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Originally Posted by HansTWN
The iphone was always about marketing, not about real performance. Featurewise it has yet to catch up in many ways to WM phones from 3-4 years ago, even after the latest upgrade. The iphone is great for those who want the big nanny to tell them what they can and cannot do. Nice looking hardware for those who don't need many features and when performance is not an issue.
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I wouldn't go that Far. Having used WM since Pocket PC 2002 the OS while powerful has always been a little awkward to use.
Thats what the iPone really benefits from really. While Powerful in itself, the what the OS really brings to the table is a really good user interface, which while not without its share of issues is a lot more easier to use for most common, non technical people.
That's what brings us to one of the greatest strengths but also the greatest weaknesses of Windows Mobile. For an experience, technical user the OS offers incomparable versatility in what is possible to do, and can and does provide a very powerful platform.
The Problem is that that same versatility makes it awkward and often difficult to use for no technical users, especially when device manufactures or carriers have not optimised it properly. Thats one of the major advantages that Apple has, that with limited hardware options, tey are able to optimise the OS for the device, something which most WM Manufactures or resellers usually don't bother with.