TP2 and realized something amazing - the hacked version of Android was a more usable and functional experience than my MightyRom'd TP2!

It was faster, HANDS DOWN. As in not even close. It responds instantly, even without 3d acceleration enabled. Believe it or not, the back button actually is instant! When I hit the "end key", calls ended instantly - not 10 seconds later. When I accidentally dialed someone and then tried to hit the end key quickly so as not to bother them, the call didn't keep ringing anyway and finally hang up 10 seconds later, followed by a hard lock of the phone. Amazingly, it actually hung up the phone instantly! When I flip open the keyboard, the screen instantly rotates - it doesn't half rotate, garble the image on the screen, have the soft keyboard pop up blocking the screen, and then bring up a menu when I try to close the soft keyboard (followed by a soft lock requiring a 4 minute CleanRam level 3 procedure). I can send a text and instantly close the keyboard, as opposed to waiting 5 seconds, without the phone hard locking!


All this on a HACKED version of Android!

Many of you bitch about the "tweaking aspect" of Windows Mobile. I've got news for you - the only reason we tweaked it is because quite frankly, in stock form it blows. Artists like MightyMike have made the device leaps and bounds better than they are, but the crux of the matter is that if Windows Mobile was any good to begin with they wouldn't need to do anything.

How illogical are these things which require regedits to fix?

1. There is no dedicated button to return to the home tab at any time.
2. There is no way to get to your contacts from the home screen with one press of the button
3. There is no way to separate video from pictures in HTC Album
4. The photo album and video player don't recognize subfolders
5. There is no "ignore folder" or "add a folder" functions of the video player - you have to regedit to prevent it from pulling pictures from ****ing Program Files!
6. There is no way to rearrange start menu icons in one click. Is click and drag such a difficult concept to grasp microsoft? Instead, you have to have either a separate freaking app, or do it via file manager and registry hacks.

I could go on all day. You might have fun applying registry tweaks and that's great (I do too, to a certain extent), but a tweak is supposed to be that - something minor that improves your experience with the device. What Mightyrom and other chefs have had to do is to FIX a FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN system, and that's a completely different situation.

To those of you claiming no activesync support, that's simply not true. My Incredible has full exchange support including remote administrative procedures and security. HTC Sync enables full outlook integration as well.

Here's the bottom line - Android not only "just works", but it works to the point where it has more functionality and capability than Windows Mobile. And this will only increase as developers jump ship. Don't believe me? There's not even a decent frigging Bank of America app for windows mobile! The facebook app SUCKS compared to Android's! These are basic apps!

The beauty of android is that power users get 99% of the control that windows mobile users do via root - it's quite literally linux, so the possibilities are endless. And I don't know where the idea that you "don't get file system access" - I sure as hell can (Astro file manager is even superior to Rescoe Explorer). Hell, they're even working on aircrackng for it!

Windows mobile was great because it offered features that other operating system's didn't have. We put up with the quirks because of this.

Now that Android offers all of the functionality of windows mobile, PLUS it ACTUALLY WORKS AS A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, we don't have to choose anymore! We get the best of both worlds.

At first I resisted Android because of my deep seeded loyalty to WinMo and my aversion to anything that's not - primarily apple. I'd also heard many of the myths that some of the same people in this thread are perpetuating. Then, I realized something - I loved windows mobile because it was the Anti-Apple - totally open, could customize, install any apps, etc. IT was like a computer in my pocket. My realization was this though - Android is no different! In many ways, it's the "new" windows mobile, with the only difference being that it actually works, so it's gaining popularity. The only remaining argument against android is if you want to use windows mobile just to "be different". To that I respond, be my guest - you can drive your old geo metro all day long. Not many of those left on the road, after all. Me? I'll take the BMW every time.

Really, Android is a no brainer.

[xSD]

^I agree. Enough said.

[Insatiable]

Originally Posted by computerpro3

There's a lot of misinformation going around here regarding Android.

Look, I've been one of the biggest WinMo advocates on earth for the last decade. I've bought everything from my Q, Ozone, TP1, TP2, etc all on release day with overnight shipping. Then, I made the mistake of loading the Android port onto my TP2 and realized something amazing - the hacked version of Android was a more usable and functional experience than my MightyRom'd TP2!

