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Microsoft has so far not had a committed manufacturer. All the others (Moto, HTC, Samsung etc) are in the Android camp, just testing the waters with WP7. If you
by jeswin 15y ago
Microsoft has so far not had a committed manufacturer. All the others (Moto, HTC, Samsung etc) are in the Android camp, just testing the waters with WP7. If you have used it, WP7 is a joy to use.
My needs are simple. I need useful stuff on my home screen. No other OS does it better.
- SwellJoe 15y agoI need useful stuff on my home screen. I've heard this said of WP several times, and I still don't know what it means exactly, or why I should want "useful stuff on my homescreen". My phone is in my pocket until I want it to do something (make a call, search the web, find some place in maps). The home screen has nearly zero value to me...it's mostly just where I go to find which app I want to use, and I don't want it cluttered. I use a second page for weather and twitter apps, but I can't think of anything else I'd want on the home page. I already get notifications for texts and voicemails, and I don't think I would want them to be more intrusive.
- shriphani 15y ago{Disclaimer : MSFT intern. Opinions mine, not MSFT's} I purchased a new WP7 device recently - my first smartphone (HTC HD7S). The useful stuff on the home-screen is actually v nice (1 tile for weather, one more tile for people etc). Also, here's an article on how 3rd party apps can leverage the tiles for notifications. It is obv. not WebOS-like or anything but it is a neat approach to delivering notifications : http://chriskoenig.net/2010/08/16/customizing-wp7-push-notification-tiles/ http://chriskoenig.net/2010/08/16/customizing-wp7-push-notif... Right now, the third-party app catalog is not exploiting the tile feature so well. I expect this to change soon.