Glo Networks Technical Blog (Glo Blog) » Windows Mobile http://blog.glo-networks.com Glo Networks team sharing their technical experiences and thoughts. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:35:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Windows Phone 7 http://blog.glo-networks.com/2010/02/15/windows-phone-7/ http://blog.glo-networks.com/2010/02/15/windows-phone-7/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:40:16 +0000 Chris http://blog.glo-networks.com/?p=551 So Windows Mobile 7 now called Windows Phone 7 and looks very nice. Infact it’s very pretty indeed, however does pretty mean practical and useful ?

All Windows Phone 7 devices will be a Zune (Microsofts iPod). There’s a lot of Office related apps and screens built in.

More info coming shortly.

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Having said that I’ve bought and used probably near on 20 different Windows Mobile devices over the years each one getting more complex and more feature filled.

Back in August 2008 I took the plunge and started using an iPhone. Loved the hardware and the OS was nice. The fact that proper GPS software wasn’t included, you couldn’t cut and paste, no Office doc syncing and a few other niggles really ‘ground my gears’. So I recently jumpped back to a Windows Mobile device (HTC Touch Diamond 2) and loved getting all the features back that I missed. Also the look of Windows Mobile 6.5 sounded nice. I was looking forward to Microsoft at last catching up … so what’s this post about ? ?

Well Windows Mobile 6.5 is out now and starting to appear in cooked ROMs for your devices. I know it’s not official yet but these cooked ROMs are bug free and feature rich so they’re pretty much as good as the real things. I now have it on my Diamond 2 and I’m affraid it’s an utter let down. I can’t believe it’s just a new Home screen and a basicly a load of skins ! Settings are still a mess, you still need a stylus for decent navigation and the entire OS still feels a few years old. Now the iPhone has proper GPS there’s no need for Windows Mobile.

Also ..
Where’s a decent online App Store ?
Lets have the same type of hard touch screen like the iPhone on WM devices.

Or is it too late for Windows Mobile now, have they missed the boat ?

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