It was faster, HANDS DOWN. As in not even close. It responds instantly, even without 3d acceleration enabled. Believe it or not, the back button actually is instant! When I hit the "end key", calls ended instantly - not 10 seconds later. When I accidentally dialed someone and then tried to hit the end key quickly so as not to bother them, the call didn't keep ringing anyway and finally hang up 10 seconds later, followed by a hard lock of the phone. Amazingly, it actually hung up the phone instantly! When I flip open the keyboard, the screen instantly rotates - it doesn't half rotate, garble the image on the screen, have the soft keyboard pop up blocking the screen, and then bring up a menu when I try to close the soft keyboard (followed by a soft lock requiring a 4 minute CleanRam level 3 procedure). I can send a text and instantly close the keyboard, as opposed to waiting 5 seconds, without the phone hard locking!


All this on a HACKED version of Android!

Many of you bitch about the "tweaking aspect" of Windows Mobile. I've got news for you - the only reason we tweaked it is because quite frankly, in stock form it blows. Artists like MightyMike have made the device leaps and bounds better than they are, but the crux of the matter is that if Windows Mobile was any good to begin with they wouldn't need to do anything.

How illogical are these things which require regedits to fix?

1. There is no dedicated button to return to the home tab at any time.
2. There is no way to get to your contacts from the home screen with one press of the button
3. There is no way to separate video from pictures in HTC Album
4. The photo album and video player don't recognize subfolders
5. There is no "ignore folder" or "add a folder" functions of the video player - you have to regedit to prevent it from pulling pictures from ****ing Program Files!
6. There is no way to rearrange start menu icons in one click. Is click and drag such a difficult concept to grasp microsoft? Instead, you have to have either a separate freaking app, or do it via file manager and registry hacks.

I could go on all day. You might have fun applying registry tweaks and that's great (I do too, to a certain extent), but a tweak is supposed to be that - something minor that improves your experience with the device. What Mightyrom and other chefs have had to do is to FIX a FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN system, and that's a completely different situation.

To those of you claiming no activesync support, that's simply not true. My Incredible has full exchange support including remote administrative procedures and security. HTC Sync enables full outlook integration as well.

Here's the bottom line - Android not only "just works", but it works to the point where it has more functionality and capability than Windows Mobile. And this will only increase as developers jump ship. Don't believe me? There's not even a decent frigging Bank of America app for windows mobile! The facebook app SUCKS compared to Android's! These are basic apps!

The beauty of android is that power users get 99% of the control that windows mobile users do via root - it's quite literally linux, so the possibilities are endless. And I don't know where the idea that you "don't get file system access" - I sure as hell can (Astro file manager is even superior to Rescoe Explorer). Hell, they're even working on aircrackng for it!

Windows mobile was great because it offered features that other operating system's didn't have. We put up with the quirks because of this.

Now that Android offers all of the functionality of windows mobile, PLUS it ACTUALLY WORKS AS A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, we don't have to choose anymore! We get the best of both worlds.

At first I resisted Android because of my deep seeded loyalty to WinMo and my aversion to anything that's not - primarily apple. I'd also heard many of the myths that some of the same people in this thread are perpetuating. Then, I realized something - I loved windows mobile because it was the Anti-Apple - totally open, could customize, install any apps, etc. IT was like a computer in my pocket. My realization was this though - Android is no different! In many ways, it's the "new" windows mobile, with the only difference being that it actually works, so it's gaining popularity. The only remaining argument against android is if you want to use windows mobile just to "be different". To that I respond, be my guest - you can drive your old geo metro all day long. Not many of those left on the road, after all. Me? I'll take the BMW every time.

Really, Android is a no brainer.

Thank you so much for that! My first winmo phone was Touch Pro, and I now have the TP2. I so enjoyed teh customization of winmo and touchflo...even tried my hand at my own theme once. I have yet to find anyone anywhere with as a convincing argument to switch than that there!

I am excited for the Evo and was switching regardless...screen size is enough for me to jump ship alone. BUt I will admit i was worried about Android and if I would like it. Now, I have faith I will. Cause I so far do not like Win7 at all.

Thanks again!

[yaco]

Agree... what I don't get is why I can't activate my SERO plan on an Android phone. with all the android hacking/rooting... shouldn't someone have figured this one out by now?

[glassr]

Need Windows mobile for Slingplayer and the free Sirius radio app. Also have an old free and clear plan 750, 500 txts, unlim data - $40/month

[badboy8813]

SERO(not that important though)
TomTom(very important...can i download it on driod?)
wifi router(very important)