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Originally Posted by volwrath
Now hold on a minute  iPhone and WM devices have different strengths and weaknesses. You shouldn't feel for him. For instance he can have push email on while listening to pandora while surfing the web. And with the latest Opera builds surfing the web is getting pretty d@mn close to mobile safari. And he can be on any carrier, and he can find a device to suit what he wants to do, wheter it be a slide out keyboard, a keyboard on the front, a nontouchscreen with keyboard. He can also use the device as a mass storage device, use a standard mini (or micro) usb, has access to the best hacking developers out there (xda-developers), and has an expandable phone that he can change the battery himself in.
Plus I think an app for windows mobile will come.
Having said thad I do love my ipod Touch, and it is a nice complement to my winmo device |
Boo! Winmo sucks!
Just kidding
(seriously, had to say it since it looked like I touched off a nerve), Actually by saying "I feel for him" was the fact that he wanted an iphone but was waiting for a slide out keyboard and I was trying to let him know that if that is the only reason he would not get one, perhaps the lack of keyboard isn't as bad as he thinks. Not that WM was terrible. Far from it. 7 devices since WinCE 1.0! Come on recognize!
For his sake and others, I hope a Kindle app does come out for WM and Android as well.. I'm afraid due to the iP's popularity, some developers may choose to concentrate on that platform alone. Good for current owners but I don't like feeling locked in.
My hopes are for Android though. I hope it gets software support as great as WM and the iPhone... Because until T-mobile gets the iphone, I may eventually switch to another device. Especially if the deathstar is in the habit of increasing their data plans prices each time a new iphone upgrade comes out... (AND they're tracking IMEIs too so any hopes of getting a sim-free device and using it without an increase in data prices will be short lived)...
And YES The battery... One of the biggest gripes on the iP... I hate it being non-user replaceable (and soldered on my model!).. One of the things I miss most from my WM phones (heck ALL other phones)... bah!