Friend asked why I didn't buy an iPhone...

[Big Calhoun]

My feeling has always been this, every device is not for everyone. Plain and simple. Quite frankly, I don't think the majority of iPhone users have the brain capacity to use a WinMo phone.

I get into this debate frequently on a social board that I frequent. And I say the same thing: I've never once said the iPhone is a bad device. BUT, they are beginning to enjoy features that I've enjoyed for years. The iPhone isn't setting the bar, it's still trying to reach it. For my lifestyle and needs, WinMo phones do what I need them to do, currently.

I like the leader and the follower answer from a previous post. Or, as I like to put it, I like to be the driver of the wagon instead of a passenger.

[Scrufdog]

i just let them know that my old Hitachi G1000 could do more than an iphone can...

[JKoltner]

Originally Posted by theTastyCat

...when she saw my new TP2. What would you say?

1) Higher screen resolution (800x480) makes web browsing better (particularly when zooming in and out doesn't work quite as well on the TP2 as it does on an iPhone ).
2) A real keyboard is preferable if you do a fair amount of texting/note taking/etc.
3) Generally cheaper data plans (well, at least with Sprint, that I have)
4) None of this non-sense with the end-user not being able to easily add whatever software they want without Apple's approval. The whole notion of having to "jailbreak" *my own friggin' phone* is ridiculous to me.
5) More really powerful utility programs, like WMWifiRouter, AirNet, etc. if you're into tethering, war driving, security, etc.

I don't expect (4) or (5) matter with that many people, but they do to me. Still, I have nothing against iPhones -- if someone gave one to me (along with a paid service plan) I certainly wouldn't turn it down. Windows Mobile vs. the iPhone is a lot like regular Windows vs. the Mac OS -- the former tends to be a little more down and dirty (although it does wash up nicely), whereas the later is pretty "upper crust elite" which sometimes just isn't what you want.

I don't think anyone can deny that the iPhone really caught Microsoft off-guard and they've been scrambling to catch up ever since. (Recall that Windows Mobile 6.5 wasn't initially on Microsoft's planned release schedule at all. And it's kinda sad that HTC has had to expend so much effort with their TouchFlo 3D to make WM phones at least *look* nice compred to iPhones.)

At the *hardware* level, other than perhaps multi-touch, WM phones have been able to do everything an iPhone does for *years* now. Yet Microsoft was never really pushing to make their software really "polished" and "slick" (not to mention "bug free"). While I'm sure everyone here was using Mobile Internet Explorer and Mobile Office for years before the iPhone came out, you have to credit Apple with getting people to realize that a phone could do all these things... and they made it "fashionable" to boot, by paying so much attention to thinking about how to integrate this sort of functionality on a small touchscreen device. (Something Palm has always paid a lot of attention to as well...) I mean, I know that there's far more software for WM than for iPhones, but until recently did the average WM phone user even know that? I think not -- I'd bet that at least 80% of all WM phones never had one 3rd party application loaded on to them. Apple's integration of the "App Store" was a very smart marketing move, and of course this has now been coped by Microsoft (and Palm).

Competition is a good thing here... but we need to be careful that Windows Mobile remains "good" enough to keep plenty of good developers around -- I've read that a lot of former WM developers are now switching to becoming iPhone developers, and even SmartPhone magazine has now become iPhone Life magazine! Sheesh!

---Joel

[razorloves]

Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

http://www.gaycities.com/iphone/

i'm in the military so i'm use to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" homosexual policy. So, I won't ASK why you even know about that app, and you don't have to TELL us either. LOL. keeps everyone in the closet, if that's where they want to be. lol

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by razorloves

i'm in the military so i'm use to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" homosexual policy. So, I won't ASK why you even know about that app, and you don't have to TELL us either. LOL. keeps everyone in the closet, if that's where they want to be. lol

haha that's what pops up in the search results when googling "iphone is gay"

[JKoltner]

Originally Posted by razorloves

i'm in the military so i'm use to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" homosexual policy. So, I won't ASK why you even know about that app, and you don't have to TELL us either. LOL. keeps everyone in the closet, if that's where they want to be. lol

Most of them would probably be more than happy to TELL you about it, it's the military that won't let them.

[BK111968]

I like the fact that I can load the drivers for my Stowaway bluetooth mouse and keyboard and set the whole thing up like a laptop.

[nite732]

I would just say that I actually use my phone for work. Period and requardless what people say windows is the most stable and widley used BUSINESS platform. I have several things that I do that only use IE and I have them on my pc and phone, along with alot of other business needs.

[kasino_d]

win mo + touch pro = nohomo........plus they keep remaking the same damn iphone, do somethin to make me wanna go get it....everytime i see someone with one theyre always askin me ........... "do you have an ipod/iphone charger?" that makes my *&#%# soft about it

[KrazyKevin76]

You just have to give it to Apple. They are marketing geniuses. They are one company with one line of items, I-everthing. Like someone said earlier, its almost upper class. But, that appeals to a lot of people that just want something stylish and works.

Winmo on the other hand is a platform that spans many companies. From microsoft to sprint, HTC to Verizon, T-mobile to samsung. Not to mention all the millions of programers that have their own niche program that each one of us love. It's just impossible to bundle all this love into one big "brand".

It's easy to say which platform is the best and most flexible. But, some people are just followers. If its what's in style, then they got to have it. But hey, to each their own.