Windows Mobile touch interfaces galore

[pjsnyc]

Originally Posted by shaun0207

I truly dont see WM becoming the power house it could be unless MS starts to release it own devices through Danger. Right now they license WM out to whomever wants it. when they start to produce their own devices and see what it takes to get a phone out there that they want the public to truly love, will they finally get it and fix WM.

This really brings me to the original consensus I was trying to obtain:
Would you rather have an OS that is rock solid as a backend so that phone manufacturers (HTC, Samsung, HP, etc) can skin it the way they like
OR
Would you rather have an OS that is rock solid including the GUI but not be able to customize it as much, put it on other hardware, etc.

Edit - I guess I should've just started a poll, lol.

[gyoung345]

If I had those two choices I would go with choice #1. Since both items list the OS as rock solid I would rather have it be customizable. Basically if the manufacturers could custom tailor it that means it is modifiable.

That means custom user installations which gives you the best of both worlds.

The reality is that we get a semi-solid OS that is customizable. The worst option would be a semi-solid OS that you are stuck with and you can't change at all.

[copper rs]

Originally Posted by pjsnyc

I'm not sure I agree with you on this one. If MS really made a great OS for phone functionality from the start (no pun intended), we wouldn't WANT to be able to customize it like we do today - at least not on the scale that we see now.

In contrast, iPhones were made with phone functionality in mind. End product - it just works and most iPhone owners are happy with it without the need to customize it. Yes - we live in a very technologically savvy world so no matter what gadget is in mind, you bet there will be people that wanna know what makes it tick. Heck, people are still hacking the Apple Newton!

For some reason, this topic kinda reminds me of how facebook has evolved. I remember not too long ago people were yelling bloody murder when FB activated their news feed feature. Look at it now! Another one of those - they'll hate it at first, get used to it second, then depend on them last AS LONG AS you're satisfied with what ever else the product has to offer.

Kinda like what Apple is doing.
Apple: NO MMS for you! You don't need it!
iPhone owner: But I want it! All the other dumbphones can do it!
Apple: NO - you don't need it. Just use email.
iPhone owner: OK, I'll just use email then. As long as my phone can do all the other stuff easier.

So in essence - if MS locked their OS down tighter than beads attached to an abacus AND actually had a rock solid phone OS, then yeah - most wouldn't want to customize it to get it to work the way they want.

As for your comments on MS playing catch up - sometimes its good to stay a service pack behind

The problem with apple is they intentionally leave out a few basic features so that less than a year later they can release a new version of the same product with minor improvements and a massive ad campaign. The fact that the original iPhone wasn't 3G, no GPS or exchange mail was a crime against their loyal customers, the early adopters (just for the record I hate apple). Look at the iPod and the Mac book, its the same thing. 20gb iPod, 40gb iPod, 60gb iPod, 80gb, color iPod, color iPod with video, 80bg Color video iPod, nano, nano with a new shape! It goes on and on...

I give a lot of credit to Apple for its ability to create easy to use consumer products, but hate the fact that they give the early adopters the shaft.

[GREY.FOXX]

Agree ^^^

I love Apples easy User-friendly devices, but they do just make the early buyers feel like crap.

[pjsnyc]

Originally Posted by copper rs

The problem with apple is they intentionally leave out a few basic features so that less than a year later they can release a new version of the same product with minor improvements and a massive ad campaign. The fact that the original iPhone wasn't 3G, no GPS or exchange mail was a crime against their loyal customers, the early adopters (just for the record I hate apple). Look at the iPod and the Mac book, its the same thing. 20gb iPod, 40gb iPod, 60gb iPod, 80gb, color iPod, color iPod with video, 80bg Color video iPod, nano, nano with a new shape! It goes on and on...

I give a lot of credit to Apple for its ability to create easy to use consumer products, but hate the fact that they give the early adopters the shaft.

Good point. Apple is definitely the tech company of showmanship. Reintroduce technologies that have existed for a while but roll them out slowly and make them easy to use (or cripple them intentionally then introduce updates - uhhhh bluetooth please?!?). I dunno I guess this thread has run its course and FWIW I still like some apple products (mainly their ipods).

[pjsnyc]

Resurrecting an old thread because I just had a thought thats kinda related to it.

Why don't all these interfaces come with its own built in locking mechanism?!? Wouldn't that make all the sense in the world instead of having to try to skin other locking apps to make it look consistent?