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By "superior iPhone OS", are you referring to its lack of elementary features like cut/copy/paste and MMS, or the fact that it's incredibly limited by Apple and has no innovation?
Until your iPhone can print Excel spreadsheets to a networked printer over IP like my phone can, go away please.
Look iPhone OS and WM each do certain things better. For some WM is their OS of choice, and thats fine. And for other iPhone is what they want. And others still go for Palm OS, Android, BlackBerry OS or Symbian. Nothing wrong with that.
But please go away, just seems unneed. Right?
And everybody take one step back and breath, please...
...and while you're standing there consider if this my phone OS is better than your phone OS really is a topic where you want the discussion to escalate to the point where the ban hamster wakes up.
...and while you're standing there consider if this my phone OS is better than your phone OS really is a topic where you want the discussion to escalate to the point where the ban hamster wakes up.
I meant the phone's embedded monthly plan is CDMA (I live in America, hence Verizon logo), and that it accepts GSM SIMs from a European company like Orange or Vodaphone and automatically switches to the 900/1800 band.
What is the iTunes synching like on this? I'm debating between an iPhone and the Bold but I want to be able to play my iTunes music on my phone and have a music player + phone in one device. Does this work for that?
Can it play the non-iTunes plus (gd DRM) stuff? I made the mistake of buying songs off iTunes before I found Amazon MP3.
AFAIK it cannot play DRM'd stuff. I haven't synced it yet, but I do have an 8GB class 6 sandisk microSD in there now. I know there's an option in Missing Sync to sync an iTunes playlist (or multiple ones).
Find me a smart phone with an interface as fast and easy to use as the iPhone's. Or one that seamlessly synchs (both ways) all my media and info to itunes/address book etc.
Also, while you are at it, find me a phone with a touch screen that is better than the iPhone's. All other touch screens are so crappy. They are dull and you have to push down on them with a stylus with 5kg's of force in order for it to register, and even then winblows mobile or whatever other half baked OS you have on there only registers it like 10 seconds later.
And why would you want to create/print a document on a phone
The formatting is bad and it takes 10 times longer than on a Mac/PC. By the time you are finished typing a document, I could have driven home, fetched my Macbook Pro, driven back, typed a document that looks 100 times better than the one you just typed on your phone and emailed and printed it, with much less effort.
Find me a smart phone with an interface as fast and easy to use as the iPhone's. Or one that seamlessly synchs (both ways) all my media and info to itunes/address book etc.
Also, while you are at it, find me a phone with a touch screen that is better than the iPhone's. All other touch screens are so crappy. They are dull and you have to push down on them with a stylus with 5kg's of force in order for it to register, and even then winblows mobile or whatever other half baked OS you have on there only registers it like 10 seconds later.
And why would you want to create/print a document on a phone
Nokia N series syncs seamlessly with OSX iCal/Address Book/iTunes/iPhoto just need to install a plugin but it's no biggie. even does it over Bluetooth which the iPhone doesn't do!
Have you personally tried EVERY other touchscreen? didn't think so... so who are you to comment about other touch screens. I've played with a friends Blackberry Storm and the touchscreen is very nice and is on par with the iPhones (well 1st Gen from when i had it).
Formatting isn't bad, it's great for picking up attachments on the go, takes 2 seconds to print over wifi to my canon printer ..... looks exactly the same as when it was created
again don't comment until you have tried!!And where are you driving home from? shut up and come back when you get some real arguments
Bold = no touchscreen. Only the Storm currently has it in the BB lineup till mid summer '09.
Why the Bold? 3G speeds!
1> Sending & receiving emails will not show anything tangible unless auto download more with 3MB attachements when you're actually viewing it.
2> Able to get emails and have phone calls at the same time! Best if you use a headset.
3> Tweaked browser - most ppl will not even notice. Only intranet/banking sites catered to use these tweaks will you see anything.
4> higher resolution!!!!
New apps coded for it will be like walking in the haze with astigmatism and putting on your glasses!
But for me - the limits of the browser, issues with browser, and the OS applications (consumer focused for now) are too limiting for me personally. Email is king on BB. But I chose the E71-2 (E71x for AT&T future owners).
Nokia N series syncs seamlessly with OSX iCal/Address Book/iTunes/iPhoto just need to install a plugin but it's no biggie. even does it over Bluetooth which the iPhone doesn't do!
Have you personally tried EVERY other touchscreen? didn't think so... so who are you to comment about other touch screens. I've played with a friends Blackberry Storm and the touchscreen is very nice and is on par with the iPhones (well 1st Gen from when i had it).
Formatting isn't bad, it's great for picking up attachments on the go, takes 2 seconds to print over wifi to my canon printer ..... looks exactly the same as when it was created
And where are you driving home from? shut up and come back when you get some real arguments
I have tried other touch screens, all the major brands (HTC Diamond, Samsung Omnia, Crackberry Storm etc.) And they all suck. They all only work with a stylus, and they are dull and you have to push so hard on them for it to respond. Then wait another 5 seconds for whatever lame OS you have on there. There is absolutely no touchscreen that even compares to the iPhone's.
And sorry for not being an uber geek that likes to type documents on their cellphones
Why would you want to print it, anyway? Why not email it? Probably because couldn't find the "email" command buried under all those obscure menus on winblows mobile/symbian...id take that back, they have put the cover on back to front!
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Although the OS itself "may" be superior to WM, its not delivered, nor are present applications executed this way due to the restrictions that Apple puts on OS X "Mobile". What exactly is the name of the iPhone/iPod Touch OS?
There are many many applications and uses for WM. Its based off of .NET Compact Framework v2 SP2 Preinstalled in ROM.
The following is part of 6.1 ROM without add ons:
# HTML email support in Outlook Mobile
# Search ability for contacts in an Exchange Server Address Book
# AJAX, JavaScript, and XMLDOM support on Internet Explorer Mobile
# Out of Office Replies with Microsoft Exchange 2007
# Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) support for select operators
# Server Search on Microsoft Exchange 2007
# .NET Compact Framework v2 SP2 Preinstalled in ROM
# Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Preinstalled in ROM
# OneNote Mobile as a companion to Microsoft Office OneNote
# Office Mobile 6.1 announced[28] with support for Office 2007 document formats (pptx, docx, xlsx).
Most of these came to iPhone after the Microsoft Exchange/ActiveSync support. Many ppl forget this and claim the OS X for iPhone is superior yet always forget whats possible with mods or that iPhone lacked so much without ActiveSync support - and yes it was important enough and critical enough for sales if Apple decided to fork over the cash to negotiate this deal with Microsoft.
Personally, I'm NOT a fan of WM6.1 or prior versions. WM7 I'll decide after seeing reviews and what hardware its laid upon. To me, from what i've seen and experience with 4 ppls iPhone 3G's with mods or without > the iPhone offers great ease of use and shaeked the market up for innovation in this aspect - but for end user that needs more powerful use out of a smartphone (I still see the iPhone as a feature phone; copy & paste is VERY import to productive smartphone users; hopefully 2.2 offers this natively), their going to S60, WM, or even Linux; at least for now. I await the iPhones true evolution.
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