Comments on: Windows Mobile 7 hopes to mimic iPhone; will fail just like Vista

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:26:33 +0000

Yeah, but Palm and Blackberry did well. Also, that was one model, I know folks that are happy with their current Windows Mobile phones. It was going on two years ago, it’s not like the iPhone didn’t have issues at birth.

By: abe

abe — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:48:40 +0000

Well Ken, if your description of the reliability of your “enterprise ready” windows mobile smart phones is something to go by then I guess microsoft isn’t “ready for enterprise” either…

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:02:28 +0000

I didn’t want my last post to be taken as a slam on the iPhone, it is a great phone, beautiful design, innovative screen and the 2.0 version will be better yet. They did not invent the features, but no one can touch the implementation. Not ready for enterprise, but Apple hasn’t chosen to compete there in any product.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:40:52 +0000

Having used several Windows Mobile Smart Phones, the last being the Apache 6700, I agree it’s pretty crappy. Had to hack the crap out of it, to make it semi-useful. It did have wi-fi, touchscreen(poor), 3.0 network for good browsing speed and Exchange and Office built-in, voice dialing, could run flash.Third party apps were plentiful. It also would spontaneously redial the last number and go into flight mode unannounced. I gave it to one of the Marketing guys that liked shiny over function. The implementation of these great 1.5-years-prior-to-the-intro-of-the-Jesus-Phone features was horrendous. I’m told it’s much improved from the 1st generation, but I’m waiting for a peek at some of the next gen Linux based devices. There is already too much “proprietary” goodness for my taste.