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Originally Posted by heron61
Other than the full English OS (which the V7 has), what do you think is better about the W1060 vs. the Q7 (other than the all English OS).
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You know, I've really been stewing on one thing since I answered this originally and I wanted to revisit it. Firmware.
Smartdevices clearly saw a demand for English firmware on these devices since they added the option with the V series. Did they choose to go back and recompile the existing WinCE firmware in English for the Q series? No, they dropped the Q customers like a hot rock. Seriously, recompiling WinCE in another language is trivially easy and, in my mind, it's inexcusable to abandon your early adopters only a few months after the release of your initial product.
Don't think what you're reading above is sour grapes. I'm happy with the Q7 and have even thought about trying to get it back from my wife. But Smartdevices gave me and everyone who bought one a pretty clear middle finger by not releasing the Android firmware that they're happy to sell you on a brand new Q7. Seen
here and
here.
tl:dr - I'm not giving SmartDevices any more of my money if they want to sell me firmware updates by selling me new hardware.