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Re: Where are all the “Turn your iPhone into a Windows Mobile phone!” ads?

surur — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:05:40 -0000

Here you go.
http://iphonefreakz.com/2008/06/05/intelliscree...

Re: Another competing app Apple won’t approve: Opera Mini

surur — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:02:38 -0000

"Apple is the new Microsoft and the iPhone platform is the new Windows."

When was Microsoft EVER as restrictive as Apple? Forget about letting another browser become the default browser - Apple does not even want the other browser to RUN.

How about Apple is the new Stalin, and the iPhone the new Communist Russia? If the iPhone ever gets that 80% Cringely predict it would be a major disaster to user freedom.

Re: The curious case of the Microsoft Zune phone

surur — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:20:07 -0000

"But what Gartenberg doesn’t mention is one key thing: Windows Mobile is awful."

What an idiotic statement to base your whole argument on. Does that make you an idiot?

If Windows Mobile is so awful, why did 5.5 million people buy it in Q3 2008, only a bit less than the 5.9 people who bought Blackberry devices?

Why did 40% more people buy it in Q3 2008 than Q2 2008, when only 8% more people did the same for RIM?

CNET just said the Samsung Omnia is better than the Blackberry Storm. Maybe there is actually another AWFUL OS out there.
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=1778

Maybe that explains why RIM's share price DROPPED after the release of the Storm, by nearly 10%.

Re: Would you pay $15 for a Windows Mobile license?

surur — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:24:42 -0000

Steve Ballmer’s insistence that “We are doing well, we believe in the value of what we are doing.” does not ring well with those who love to hate Windows Mobile, but it may be useful to list exactly what $8-$15 will buy you (and you wont get from Android or Symbian).

Built-in Exchange push e-mail support.
Support for remote device management, application deployment and device policy management.
Support for full device encryption (including external memory cards).
Free sync with Windows Live Hotmail and Live Contacts.
Windows Live Search.
Live Messenger IM Client.
Software for simple Internet Sharing.
Office files reading and editing.
A pretty good e-mail application with built-in smart filtering search.
A pretty good bluetooth stack.
Access to 18000 + applications already out in the market.
Support by carriers and a wide developer community.
Security certification by recognized accreditation bodies.
Indemnification for the technology used.

Sure, OEM’s could decide to produce Android devices, and then find the phones they produce are unattractive to business users because they did not license Exchange Activesync, and does not appeal to others because it does not have any applications yet, and others still will complain the phone does not support A2DP. The OEM may find some carriers are reluctant to support their new device on their network.

Re: Would you pay $15 for a Windows Mobile license?

surur — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:06:35 -0000

You know, I would pay $30 for full device encryption, including storage cards
I would pay pay at least $15 for exchange push e-mail.
I would pay $15 to be able to read and edit office documents.
I would pay $15 for a good internet sharing application.
I would pay $100 to have access to all the great WM applications (Skype, Slingbox, Pocket Informant, BeyondPod etc etc)

How much did iPod Touch owners have to pay just to get an e-mail client ?

Re: Movistar’s ZTE E810 packs Windows Mobile, not much else

surur — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:07:48 -0000

"But if you still think you can get anything done with this smartphone at all, well then be my guest, and wait for it to launch from Movistar where you can reach them."

These specs are barely different from older blackberries, and you could use this phone for push e-mail, IM, sat nav with bluetooth GPS and many other uses.

Its precisely because its a smartphone that its not limited by its specs.

Re: What the heck is Toshiba TM5 - E01?

surur — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:25:34 -0000

The device is the Toshiba Portégé G910 Specs
http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=998

They seemed to have had a mix -up

Re: Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3.0 3G S vs. Windows Mobile 6.5 – Feature Comparison Showdown

surur — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:34:02 -0000

@Ravin,

As mentioned, AKU's also bring features, like A2DP in WM5 and IE6 in WM 6.1.4

Re: Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3.0 3G S vs. Windows Mobile 6.5 – Feature Comparison Showdown

surur — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:43:48 -0000

You should really get a WM person to write that side, as its clear you are not very knowledgable about WM.

WM does have built-in search, an app called, stangely enough, Search, which searches contacts, calender, e-mail, word, excel, notes, files and help files.

Re: Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3.0 3G S vs. Windows Mobile 6.5 – Feature Comparison Showdown

surur — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:48:52 -0000

Also, with the Pre having 30 apps, how is it a better gaming platform that Windows Mobile, with thousands of games? With a javascript-based programming language, games are the least priority on WebOS.

I hope you start correcting the wide-spread errors soon.

Re: Android and Windows Mobile are "complimentary", except they're not - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

surur — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:29:42 -0000

Currently Android has no business features, but is very consumer-friendly, while WM is the opposite, so they are very complimentary.

