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Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

Let me just state some things I like about Android that the TP2 will never do with Windows Mobile:

1. Centralized app store with 65,000 applications, most of which are free.
2. All app updates happen through a centralized app store, and you update with 2 screen presses.
3. Voice to text in EVERY search field in ANY application
4. The on screen keyboard takes control in text fields, allowing you to tap "Next" at the lower right to skip to the next text field and "Done" after you have reached the last. This is better than having to tap the screen hiding the keyboard, scroll down, tap the next text field which brings up the keyboard again.
5. Google search integrated searches the web, your files on the phone and your programs for ridiculously easy access.
6. Full Flash implementation which will NEVER come to Windows Mobile.
7. Entire OS actually utilizes the back button, including applications. Have never had to use the back button in windows mobile, and when I have used it, it never did anything predictable.
8. The OS is designed completely to be used with fingers and not a stylus. No tiny OK buttons or menus to deal with. Windows Mobile has never rid itself of these completely.
9. Keyboard auto capitalizes first letter of each word when in a name field.

These are just some of what I have noticed running the latest build of android on my TP2. I have spent about 2 hrs in the OS total. This list, unlike the OP's list, is valid and is actually based on things Windows Mobile either cannot do or does not do anywhere near as well. I could go into how nobody released apps on windows mobile anymore and how android is the only real competition to the iPhone in that regard, but I didn't put that in the list because its not actually a feature of the OS itself.

PS - The very point that these threads are being made is proof that Android is a more modern and "better" OS. No one who owns a Mercedes goes onto a car forum and gives a 10 point list why their car is better than a Toyota, while the opposite happens quite often.

Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

the day you might see me with a droid is when they make a hybrid phone like winmo and blackberry have, meaning CDMA and GSM, and the battery life gets better

Wirelessly posted (AdrianH85(Droid I or EVO): Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.1-update1; en-us; Sprint APA9292KT Build/ERE27) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/530.17)

I love winking (that's where I started) but remember Android is less then 2years old and has almost surpassed winmo in features and stability! I was never a big fan of 6.5 (hence I made blackout Rom) sooner Android will pull most of the top winmo chefs and mode (Already got Mighty Mike ) I'm not a great chef (just a great idea, good help and a pretty good release) but soon all the wonderful mods we have grown to love with winking will make there way to Android (cuz the future doesn't look to bright for win mo 7 unless u like closed source devices and OS like the iPhone)

This was typed using my evo on 4g los!!

Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

I got TP2 because it had stylus, a huge k/b, decent (comparatuively) battery life, and I could use my collection of WinMo software, much of which I use for work and it's not yet available on Android.

In 2 years, I am 90% sure my next phone will be Android based.

Re: ***ten reasons why my tp2 is better than a droid phone***

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Originally Posted by chong67 (Post 1833784)

WM got more WAREZ than Android. I got 3 GPS program on my TP2.

You must get lost all the time, in a spectacular fashion.

Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

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Originally Posted by pimpsuprazx (Post 1838317)

the day you might see me with a droid is when they make a hybrid phone like winmo and blackberry have, meaning CDMA and GSM, and the battery life gets better

Well there is a rumor that the Samsung Galaxy S Pro is Wimax/CDMA/GSM and it is android >.>

TP2 has its advantages and disadvantages..In the end run we will all most likely go Android...while there is some hope for WP7 so far it is not looking well..but who knows..

I mean what killed winmo was M$ being dumb and telling ppl early that there will be no app backwards compatibility...

The TP2 is a good phone yes..but we are entering a new era where phones are much more powerful then what they used to be..that by not switching we will loose out..

Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

Not jumping to android anytime in the near future.
Just got me and the wifey a couple of hd2's!!!
I think I can get by for quite awhile on 1ghz and all that memory. Still setting it up and it's not even activated yet, but man this phone is cool! I'll probably start cooking Roms for it next week, since I like 6.5.x better than 6.5, but so far it is very nice right out of the box.

Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

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Originally Posted by bobbyblack (Post 1833461)

1. So many ROMs to select from, some great and some good.

2. Three Letters... *CHT* Need I say more?

3. The updates and constant changings.

4. Damn near every App. on Droid you can get on windows.

5. Maxsense, a growning U.I. that is the SHIZZ-NIT.

6. All the people that help, the community.

7. All the different CABS. and ZIPS; Themes (different colors) and customs.

8. CHEF's: ERG, VINN, Mr.X (still using some of his app. in all the different ROM's I flash) and Mighty.

9. Then your SATODS and BignAdad (I call him BIGGS)

10. I think the TP2 (HD2) has more fans.

So on that note; I'll wait to get a DROID phone as long as they have the TOP TEN, MY TP2 IS A TEN, Till they come out with something that has all the above.:toothy7:

Please tell me what you think.

P.S. I'm still a noob... LMAO

I actually see a lot of your list as negative aspects of the TP2.

I wish I could have a phone that just works. Yea, being able to sustomize stuff is nice, but I get so tired of spending hours at a time digging through forum posts and finding obscure cab files to change basic settings.

Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

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Originally Posted by bobbyblack (Post 1833461)

i couldnt agree more myself. im saddened by the new specs of wp7. there goin droid like. from what i know, (and i dont own a droid, so correct me if im wrong) you cant install apps from a storage card. thats a huge thumbs down for me. i can take my sd card and pop it into any wm phone and go to work. or i can email cabs, save them, and then install them. no dioing that with a drroid. and i havent seen any different stlye UI's yet. they all look the same. and the task killer option is a joke. why wouldnt they put a task manager into the device. seems like a no-brainer to me. i got to download something to close my apps.
with saying that, the processor is smokin. camera is phenominal. hd video comin in the droid x is very hot. and its got a tv out option for your recorded videos. sorry no other option can be viewed. no youtube on the tv. but still. i can see both sidees. but im stickin with my pro. the 3.2 mp camera is fine for me. the half size processor does the trick for me. and ill keep my pop up keyboard. thats my two sense. get it sense. LMAO!

Re: Strong Points of the TP2 [over Android]

Forgot to mention SERO!!!!!!

1000 mins
Free nights and weekends
Unlimited data
Unlimited text and picture mail

for 30$

Unless Android can find an app to give me my money back! It can sing and dance for all I care.

Ill be sticking to the TP2!