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Squilliam on 11 January 2011
disolitude said:

I think you're a little too narrow minded here with this reply.

Windows mobile 7, while new, has had a really impressive launch and support form the get go. Ballmer announced at CES that they have 5500 apps in less than 4 months...a number which puts it on par with iphone's launch and surpasses Androids launch support in the same time frame. Not to mention that they have an update coming in February which is to add things like copy/paste, multitasking, speed up the device and various undisclosed features.I've never seen Microsoft move this fast with a product that just came out months ago. And in terms of quality at time of release, this has to be one of their most refined.

Its Windows Phone 7 by the way.

The reason why they are moving so fast is that they have to. I doubt though that Microsoft EDD is going to post particularly brilliant numbers come Jan 27th or whenever due to the level of investment in the platform and the payback time being in the 12-24 month range considering how little they get for every one phone sold.

Anyway im definately looking forwards to multi-tasking, though the task switching is really good and a little speed up because sometimes for whatever reason my phone seems to stall randomly coming out of hibernation. They definately followed the idea that time to market with a good enough device was better than waiting to make it 'perfect'. Both Kinect and WP7 as EDD devices followed this perfectly, Kinect too has a large spring update as well.

Oh I should mention that Windows Phone 7 is coming to Verizon early in 2011 so that should coincide with the update you speak of.

Lastly, BING maps doesn't work for me. Damnit why can't they roll the whole feature set out of the U.S. so thats what im really looking forward to with the update.



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superchunk on 11 January 2011
disolitude said:
 

I think you're a little too narrow minded here with this reply.

Windows mobile 7, while new, has had a really impressive launch and support form the get go. Ballmer announced at CES that they have 5500 apps in less than 4 months...a number which puts it on par with iphone's launch and surpasses Androids launch support in the same time frame. Not to mention that they have an update coming in February which is to add things like copy/paste, multitasking, speed up the device and various undisclosed features.I've never seen Microsoft move this fast with a product that just came out months ago. And in terms of quality at time of release, this has to be one of their most refined.

As far as Blackberry, it may seem like a dying market to Androids open source force, and Iphone...but it doesn't change the fact they are still the marketshare leader, even if barely. The upcoming blackberry tied tablet looks really cool I think.

I forgot Palms WebOS, which was actually ahead of the Iphone curve when Palm Pre came out. Now its time to see what HP did with it when they release Palm Pre 2.

As far as those supposed data glithces on WM7... having a "mature phone" doesn't mean you won't get glitches.

Just ask Iphone 4 customers with reception issues or Android users with Text messaging problems.

http://www.techeye.net/mobile/android-bug-that-sends-texts-to-wrong-people-to-be-fixed

You're right, everyone has the occasional glitch and WP7 data issue is simply that. However, WP7 is just as iPhone 1 or Android 1.x, way to new to be great. In a year plus, it will be far more mature and hopefully fully kicked the stigma the previous Windows Mobile OS left. But, none of this dismisses my opinion that WP7 is just not worth doing yet. Its too new and needs to mature.

WebOS is dead. HP won't be able to save it. My opinion, but like Symbian they've just run their course. They will have to stick to lower priced entry phones and devices to remain intact and even that market will be overrun by Android devices too.

BB is dying. They have been losing marketshare consistently for years by the truckload. The only remaining segment is the very large corporate user who generally has an personal iOS/Android device as well. (granted that's purely speculation but I know in my work its true a GREAT majority of the time) iOS and Android make big upgrades every release for this market and its really only a matter of time before BB is third place.

With the iPhone now on Verizon and Android continuing its rapid incline, this year will probably see BB in 3rd as their lead really isn't that much. (Keep in mind that iPhone was never carrier specific as it could be flashed to smaller GSM networks and now smaller CMDA networks like Cricket will flash it as well).

