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While its awesome you love your phone as its really the only important thing, you have to acknowledge a few things.

1. You're comparing your phone, brand new, to older phones that are over two years out of the tech race.

2. Your wife's phone (android) is far more flexible and she could put a WP tile theme on it to make the UI identical.

3. The only feature you actually have that she cannot do (or iPhone4/latest BB) is the tight relationship to Live.. and on Android you can actually tie to Live in many ways via 3rd party apps. It will only continue to get better as MS has now opened up their framework for quick and easy traversal among WP7 and android/iOS.

4. Using either Amazon, Google's Music, or iTunes, you can keep all your media off your phone and use from anything else from any Android or iPhone, respectively. Hell, with Google Music I have my music also through my Ps3 or Wii. Can't do that with your Live based setup.

5. Samsung is awesome for tech (I love my Fascinate), however, I certainly hope their software upgrade policy is better than what the US Galaxy S phones had. Otherwise you'll be waiting for a year to get Mango.

6. Without Mango, there are TONS of basic use features you don't have as compared to Android or iOS and when Mango releases, we'll have to see the eventual rollout to see what it may still lack... as well as gained.

7. Android = free or really cheap apps. WP7 and iOS = pay.



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Dr.Grass said:

How much are they paying you!?

lol



o_O.Q said:
Dr.Grass said:

How much are they paying you!?

lol


Thank God someone laughed. Now I have proof that it was a joke and won't be banned 3 times in direct succession.



superchunk said:

While its awesome you love your phone as its really the only important thing, you have to acknowledge a few things.

1. You're comparing your phone, brand new, to older phones that are over two years out of the tech race.

2. Your wife's phone (android) is far more flexible and she could put a WP tile theme on it to make the UI identical.

3. The only feature you actually have that she cannot do (or iPhone4/latest BB) is the tight relationship to Live.. and on Android you can actually tie to Live in many ways via 3rd party apps. It will only continue to get better as MS has now opened up their framework for quick and easy traversal among WP7 and android/iOS.

4. Using either Amazon, Google's Music, or iTunes, you can keep all your media off your phone and use from anything else from any Android or iPhone, respectively. Hell, with Google Music I have my music also through my Ps3 or Wii. Can't do that with your Live based setup.

5. Samsung is awesome for tech (I love my Fascinate), however, I certainly hope their software upgrade policy is better than what the US Galaxy S phones had. Otherwise you'll be waiting for a year to get Mango.

6. Without Mango, there are TONS of basic use features you don't have as compared to Android or iOS and when Mango releases, we'll have to see the eventual rollout to see what it may still lack... as well as gained.

7. Android = free or really cheap apps. WP7 and iOS = pay.

It's great that you can do that stuff you mention. Niether myself or my wife can be bothered to make a device do things via third party  apps. Or make an android be a WP7. 

So although that optionn works for you, it wouldnt work for me. I'm already set up with Zune and Live and the fact WP7 is to from Minute 1 is perfect. 

I'm also privvy to the latest Android as I have an HTC Desire S 3 feet away. It's a great  phone. Just slower on the operating side. Apart from that they do the same things.

It depends what your after. For the average Joe who wont tinker making the OS do things as you mention in my personal experience WP7 and Android are by far my faves and both  are ahead of Iphone 4. Apps wise no. But slickness, screen, design and integration yes.

Whatever the choice anyone makes. WP7 deserves far more credit in the market than many fanboys around th web would lead people to believe. 



selnor said:
superchunk said:

While its awesome you love your phone as its really the only important thing, you have to acknowledge a few things.

1. You're comparing your phone, brand new, to older phones that are over two years out of the tech race.

2. Your wife's phone (android) is far more flexible and she could put a WP tile theme on it to make the UI identical.

3. The only feature you actually have that she cannot do (or iPhone4/latest BB) is the tight relationship to Live.. and on Android you can actually tie to Live in many ways via 3rd party apps. It will only continue to get better as MS has now opened up their framework for quick and easy traversal among WP7 and android/iOS.

4. Using either Amazon, Google's Music, or iTunes, you can keep all your media off your phone and use from anything else from any Android or iPhone, respectively. Hell, with Google Music I have my music also through my Ps3 or Wii. Can't do that with your Live based setup.

5. Samsung is awesome for tech (I love my Fascinate), however, I certainly hope their software upgrade policy is better than what the US Galaxy S phones had. Otherwise you'll be waiting for a year to get Mango.

6. Without Mango, there are TONS of basic use features you don't have as compared to Android or iOS and when Mango releases, we'll have to see the eventual rollout to see what it may still lack... as well as gained.

7. Android = free or really cheap apps. WP7 and iOS = pay.

It's great that you can do that stuff you mention. Niether myself or my wife can be bothered to make a device do things via third party  apps. Or make an android be a WP7. 

So although that optionn works for you, it wouldnt work for me. I'm already set up with Zune and Live and the fact WP7 is to from Minute 1 is perfect. 

