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Re: Windows Mobile 6.5 Review...

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Originally Posted by brownhornet (Post 1217429)

I actually have to agree with nemoid on this one. WinMo is definitely falling by the wayside. And if you notice, many of the developers that come out with new applications now come out with winmo apps far behind Android or Iphone... IF they even develop it at all. Dont get me wrong, I still like winmo mainly for its flexibility, ,but with the way android is gaining steam I look for it to be the major player in the handset market within the next couple of years.

great point. Take a look at the "This iPhone App = This WM App" thread. Everybody says "omg WM has all the apps the iPhone has you just gotta look for it, yeah they might not be pretty but they're out there!" but whenever an app is requested, nobody can seem to find the WM app we are looking for.

some of the apps in the marketplace are like $20... they're nuts if they think people are gonna pay that much.

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5 Review...

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Originally Posted by nemoid (Post 1217439)

jbearamus, do those manufacturers produce as many WM phones as HTC? I'm not sure, it'd be interesting to see the numbers. I understand that WM is pretty dominate in Asia.

Oh well no one comes close to producing what HTC does although it looks like LG wants to give them a run for their money. But your original comment was lack of manufacturers using it not how wide their support is. I know for LG and Samsung their big focus is still on average consumer handsets not smartphones (although that'll change with the way the market is shifting and it'll be interesting to see what they take up as their primary platform) while HTC on their other hand has flat out said their target customer is high end users that intend to spend a lot of money on devices (probably also why their retail prices are significantly higher) so they focus on the smartphone platforms

now as for asia, that market has been years ahead of the us market in terms of demand for functions and for the longest time WinMo reigned supreme as the smartphone platform of choice so it seems like WinMo won its popularity not because of what it is but because of a vacuum of choices for so many years, and of course once something is entrenched in the market its hard to make it leave, but again, it'll be interesting to see what happens as development for Android gears up and becomes mainstream

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Right but my comment meant that HTC is the dominate manufacturer of WM phones. They have a whole lineup of WM phones that are very well known.

However the others, do not. You think WM devices, you think HTC, not samsung or LG. I'm sure they could step their game up, but at this point it's HTC all around.

Re: Man pcworld is on this like rye on bread(the good kind) :)

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Originally Posted by uscjunkie (Post 1217276)

You must not have tried the Energy Roms then....they are as close to perfection as you will find.

as long as you don't mind atrocious battery life.

When I was running my 4 TP's Energy was not one of my first choices (not even close really)

~John

Re: Man pcworld is on this like rye on bread(the good kind) :)

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Originally Posted by p-slim (Post 1217292)

i have a touch and i only use it for the music player because its vastly superior, .

I have a 16 gig 2nd gen ipod touch.

I also use it for music & I also use it to browse the internet tethered to my TP2 with WMWIFIrouter.

~John

Re: Man pcworld is on this like rye on bread(the good kind) :)

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Originally Posted by jmorton10 (Post 1217479)

as long as you don't mind atrocious battery life.

When I was running my 4 TP's Energy was not one of my first choices (not even close really)

~John

Agreed. NRG's roms are very pretty but the battery life on the TP1 was horrible with that rom.

Re: Man pcworld is on this like rye on bread(the good kind) :)

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Originally Posted by jmorton10 (Post 1217479)

as long as you don't mind atrocious battery life.

When I was running my 4 TP's Energy was not one of my first choices (not even close really)

~John

You don't creat your own roms? I think the only way anybody will be happy is if they create it themselves. Other then that there is always something wrong with everything.

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5 Review...

and i'll definitely have to side with brownhornet on the apps issue.
seems like development for WinMo, Blackberry, and Symbian (the Old Guard of Smartphones if you will) has just about stopped with OSX Mobile, WebOS, and Android are hitting their stride and its really starting to hurt particularly WinMo

Re: Man pcworld is on this like rye on bread(the good kind) :)

will there be a way to get TF3D 2.5 w/out upgrading to 6.5?

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5 Review...

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Originally Posted by nemoid (Post 1217477)

very true i guess i just took it too literally and wanted to point out theres other manufacturers. but like i said youre points are still valid