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deathray2kMar 19, 2009
This is a decent breakdown of the phones, but I have to say, Windows Mobile actually does have support for multitouch, it's just not enabled in a useful way on any device, but it is certainly possible. The HTC Touch Diamond (And probably other HTC phones) has a multitouch-capable keypad on the bottom.
slicemaster101Mar 20, 2009
Incorrect, corporate customers are Windows Mobile, BB, and Symbian’s core markets here in the US because the consumer Smartphone market here is small and is actuality still developing compared to other markets. In Europe both Symbian and windows mobile have achieved popularity in the consumer segment that over powers apples market penetration many times over and the same holds true in other areas of the world as well. To say windows mobile, BB, and Symbian platforms are obsolete is foolish, in many ways these platforms are far superior to apples new platform (most notably in areas of maturity and global support). Granted they are a little late to the “touch” scene, they are now making strides (at least Symbian and BB are, I don’t know about windows mobile) to catch up to appease new consumer market demands but you have to realize that they needed to protect their corporate assets here in the US before they could branch out and further develop their software platform to meet these new consumer Smartphone demands.
rpgmakrMar 20, 2009
@andy: Agreed. I'm a linux guy myself and probably because of that I will never buy a windows mobile phone but I've played with phones that have that OS and it's really cool. It has that feel of a "little computer" that you carry with you. I prefer symbian but windows mobile is good too.
gweedozMar 20, 2009
Funny how all the items where they dinged the iPhone are totally bogus items that aren't actually important. :)
bluecadenzaMar 20, 2009
Seriously. People are incredibly retarded when dissing and touting either the iPhone, Windows Mobile, G1, etc. I'm excited about all the improvements to our phones. Being a Windows Mobile user (no, my phone has not crashed since I've gotten it), the iPhone has really stirred things up. Its gotten companies to rethink how their design their interfaces. All these companies vying for competition just makes things better for us, the end user. Now the iPhone users will get the features they've been missing, and other platforms will be improving more and more. Its a good thing all around.It must take a serious psychological inadequacy for people to have to tout their device over another device and go on internet forums to make sure people know they feel that way. Progress is good all around.
epyon180Mar 20, 2009
Can any of you explain what part of this comparison is bias?
cbeachMar 20, 2009
Regarding "platform adaptability", which iPhone scores "poor" vs the others:The author is describing the range of hardware that an OS can run on, which for iPhone is obviously limited. But deliberately so. There is huge benefit in having a standard hardware platform - certainly when developing applications. The failure of J2ME to garner any real adoption is proof that an ultra-generic platform is not the way to go with mobile devices. Locking software to a fixed range of hardware means better performance (i.e. Objective-C native code vs. JVM) and highly optimal APIs.
binarymelonMar 20, 2009
If the app is developed properly it should be able to return to the point you were at when it exited.
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