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Windows Mobile: Like Using Fred Flintstone's iStone

Obviously the poster is not an iThing user - at all. The iPhone is not only "great for playing music", like it is just an iPod attached to a mobile phone.

It has a full browser, no WAP, displays just like a desktop browser, in portrait or landscape and dynamically scalable; streaming media (e.g. AOL Radio, YouTube, etc.); WiFi and Bluetooth networking; GPS-enabled Google maps; customizable interface (e.g. dock arrangements, clocks, pictures, etc); full pop, IMAP, and Exchange ActiveSync email client.

Gee, all of that is the same list you raved you could do on your HTC.

Oh, and I haven't even touched on the true power of the iThing - easy to find, integrated application platform. You can even run Windows on an iThing, via a RemoteDesktop client. Or a UNIX machine, via the VNC client. And you can get to all of your enterprise resources via the built-in VPN. You can use the iThing as a remote control for media players, presentation slides, automated home appliances, etc. It's the best way to take along videos for travel 'cause you don't need a separate DVD player nor worry about storing the disks. It's also the best way to share photo albums, 'cause, again, you don't need a separate device and it displays them in gorgeous high-resolution, deep contrast with an easy to use interface. Gone are the "brag books" or "wallet" photos - I just use my iPod touch. Oh, and I think I forgot to mention the iTunes Music store, where you can also just buy whatever you think your library is missing - whenever and wherever. For example, I used to collect the Starbucks free download of the week cards, but never got around to entering the code when I got back to a computer. Now, I have my iPod right there with me so I immediately put in the code and enjoy my free music, while I'm still in Starbucks.

Yes, Windows Mobile runs apps. But so does any smartphone. You show your ignorance when you claim that only Windows Mobile runs apps.

I just happen to feel that the best mobile app platform out there today is the iThing. Maybe that will change in the future, but for now...


On Jan 12 12:55 PM longandshort wrote:

> Obviously the author is not a mobile power user, she prbably just
> likes to carry a cool looking expensive phone around rather than
> run useful apps on it. I have been using my HTC windows enabled phone
> for 2 years now and have run more apps on the windows mobile platfrom
> than 2 years ago than I can find on a Blackberry today. e.g
> - full browser
> - streaming media and media player
> - dial-up networking(tethering)
> - maps
> - Sirius streaming radio
> - custom desktops (weather, clocks)
> - email (web based and IMAP)
>
> ..point I am trying to make is, Iphone is great for playing music,
> blackberry is great for texting and email, windows mobile phones
> are great for running apps..