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Originally Posted by volwrath
Yet it took forever to get a) multitasking b) a2dp c) high res screens d) tethering e) expandable storage f) wireless sync:things winmo and android did out of the box, although msft in its infinite wisdom did away with wireless sync. capacitive touch screen was the revolutionary thing that Apple did.
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Notice I didn't claim the iPhone matched every feature of every smartphone ever right out of the gate...doesn't mean it wasn't revolutionary. It totally upended expectations for smartphone UIs and standard features, and the market has never been the same.
As far as WinMo goes, I have to emphatically disagree. I went through an 8125, 8525, and Tilt before switching to iPhone, and I've never looked back. Don't get me wrong - WinMo was the best thing available at the time, and I had fun hacking around on those phones, installing custom ROMs, writing little scripts and utilities, etc. But eventually I got tired of having to replace most of the stock apps with useable third-party solutions and installing a bunch of utilities just to keep the damn thing running in a semi-acceptable fashion when I saw how user-friendly and polished the iPhone was. Microsoft was absolutely right to flush WinMo and start from scratch (not that I think they have much of a chance with Windows Phone 7 now that iPhone and Android are so entrenched, but it's a better chance than they would have with the old WinMo).