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Microsoft, Samsung Take on Apple With New Smartphone Announcements
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Let's say you are right. I don't know if few hundreds of dollars can replace App Store.
I agree with comments above - competition is good - and with MS, Google and Apple going for it, we should get better and better products.
Impressed that MS have gone and tried a whole new (Zune style) UI and not just copied someone else. Although not sure how this horizontal scrolling and huge fonts would work in actual use.
I don't see apple making any huge changes in OS 4, but maybe in 5
And please - lets not slag off MS products simply because they were made by MS! The XBox 360/Zune and not this look pretty good!
Impressed that MS have gone and tried a whole new (Zune style) UI and not just copied someone else. Although not sure how this horizontal scrolling and huge fonts would work in actual use.
I don't see apple making any huge changes in OS 4, but maybe in 5
And please - lets not slag off MS products simply because they were made by MS! The XBox 360/Zune and not this look pretty good!
To be clear...
The top image is the new Windows Phone (does that preclude it from ever being used on a tablet?) OS, the bottom image is a new phone using Samsung's own software platform - which looks like just another iPhone clone.
The MS effort may be interesting - it would be the first time that users outside of the US get something close to the Zune interface. It's yet another take on the easiest way to use a combined phone/computer mobile device. But I do hope that you can switch off all the social networking crap that we're being force-fed nowadays.
The top image is the new Windows Phone (does that preclude it from ever being used on a tablet?) OS, the bottom image is a new phone using Samsung's own software platform - which looks like just another iPhone clone.
The MS effort may be interesting - it would be the first time that users outside of the US get something close to the Zune interface. It's yet another take on the easiest way to use a combined phone/computer mobile device. But I do hope that you can switch off all the social networking crap that we're being force-fed nowadays.
I was just reading MSFT's formal announcement
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/feb10/02-15MWC10PR.mspx
Your impressions?
It seems like it was written by committee and they couldn't agree on the wording so they just left in a bunch of random words. But now when I go back to the phone I worry that the same committee got involved in the design process too.
I wish you luck MS, and I like your dynamic tiles thing, but start trying to aim for excellence.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/feb10/02-15MWC10PR.mspx
Your impressions?
It seems like it was written by committee and they couldn't agree on the wording so they just left in a bunch of random words. But now when I go back to the phone I worry that the same committee got involved in the design process too.
I wish you luck MS, and I like your dynamic tiles thing, but start trying to aim for excellence.
Okay fanboy, cool your jets. I clearly said "here's to hoping for a more streamlined iPhone OS 4". That said nothing about a streamlined Windows Phone OS.
Come on!!!!!
I love my iPhone.....but the OS has not changed in years! Where is the innovation?
3 generations of iPhone later, and I'm pretty bored of it. Needs a refresh.
I must admit, I am very impressed with both handsets by MS and Samsung!
Yep I really do hope Apple up there game and bring us some cool new features!
Yep I really do hope Apple up there game and bring us some cool new features!
Whatever about feeling are on this new os, you've got to admit that iPhone os badly needs a total overhaul.
I really can't say that I see what you're getting at there. You might criticise Microsoft for the direction they're taking, but how are they copying Apple? Windows Phone 7 seems to be trying to break away from the general UI-feel of iPhone OS and Android, being more similar to the Zune from what I gather. I don't know if that's a good thing, but I think it's good that Microsoft actually are becoming more creative.
Lots of people here thinking the Samsung phone is running Windows Phone 7. Clearly, reading is not a vital skill to be able to pretend to be some sort of tech pundit on these forums...
This is a far cry from iPhone OS, Symbian, WebOS, Blackberry OS, previous Windows Mobile versions and Bada. This is new, and I see pretty much no instance of them "copying" Apple. Please, point it out to me!
This is a far cry from iPhone OS, Symbian, WebOS, Blackberry OS, previous Windows Mobile versions and Bada. This is new, and I see pretty much no instance of them "copying" Apple. Please, point it out to me!
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This won't work. If they aren't releasing till Holiday 2010 by then the whole market will be changed. Not only that but if they have the hardware set already by the time a year goes by the hardware they are specifying will be totally outdated. iphone 4.0 and the new handset will obviously be far better and its going to be released in June most likely. By the time these windows phones hit the market they will already be out of date and further behind by another 6 months in the incredible lead that apple has in install base. If microsoft wants to do anything they need to leverage their only advantage over apple which is the sheer number of Windows PC users out there, unless there is some kind of direct integration with a Windows PC that Apple can't replicate they will never penetrate the market at this point
This won't work. If they aren't releasing till Holiday 2010 by then the whole market will be changed. Not only that but if they have the hardware set already by the time a year goes by the hardware they are specifying will be totally outdated. iphone 4.0 and the new handset will obviously be far better and its going to be released in June most likely. By the time these windows phones hit the market they will already be out of date and further behind by another 6 months in the incredible lead that apple has in install base. If microsoft wants to do anything they need to leverage their only advantage over apple which is the sheer number of Windows PC users out there, unless there is some kind of direct integration with a Windows PC that Apple can't replicate they will never penetrate the market at this point
Microsoft getting it together? LOL You mean Microsoft getting it together "after" seeing what Apple has done. Now Microsoft is getting it together to copy Apple once again.
As usual the haters aren't apparently taking the time to think, let alone watch some of the demo videos now floating around or reading the growing number of hands on reports.
This new UI is clean, slick and polished. The code is new from the ground up, and the tight control placed over hardware specs is going to lead to a better, more coherent user experience (looks like they also learned a thing or two from some of Android's mistakes...)
And yes, competition is good.
I'm frankly surprised it took MSFT this long to dump the underlying WM code - it was so god awful for so long, Sense-UI's of the world notwithstanding.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...
This new UI is clean, slick and polished. The code is new from the ground up, and the tight control placed over hardware specs is going to lead to a better, more coherent user experience (looks like they also learned a thing or two from some of Android's mistakes...)
And yes, competition is good.
I'm frankly surprised it took MSFT this long to dump the underlying WM code - it was so god awful for so long, Sense-UI's of the world notwithstanding.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...
Fanboy? I don't even have iPhone or iPod of any kind, but I had my fare share of Windows of all kinds - including Windows Mobile. Shocking isn't it?
That Windows home screen may be the worst designed image I have ever seen in my life.
Why is everything blue? Your eyes don't know what to look for, then they finally settle on some stark white generic logos. You are better off just putting "Phone" and "Mail" in text to make it quicker for the user.
You can make fun of the iPhone's home screen all you want, but it is very clearly labeled with text and recognizable icons to get you where you need to go (with the exception of the SMS and Phone icons). Music? Orange logo. Calendar? Date icon. Camera? Lens...
Why is everything blue? Your eyes don't know what to look for, then they finally settle on some stark white generic logos. You are better off just putting "Phone" and "Mail" in text to make it quicker for the user.
You can make fun of the iPhone's home screen all you want, but it is very clearly labeled with text and recognizable icons to get you where you need to go (with the exception of the SMS and Phone icons). Music? Orange logo. Calendar? Date icon. Camera? Lens...