I really think that they are not offering imitation here with their design. I also think the design is beautiful, from a design point of view. From a usability point of view, I'm not fully sure yet. From a technology standpoint, it's totally stupid.
Clean, vivid, smooth, hueg, and slow. Have you watched those glacial (but smooth!) animations? Heh. It's cool, but it's everything I don't want in a phone interface.
I won't begrudge others their opinions, though.
I do not understand how MS can be following the same decisions that got Apple so audibly lambasted. They don't have a cult following to bail them out of shitty lockdowns, and with the compatibility break, it's not like they're saying "Well, at least we'll keep the business users," because that's not guaranteed. Engineered to fail.
Because 98% of the users don't give a shit about multi-tasking or copy and paste.
The remaining 2% of (tech savvy) people can bitch all they want but at the end of the day they are still a very small minority.
And my gut tells me the microSD card is left out to reduce the hacking - that was the first thought that came to mind before I even realize Thrax pointed this out.
Sure you can have a microSD card with Android, but it's half pointless since your apps are still limited in storage.
Again, 98% of the consumers will be fine with having non removable storage at 16gb or similar (just like the iphone).
I think MS is just trying to build a product that has a broad appeal.
Sure it's not some amazing device like the Nexus one, marketed towards us geeks and power users - but guess what, that device is selling like shit.
You would think that, after taking the gigantic leap of saying "No backward compatibility", they would at least try to stay MORE capable than the devices they're trying to compete with.
Instead, they went with the "Hey, it worked for Apple" approach, and then took a step back.
Everything I've heard about WinMo7 is that it's gorgeous, and has great potential. But now they have taken that potential and cut off its balls.
So glad I made the switch to Android. Open Systems FTW.
I have never had an intention of getting a windows 7 phone. However if they are trying to get into the market with some kinda of appeal why not up the bar and not slink in at the status quo.
If I were to buy something with such limitations, I would have bought Apple. What are they going to do better than IPhone? If they think that Microsoft brand image would sell better than Apple, I think they are destined to fail.
Yeah it will sell, they had me on all those videos. But after this information I will(reluctantly) not be buying it for sure. I can do without multitasking to some extent, but no memory expansion or copy/paste is a big deal to me. Guess my G1 with Cyanogen will be my phone for some time longer, though I do have hopes these problems will change.
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No point. No clue. No future.
I won't begrudge others their opinions, though.
I do not understand how MS can be following the same decisions that got Apple so audibly lambasted. They don't have a cult following to bail them out of shitty lockdowns, and with the compatibility break, it's not like they're saying "Well, at least we'll keep the business users," because that's not guaranteed. Engineered to fail.
The remaining 2% of (tech savvy) people can bitch all they want but at the end of the day they are still a very small minority.
And my gut tells me the microSD card is left out to reduce the hacking - that was the first thought that came to mind before I even realize Thrax pointed this out.
Sure you can have a microSD card with Android, but it's half pointless since your apps are still limited in storage.
Again, 98% of the consumers will be fine with having non removable storage at 16gb or similar (just like the iphone).
I think MS is just trying to build a product that has a broad appeal.
Sure it's not some amazing device like the Nexus one, marketed towards us geeks and power users - but guess what, that device is selling like shit.
You would think that, after taking the gigantic leap of saying "No backward compatibility", they would at least try to stay MORE capable than the devices they're trying to compete with.
Instead, they went with the "Hey, it worked for Apple" approach, and then took a step back.
Everything I've heard about WinMo7 is that it's gorgeous, and has great potential. But now they have taken that potential and cut off its balls.
So glad I made the switch to Android. Open Systems FTW.
I'm not saying it's going to knock out the iPhone, but it will end up being a good alternative for some, much like Android is now.