Re: Redfly – a miss by a mile

surur — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:22:28 -0000

"can you encrypt the entire storage of a Windows Mobile Phone?!"

Yes you can. You really should have done some research first. Its a built-in fuunction of WM6.1.

You do not mention advantages like battery life at all.

Re: Microsoft Tells Apple and Google to Wait Up; Hints at Skymarket

surur — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:26:45 -0000

Or dark matter. Or just no-good matter
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Why would you presume that? Biased much? Apps like slingbox, tomtom and skype are just a few examples of the thousands of great applications on Windows Mobile? You must have been thinking of the crapware on the iPhone.

Re: Divergence & Death

surur — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:39:35 -0000

Another anti-Windows Mobile rant. Why don't you write about how cameras have not really changed in 10 years, or laptops? They still sell like hotcakes, much like Windows Mobile. 90% YoY growth is not to be sneezed at, and WM gained market share on Nokia in Europe recently.

People who have used WM for 10 years are understandably bored. They should really just move on without this traditional "slamming the door on the way out" rant.

Re: Divergence & Death

surur — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:50:39 -0000

"WM6.1 is the same old same old we’ve seen since WM2003se. WM is in decline."

For some-one who writes for a WM site your views are pretty uninformed. Maybe whats new in WM does nothing for you, but some-one such as yourself should know that WM6.1 is NOT just the same old same old.

Why not, to demonstrate your lack of ignorance, dont you as an exercise list what has changed in WM over the years. Not whats mattered to you, since its obvious not much did matter, just without personal bias what has actually changed.

Re: Windows Mobile Devices with no Hardware Buttons

surur — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:29:50 -0000

I dont know if you have used a HTC Touch Diamond Pro, but HTC has managed to increase the font sizes in ALL menus (even 3rd party software) to easy finger-friendly sizes, while lists are usually easy enough to use by finger.

Re: HTC launches first true iPhone competitor just as Apple is about to take its phone to next level

surur — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:47:10 -0000

Wow! What a misguided post. HTC sold 3 million HTC Touch phones in 7 months, and sold 11 million phones in total (with features like 3G and GPS) last year.

This phone offers a completely new user experience, especially visually,while we KNOW iPhone 2 will just continue to offer its boring grid of icons.

This line in particular is laughable:
"the iPhone is poised to enter 2.0-land far ahead of everybody else, especially with a 3G offering, enterprise support, and third-party applications coming soon"

The iPhone is FINALLY CATCHING UP with its competitors with 3G, enterprise support and 3rd party apps. How this takes them far ahead is incomprehensible.

If you use popularity in USA as a measure of success, you must think CDMA, Country music and GW Bush were very successful also.

Re: Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3.0 3G S vs. Windows Mobile 6.5 – Feature Comparison Showdown

surur — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:18 -0000

The Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile phone runs at 1000 Mhz, so thats one item that is wrong.

Next the Samsung Omnia ships with 16 GB built-in storage + microSD expansion, so thats another item you have wrong.

Thirdly, the Samsung Omnia 2 does have video editing - thats just software after all.

Lastly, Windows Mobile does come with updates. They are called Adaptation Kits, like service packs, and the most recent one 6.1.4 brought IE6 to Windows Mobile 6.1. They are provided as ROM updates by the OEM, and in the early stages of a device's release are quite frequent.

Re: Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3.0 3G S vs. Windows Mobile 6.5 – Feature Comparison Showdown

surur — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:28:29 -0000

@Ravin - about 20 million people last year - more than who bought the iPhone in 2008.

Thats who cares.

Do you specialize in being ill-informed?

Re: Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3.0 3G S vs. Windows Mobile 6.5 – Feature Comparison Showdown

surur — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:32:59 -0000

@TaranFX - I would challenge you to find a HTC phone released in the last 2 years which ran at less than 400 Mhz, and in the last year which ran less than 500.

All HTC's recent line ran at 528 Mhz (Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, Fuze, Diamond 2, Touch Pro 2 etc). The Samsung Omnia runs at 624 Mhz, and the new Samsung Omnia 2 at 800 Mhz.

Re: @ MWC: We Learned Just How Great Of A Partner HTC Is To Microsoft

surur — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:00:38 -0000

You guys are pretty deluded.

Apple to sell 50 million iPhones this year? So this quarter they will sell 10 million? More than double what they managed over the holiday season last year?

I guess you did not get the memo where Windows Mobile outsold the iphone in Q4 2008. Probably not.

And btw, is RIM also shutting down, because at 50 million sales thats just about the same as RIM sold over about the same period.

BTW - cut and paste. haha