This year iPhone will jump in marketshare and probably take the lead back from Android until next year, of course when things stabalize.



disolitude on 11 January 2011
Squilliam said:

Its Windows Phone 7 by the way.

The reason why they are moving so fast is that they have to. I doubt though that Microsoft EDD is going to post particularly brilliant numbers come Jan 27th or whenever due to the level of investment in the platform and the payback time being in the 12-24 month range considering how little they get for every one phone sold.

Anyway im definately looking forwards to multi-tasking, though the task switching is really good and a little speed up because sometimes for whatever reason my phone seems to stall randomly coming out of hibernation. They definately followed the idea that time to market with a good enough device was better than waiting to make it 'perfect'. Both Kinect and WP7 as EDD devices followed this perfectly, Kinect too has a large spring update as well.

Oh I should mention that Windows Phone 7 is coming to Verizon early in 2011 so that should coincide with the update you speak of.

Lastly, BING maps doesn't work for me. Damnit why can't they roll the whole feature set out of the U.S. so thats what im really looking forward to with the update.


If update rumors are true, you will be a very happy camper with Bing maps. :)



ssj12 on 11 January 2011
Necromunda said:
superchunk said:
Necromunda said:
Munkeh111 said:
ssj12 said:
superchunk said:
rocketpig said:
 

I use voice and data simultaneously ALL THE TIME. While that's not a deal-breaker for me, combine it with the good coverage I get with AT&T so Verizon doesn't have that advantage for me (but I acknowledge that their coverage is, by and large, superior to AT&T).

If Apple doesn't have an LTE phone ready to go with the iPhone 5 in August, they're making a HUGE mistake.

There is no way an LTE iPhoneis coming out this year. Verizon would be the only carrier with any real coverage for the phone as AT&T is a year behind them in rolling it out. AT&T would be stupid to ask/push Apple for this.

Now on the other hand, Apple is equally as stupid if they don't have an LTE phone come out as there will be a slew of Androids with dual cores out by June/July when iPhone's typically release.

However, looking at how Apple handled 3G, they may just wait for more carriers (in and out of US) to have LTE before they push it out, thus 2012.

Any word on a Droid 3? I really dont give a damn about the iPhone, I just want an LTE powered Droid. And my contract with Verizon will be up towards the end of the year.

I think this is probably the closest, it is the Atrix, the next Motorola flashship phone

http://www.motorola.com/consumers/GB-EN/Motorola-ATRIX-GB-EN.do?vgnextoid=b1fc8c923df2d210VgnVCM10000081bbb00aRCRD

Bear in mind that Mobile World Conference is next month when more phones will be announced

Haha Munkeh, Verizon just got done announcing several LTE phones, and from what I've seen, I wouldn't touch that Motorola, here's some choices:

HTC Thunderbolt

LG Revolution

Samsung 4G LTE

And two LTE Motorola Phones, the ATRIX isn't the new flagship BTW,

Motorola ATRIX

And the new Motorola Flagship phone, the "Droid Bionic"

I'm stuck with a 2 year Contract since July with a Droid X, but I'm fine with that considering my Contract ends mid 2012 when LTE should be plenty spread out ^_^


The Bionic and Atrix are almost identically spec'd. However, the ATrix has far better accessories.

Hit up Motorola's website and search on them, the Atrix has this really awesome media dock and a far more impressive laptop docking shell. Makes your phone a laptop.

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/DROID-BIONIC-US-EN

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-ATRIX-US-EN

Forgot to differentiate in my last post and made the mistake insinuating that the ATRIX is on Verzion, when in fact it is AT&T exclusive. The Bionic is essentially the Verizon version of the ATRIX in a sense.


Does the Atrix use Nvidia's Tegra2 or a snapdragon?



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superchunk on 11 January 2011
ssj12 said:


Does the Atrix use Nvidia's Tegra2 or a snapdragon?

From the specs I've seen, both Bionic and Tegra2 have the Tegra2 dual core 1ghz processor.