BusinessUser, 06 Jan 2012Get WP7. It supports MS Office documents. It's build for business and games users. It just wor... moreThx and you're right that Android's mostly for geeks who want to tinker with their phones.
I've seen more than my share of android forums where people root their devices to do whatever.
Guess I'll go with WP7.
But does the limitations annoy you?
Anonymous, 06 Jan 2012Nokia??? since when is windows phone made by nokia?
ignorant...The ignorant one is you.
Microsoft signed a deal with Nokia for them to make the WP flag ship phones
So you would think the flag ship phone would get all updates first.
Anonymous, 06 Jan 2012Excuse me but I had an HTC HD2 and never got any major updates to anything.HD2 was windows mobile not windows phone. You had to go to the manufacture web site and look for your updates for windows mobile. It’s no longer that way in windows phone. Don’t compeer WM with WP it’s a totally different OS from the ground up.
Yomie, 06 Jan 2012Guys, Looking to get a new phone in 2012 and confused b/w Android and WP Mango (no I'm *not* ... moreGet WP7. It supports MS Office documents. It's build for business and games users. It just works. Android is for technical people (see the responses about ICS GPU and what not).
Yomie, 06 Jan 2012Guys, Looking to get a new phone in 2012 and confused b/w Android and WP Mango (no I'm *not* ... moreget a high end android device and you won't have to worry about lag. Also play with the Galaxy Nexus and see how you like it, its currently the only device running in ICS(ice cream sandwich), this version of android has hardware acceleration enabled for UI and apps meaning it offloads work onto the GPU to deal with lag.
Guys,
Looking to get a new phone in 2012 and confused b/w Android and WP Mango (no I'm *not* getting an iPhone)
Android is huge and therefore has millions of apps, different UIs and everything, but I don't like that some phones lag dispite dual-core processors and what not.
Mango on the other hand is slick and everyone says is smooth (haven't used one yet) which is exactly what I want, but things like no USB mass storage and basic things like needing an app to set ringtones sound so 1990.
I basically want a fast phone that doesn't keep me waiting, extensive browsing and document support and does what it says without having to root or whatever (I'm a user not a hacker)
Any pointers?
Thx!
Anonymous, 06 Jan 2012Nokia??? since when is windows phone made by nokia?
ignorant...Um, since October 2011 actually.
Nokia and MS announced a partnership early 2011 which is what gave birth to the Lumia series of phones.
u ppl need nly a os which gives u every thing and u dnt nw hw to explore os and dnt say root root always when phone struck thenu ll come to knw wat is root
motorolla, HTC Samsung and other major manufactureers have to pay microsoft for evry android device they build because microsoft owns the patetns that are being used in WP7 and android. so they are actually paying to build a android phone just like WP7
Sails, 05 Jan 2012The great thing about WP updates is that you can actually count on getting them. With Android ... moreSo many things wrong with this statement, but can't really expect anything out of a fanboy.
1. Microsoft is legally obligated to the manufacturers and the users to push updates to their platform as the manufacturers and end users paid a license fee with Microsoft to use WP7. Last I checked, manufacturers don't pay Google a dime to use Android, so Google aside from pushing out latest updates to their own Nexus lines don't need to make sure Samsung, Motorola, LG, and et al gives their customers the latest updates. Besides if you really wanted to get ICS you would just root it and get it much faster than the manufacturer's bring it to their devices.
2. Just to let you know the HD2 was actually promised to get WM7, however microsoft felt that the name Windows Mobile was already too tarnished and scrapped it and made Windows Phone 7, they also didn't bring it to the HD2 due to the HD2 being the last Windows mobile device and didn't want anything to deal with Windows Mobile, do you not realize that the HD2 is basically the foundation of all WP7 devices? Every WP7 must at the very least be as powerful as the HD2, for a good reason.
c'mon just redesign Windows PC UI for Smarphone & it will become huge ecosystem. we Love Windows PC we Hate Windows Phone.
AnonD-36967, 06 Jan 2012Are you using your brain?? WP7 and WM6.5 are 2 different OS.My point is that I did have a flagship MS phone and still did not get meaningful updates. Having a flagship phone is no guarantee of anything.
Nokia Fanboy PRO, 05 Jan 2012Another epic fail by nokia.Useless operating software full of malware.Id never buy one.Nokia??? since when is windows phone made by nokia?
ignorant...
Anonymous, 06 Jan 2012Excuse me but I had an HTC HD2 and never got any major updates to anything.Are you using your brain?? WP7 and WM6.5 are 2 different OS.
Sails, 05 Jan 2012The great thing about WP updates is that you can actually count on getting them. With Android ... moreExcuse me but I had an HTC HD2 and never got any major updates to anything.
Anonymous, 05 Jan 2012LoL need apps to set own ringtone?? very innovative features in 2012 :o we don't need wp we ne... moreYou actually dont need apps, you can set your music as a ringtone through zune
u dont need certain about android updates if u root ur phone.
u can instal vanilla android on almost EVERY device and cyanogen
Another epic fail by nokia.Useless operating software full of malware.Id never buy one.
Vodurrr, 05 Jan 2012You can set your own ringtone now on Mango with an App called Free Ringtones which seems to ha... moreLoL need apps to set own ringtone?? very innovative features in 2012 :o we don't need wp we need Windows PC for Smartphone.
Vodurrr, 05 Jan 2012You can set your own ringtone now on Mango with an App called Free Ringtones which seems to ha... moreDon't you find it at the very least bit a tad odd that you need to download an app to do what should be considered a basic feature, for even the most dumb of dumbphones out there since say, 2000?
It is amazing how people keep praising Windows Phone, while such things are completely screwed up. Ahhwell, more intriguing is why LG got the update first, or better, why Nokia, MS' biggest WP buddy, is put at best second.
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