Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Oct 2009 20:21 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Before the iPhone, we were content with stylus-based interfaces that worked well - mostly - for what you needed to do. Then came the iPhone. From a pure feature perspective, it was (and is) lacking, but it more than makes up for it by being a polished product that's easy to use. The iPhone shook the entire industry up, and while newcomers have done relatively well (webOS, Android) Windows Mobile is now so far left behind you can barely see it any more. Windows Mobile 6.5 is supposed to be the first step towards modernising Windows Mobile - but it fails miserably.
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RE: Microsoft Are Too Eager
by google_ninja on Thu 8th Oct 2009 15:37
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Member since:2006-02-05
If they get to interesting things, I think we will be seeing it in v8, not v7. What we will see in v7 is something that looks and behaves like the Zune, with WPF/Silverlight-esque application environment. That will make WinMo not quite so embarassing compared to everyone else, but it is hardly going to be revolutionary.
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2006-07-25
The impression i get from Microsoft with some of their products is their are so eager to get the technology out there. Sometimes they have some really good ideas but rush it out without any polish.
I love DPM (Data Protection Manager) it is a great idea for an automatic disk based backup server for Windows networks. They had some create ideas for archive and compression, however the UI and the implementation for a final version felt very beta and in some cases Alpha release.
I found this with Windows Mobile, some great ideas and technology but implemented very badly. Of course ive droned on about this before, but Microsoft really comes into their own when they are challenged, im pleased that apple cam along with the iPhone or we would still be using phones with a stylus and no hope of anything else. Im sure with the beating Microsoft is getting it will pull out something interesting with v7.