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I have an Iphone and several WM phones. Well, you are making my point. On the iphone the user experience is what Apple gives you, on the WM phone you can make it any way you like it. Yes, it takes some work to get it just right. But on my main Windows phone I can run slingplayer to listen to the news, have an IM program and the browser running in the background, and write an e-mail at the same time. It doesn't slow down at all.
For the iphone I even have to program every phone number twice (with country code and without) since networks tend to send it in both formats and the Iphone can't tell it is the same contact. Choose several items in a list? Forget it, one at a time. Etc, etc. Agree that the iphone is easy to use, that is because it lacks most functions. Of course, the market has spoken, Apple is the marketing master. But if "sells more" equals "is better" then ereaders would have disappeared long ago and we would all be reading on netbooks. An iTablet would be nice for browsing, but reading books on a regular LCD or even OLED? I know a lot of people do it. Maybe we should invest in companies that sell glasses, contact lenses and eye surgery? That will be a booming business.
The iphone brought us a lot of good things, bigger screens, cheaper prices, etc. So I am glad we have it. And it is the phone of choice for those who are not really interested in technology.
There actually are dozens of great interfaces available for WM, but I just prefer the simplicity of a home sceen with all the necessary items instead of all that eye candy. Well, I have a factory unlocked iphone 3G to sell, if I get any decent offers.
An iTablet with a Pixel Qi screen, bring it on!
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