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I am a huge fan of android , but using wp since the past 3 months, I hope that people who comment badly about wp will use it once before complaining about it.

by ing33k 13y ago

untog 13y ago
I used Windows Phone 7. The UI was fantastic. The platform innovation was poor. The Maps app (including the Nokia one) was poor- and utterly terrible at interpreting addresses. Any IM experience outside of the built-in (and not extendable) native options was awful. I want to like WP, but in many ways it was a mercy when MS decided that my (few month-old) phone wasn't going to get any updates any more and persuaded me to head back to Android.
- Livven 13y ago
  Why is this being downvoted? I use an HTC 8X as my main phone but the points mentioned in this comment are perfectly true. For comparison I also own a Galaxy Nexus and 4th-gen iPod touch. Searching in both the stock and Nokia Map apps doesn't seem to do any intelligent keyword parsing/correction as even the web version of Bing Maps does, push notifications tend to be unreliable compared to iOS and Android, live tiles simply don't consitute a notification center, and abandoning Windows Phone 7 meant that some phones barely got a year of updates.
probably_wrong 13y ago
I'm using WP 7, I think. In no particular order, * Entering text beyond 5 lines is a nightmare, as lag increases wich each keypress * No Skype unless I unlock it * In that venue: locked phone, requires a substantial amount of money to develop on it * Taking a picture has a 5% chance of hanging the whole camera, requiring a restart. Also: no timer for the camera * No connection under Linux, as the USB upgrade was not backported to my version of WP, and it doesn't plug as a regular USB drive. I'm guessing support for my phone is gone, which should also be added to the list. * Can't remove the USB card (explicitly forbidden in the manual). Uploading media requires the installation of Zune. Yep, you read that right, Zune * No way of changing the default search engine * Cannot edit playlists for music, which BTW must be created with Zune while plugged onto my PC I'm glad you are glad with your WP, but implying that anyone who complains about it is doing it just for the sake of it is, IMHO, a bit misleading.

I am a huge fan of android , but using wp since the past 3 months, I hope that people who comment badly about wp will use it once before complaining about it.

by ing33k 13y ago

I am a huge fan of android , but using wp since the past 3 months, I hope that people who comment badly about wp will use it once before complaining about it.

untog 13y ago

I used Windows Phone 7. The UI was fantastic. The platform innovation was poor. The Maps app (including the Nokia one) was poor- and utterly terrible at interpreting addresses. Any IM experience outside of the built-in (and not extendable) native options was awful. I want to like WP, but in many ways it was a mercy when MS decided that my (few month-old) phone wasn't going to get any updates any more and persuaded me to head back to Android.

Livven 13y ago
Why is this being downvoted? I use an HTC 8X as my main phone but the points mentioned in this comment are perfectly true. For comparison I also own a Galaxy Nexus and 4th-gen iPod touch. Searching in both the stock and Nokia Map apps doesn't seem to do any intelligent keyword parsing/correction as even the web version of Bing Maps does, push notifications tend to be unreliable compared to iOS and Android, live tiles simply don't consitute a notification center, and abandoning Windows Phone 7 meant that some phones barely got a year of updates.

probably_wrong 13y ago

I'm using WP 7, I think. In no particular order, * Entering text beyond 5 lines is a nightmare, as lag increases wich each keypress * No Skype unless I unlock it * In that venue: locked phone, requires a substantial amount of money to develop on it * Taking a picture has a 5% chance of hanging the whole camera, requiring a restart. Also: no timer for the camera * No connection under Linux, as the USB upgrade was not backported to my version of WP, and it doesn't plug as a regular USB drive. I'm guessing support for my phone is gone, which should also be added to the list. * Can't remove the USB card (explicitly forbidden in the manual). Uploading media requires the installation of Zune. Yep, you read that right, Zune * No way of changing the default search engine * Cannot edit playlists for music, which BTW must be created with Zune while plugged onto my PC I'm glad you are glad with your WP, but implying that anyone who complains about it is doing it just for the sake of it is, IMHO, a bit misleading.