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Posted by Toni on November 13, 2007, 10:16 am
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> I have read several reviews that criticise any Smartphone just because it's
> based upon WM, i.e. cut-down Windows like this one:
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> http://mobile.slashdot.org/mobile/07/11/11/150229.shtml
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> Don't get me wrong, I love my HTC S710 but I can also take off my rose
> tinted glasses and recognise the flaws and I really can appreciate some of
> the comments in the main article. The CPU in my S710 is really a bit under
> powered and the WM6 user interface does annoy me a lot sometimes but I'm
> sticking with it because I can see the advantages for me. However, I'm
> trialling these kind of devices to decide whether we roll our WM6 Smartphone
> or go with the crowd and deploy Blackberry. As it stands, I think I'd have
> trouble completely defending WM6, it's just too, well clunky.
>
> I'm not trying to act as a troll but do you think that devices like the
> iPhone will cause a redesign? I also appreciate the iPhone is not without
> it's flaws but boy does it look and feel nice. To you average mobile phone
> user that goes a long way.
>
> Cheers, Rob.
The lines have cleared and I have finally had a chance to see the
iPhone up close and yes, I think it will revolutionize the smartphone
indusry, providing there are no major glitches. It is intuitive
beyond anything I could have imagined and I don't think users will
continue to suffer the long learning curve of a WM machine. That is,
of course, if it's business functions are as efficient as their play
functions, which I did not have a chance to see. If not, Palm, WM and
Blackberry will continue to dominate the business industry.
That said, I did see a demonstration of a Windows powered computer,
perhaps a prototype, that was similarly intuitive, so perhaps
Microsoft is already on it. The computer was embedded into a desk or
table top and evidently had a very sensitive touch screen, and perhaps
heat or motion sensors. The users were moving around objects on the
screen as though they were shuffling real papers. Think air guitar
AND productive.
Toni
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