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Ask HN: Does Windows Mobile have a future?
I am planning to buy a smartphone which I will have to use for next 3 years. I was wondering if WinMo is a good OS of choice.
I have to open a lot of word documents and ppts and mails. What can be other alternative ?
- davidw 17y agoI'd avoid Windows Mobile. It's stagnating and is not as beautiful as iPhone or as open, hackable and nice as Android. BlackBerry might be worth checking out too.
- brandonkm 17y agoAgreed. The only situation in which I'd choose Windows Mobile in is if I were getting a HD2. The sense ui that HTC built on top of windows mobile is quite nice and the device is amazing.
- az 17y agoThe newer Blackberrys have 'Documents to go' that allow you to read .doc when they are incoming and edit and send .doc from your phone. The same is true for .ppt and .xls Email is standard on all smart phones.
- profquail 17y agoI would say it's pretty good if you're really tied into Windows, and even better if you're a Windows developer. If not, I'd go with a Nokia N900, Blackberry, iPhone, then Android, in that order; the N900 just has a ridiculous number of features, Blackberry has built their business on enterprise support, the iPhone has good hardware and is relatively easy to develop for (if you want to), and Android is just a bit "meh" for me at this point.
- kloncks 17y agoDoes windows mobile system has future? Didn't know jokes were allowed on HN :P
- jcapote 17y agoNo.
- seanx 17y agoI have an HD2, replacing an iPhone. The HD2 is the only winmobile phone I would recomend as it meets the windows 7 hardware requirements. It's vastly better at some things than the iPhone but doesn't have the App Store :(. You can still find most applications that you need but games are not as good.