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The biggest problem with articles such as these is that the author willfully ignores all of the other mobile platforms currently on the market (Windows Phone, B

The biggest problem with articles such as these is that the author willfully ignores all of the other mobile platforms currently on the market (Windows Phone, Blackberry, WebOS (note: ignoring Nokia due the the expected retirement of their platforms in favor of WP7)). These platforms are much more compelling than any other OS was during the PC/Mac wars, and dramatically affect the overall market. Especially when you factor in the fact that all three of the platforms I mentioned are backed by companies which are willing to throw /billions/ of dollars into this space. To ignore them when discussing the difference between the desktop wars and mobile wars is ridiculous. I was even more surprised when I searched for Part 1 of this article. Not only did I not find it, but I found this article instead: http://blog.louisgray.com/2011/02/windows-phone-7-is-best-windows-ive.html http://blog.louisgray.com/2011/02/windows-phone-7-is-best-wi... in which the author claims "I believe the Windows Phone 7 experience to be a serious challenger to both platforms in terms of quality, intuitive use and simplicity."

louismg 16y ago
Dave, this post was in response to many other articles that have framed iOS vs Android as the 2 dominant smartphone platforms and made a parallel comparison to the Mac/Windows discussions of old. I do like Windows Phone 7 a lot. I think the UI is fantastic. I do not think that its current app situation is fantastic, and it is starting with a serious deficit versus competitors. I will not dismiss it at all, but think to discuss it in the frame of this article would be distracting. I have previously discussed Blackberry as well, but think they have a lot of work to do to be compared vs Android and iOS right now. Here's a post that had iOS vs Android vs BlackBerry from May of last year: http://blog.louisgray.com/2010/05/in-todays-world-of-mobile-choices-look.html http://blog.louisgray.com/2010/05/in-todays-world-of-mobile-... where I said those who are centered on email are still in a great place with Blackberry.
halo 16y ago
>These platforms are much more compelling than any other OS was during the PC/Mac wars Seems a bit like historical revisionism to me. RISC OS, Amiga OS and NeXTSTEP were all pretty compelling at the time.

louismg 16y ago

Dave, this post was in response to many other articles that have framed iOS vs Android as the 2 dominant smartphone platforms and made a parallel comparison to the Mac/Windows discussions of old. I do like Windows Phone 7 a lot. I think the UI is fantastic. I do not think that its current app situation is fantastic, and it is starting with a serious deficit versus competitors. I will not dismiss it at all, but think to discuss it in the frame of this article would be distracting. I have previously discussed Blackberry as well, but think they have a lot of work to do to be compared vs Android and iOS right now. Here's a post that had iOS vs Android vs BlackBerry from May of last year: http://blog.louisgray.com/2010/05/in-todays-world-of-mobile-choices-look.html http://blog.louisgray.com/2010/05/in-todays-world-of-mobile-... where I said those who are centered on email are still in a great place with Blackberry.

halo 16y ago

>These platforms are much more compelling than any other OS was during the PC/Mac wars Seems a bit like historical revisionism to me. RISC OS, Amiga OS and NeXTSTEP were all pretty compelling at the time.