I'm also privvy to the latest Android as I have an HTC Desire S 3 feet away. It's a great  phone. Just slower on the operating side. Apart from that they do the same things.

It depends what your after. For the average Joe who wont tinker making the OS do things as you mention in my personal experience WP7 and Android are by far my faves and both  are ahead of Iphone 4. Apps wise no. But slickness, screen, design and integration yes.

Whatever the choice anyone makes. WP7 deserves far more credit in the market than many fanboys around th web would lead people to believe. 

the omnia 7 is more powerful than the desire s so obviously it would be faster, however, compared to the new dual core tegra 2 androids that are out like the samsung galaxy s and the lg optimus 2x the omnia 7 would be slow



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Congrats...WP7's are hella awesome and I have nothing to complain about them!

Just can't wait till good game support and the Mango update come!



o_O.Q said:
selnor said:
superchunk said:

While its awesome you love your phone as its really the only important thing, you have to acknowledge a few things.

1. You're comparing your phone, brand new, to older phones that are over two years out of the tech race.

2. Your wife's phone (android) is far more flexible and she could put a WP tile theme on it to make the UI identical.

3. The only feature you actually have that she cannot do (or iPhone4/latest BB) is the tight relationship to Live.. and on Android you can actually tie to Live in many ways via 3rd party apps. It will only continue to get better as MS has now opened up their framework for quick and easy traversal among WP7 and android/iOS.

4. Using either Amazon, Google's Music, or iTunes, you can keep all your media off your phone and use from anything else from any Android or iPhone, respectively. Hell, with Google Music I have my music also through my Ps3 or Wii. Can't do that with your Live based setup.

5. Samsung is awesome for tech (I love my Fascinate), however, I certainly hope their software upgrade policy is better than what the US Galaxy S phones had. Otherwise you'll be waiting for a year to get Mango.

6. Without Mango, there are TONS of basic use features you don't have as compared to Android or iOS and when Mango releases, we'll have to see the eventual rollout to see what it may still lack... as well as gained.

7. Android = free or really cheap apps. WP7 and iOS = pay.

It's great that you can do that stuff you mention. Niether myself or my wife can be bothered to make a device do things via third party  apps. Or make an android be a WP7. 

So although that optionn works for you, it wouldnt work for me. I'm already set up with Zune and Live and the fact WP7 is to from Minute 1 is perfect. 

I'm also privvy to the latest Android as I have an HTC Desire S 3 feet away. It's a great  phone. Just slower on the operating side. Apart from that they do the same things.

It depends what your after. For the average Joe who wont tinker making the OS do things as you mention in my personal experience WP7 and Android are by far my faves and both  are ahead of Iphone 4. Apps wise no. But slickness, screen, design and integration yes.

Whatever the choice anyone makes. WP7 deserves far more credit in the market than many fanboys around th web would lead people to believe. 

the omnia 7 is more powerful than the desire s so obviously it would be faster, however, compared to the new dual core tegra 2 androids that are out like the samsung galaxy s and the lg optimus 2x the omnia 7 would be slow

Actually no. 

HTC Desire S has a 1 GHZ Scorpian Processor. 768mb RAM

Omnia 7 has a 1 GHZ Scorpian Processor. 512mb RAM

 

The WP7 Operatng system is more efficient. It loads up the internet on my  phone .......( just testing )

Same network = Omnia 7 8 seconds quicker. 

EDIT = Used VGCHartz as the Home page on both.



superchunk said:

2. Your wife's phone (android) is far more flexible and she could put a WP tile theme on it to make the UI identical.

3. The only feature you actually have that she cannot do (or iPhone4/latest BB) is the tight relationship to Live.. and on Android you can actually tie to Live in many ways via 3rd party apps. It will only continue to get better as MS has now opened up their framework for quick and easy traversal among WP7 and android/iOS.

4. Using either Amazon, Google's Music, or iTunes, you can keep all your media off your phone and use from anything else from any Android or iPhone, respectively. Hell, with Google Music I have my music also through my Ps3 or Wii. Can't do that with your Live based setup.

5. Samsung is awesome for tech (I love my Fascinate), however, I certainly hope their software upgrade policy is better than what the US Galaxy S phones had. Otherwise you'll be waiting for a year to get Mango.

7. Android = free or really cheap apps. WP7 and iOS = pay.

Just a few things to add:

2. That flexibility comes with several disadvantages though, like decreased performance and stability.

3. You'll never have other platforms where you can get achievements that go into your Live account though. The user interface is also a big plus, and even one installed on an Android phone can't match the full integration found in WP7. The slickness and usability is one of the things that make WP7 stand out.

4. Google Music seems like an odd comparison, since right now it's basically cloud storage for your already owned music.

5. Microsoft are strict enough with their update policy that all users ought to get their updates in the same time frame, regardless of the manufacturer.

7. Half the apps on WP7 are free, and another 20% have free trials. Make of it what you want.



Pfft! You people with your touch screen keyboards.



Hmm thats cool!  Nice to hear your insight, Ill be upgrading this fall.(Still deciding phone/carrier)



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