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14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - Windows Phone 7’... · 0 replies · +1 points

Then call it another disadvantage of WP7. I want control over what goes on my file system where. What If I wanted to store some things on one sd card and some things on another? What if I want to remove my SD card to share files? Right now I use an SE X1, but have another phone for when I got out somewhere that I'd rather not bring my nice phone. Simply swap SIM card and take out SD card and put it in my other phone so my music and important files still come with me. I also currently enjoy plugging in my phone to a comp and getting USB mass storage access to it. Easy to share files. None of this possible with WP7. The SD card is now basically a part of the phone. Take it out and you have no idea what files/datastores you are removing?

All WM needed was a rewritten UI. Two steps forward, 10 steps back. Goodbye microsoft iphone, hello Android. Shame, cause I like all other MS products (exchange, windows, office, ect) and the integration was nice. With Android I will need third party software to integrate with exchange as well as WM did. Small price to pay for all the benefits of Android.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - Interview with Microso... · 0 replies · +2 points

Some of these are posted before but:

1.) Can apps be installed/run outside of marketplace? Will devs have to pay to get apps into marketplace, even free ones

2.) Full multitasking? Copy/paste support?

3.) Can we access file system? Use SD card as mass storage? load whatever files we want to?

So basically is it still an open useful OS or is it another iphone clone?

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - TouchXperience demo po... · 0 replies · +1 points

I agree some features are over the top (for instance, animated backgrounds everywhere might waste battery), but the thing is customizable. That is the beauty. Disable what you dont want. There are several key features of this app that I cant wait to use. Use as a start menu (because the start menu for every version of WM including 6.5 just plain sucks), use as a home screen (because the home screen of every version of WM including 6.5 just plain sucks; and I dont like tf3d either), use as a task manager, media player, and maybe some of the other parts depending on what it can do. I can't wait to get a copy and slip the author a hefty donation.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - MS says no to 3rd part... · 0 replies · +1 points

And just because OEMs cant write there own UI doesnt mean they cant modify the stock one. For instance, if the WM7 homescreen ends up being a widgets type home screen a la android (which I would like) HTC can still add their own widgets. They just cant replace the whole home screen with their own system.

I am not advocating a complete removal of customization. Just limited OEM customization. Developers should still run wild.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - MS says no to 3rd part... · 3 replies · +2 points

I think what this means is that MS will not allow OEMs to make their own UI's. With the flexibility of the OS it would be pretty impossible to make replacing the default UI impossible (unless they plan on sand boxing the whole OS-app architecture which would indeed be a disaster).

I think this is very good. As long as MS's default UI is a good one. Better than both Titanium and TF3D (and I think both could use improvement). There needs to be consistency with WM devices. Right now a customer can expect a very different experience depending on what brand WM device they buy. There is no confidence in the OS itself. The software should not be a deciding factor when choosing a WM device. Any device running WM should deliver the same experience. It should be the hardware you are choosing.

This should be good for devs too. As long as it is still possible to modify the OS and UI behavior devs can keep selling programs like wisbar. It should be easier too, because devs wont have to worry about what OEM software will interfere.

Consistency in an OS is good for everyone.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - Default Windows Mobile... · 0 replies · +1 points

They still have a way to go. It doesnt even get wider in landscape mode.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - Swype on Verizon Omnia... · 2 replies · +1 points

er.. I used to use Palm OS.. Swype is nothing like graffiti. Graffiti was a letter by letter input system.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - Its that time of year ... · 0 replies · +1 points

The man was not killed entering walmart. The man was a walmart worker. He was trampled to death by a mob of shoppers as he opened the door for them.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - HD2 Battery Life · 0 replies · +1 points

To me this device a) is too big, b) has no kb, and c) lacks buttons. But thats ok. HTC has a product in their lineup for folks like me. The TP2.. if only they would stop deleting buttons!!! I have and have loved my X1 but my friend recently got a TP2 and it is pretty nice. Perfect size, huge (for the size of the phone) flush mounted screen, ect. But I cant live without a Dpad!!! How am I supposed to skip tracks and adjust volume while driving? Dpads are so useful for so many things.

HTC please listen. Give me a TP2 with snapdragon, a real dpad (and no optical pad BS either), make sure the keyboard has a ctrl key, and give it a multitouch capacitive screen. Keep the 3.5mm jack pls. I promise I will buy it.

14 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 · 0 replies · +1 points

Phones are doing away with buttons and it saddens me. No SE, an optical pad is no substitute for a dpad. You just can match the accuracy and convenience of buttons. That is the one reason I like the X1 over the TP2. And now that reason is gone.

Not to mention this processor is sh!t.

fail.

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