Recent Comments:
Entelligence: Got game? {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2009 2:11AM OH MY GOD! Android fans, please shut the hell up! You're about 1 step away from Apple fans right now.
Every article posted about a phone, or anything really, has this amazingly helpful comment below it now:
"PUT ANDROID ON IT LOLZ!2!@23! THEN I'D BUY IT!!! EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY HAVE AN ANDROID PHONE!!!! I'D BUY ANOTHER PHONE WITHOUT EVER ACTIVATING IT AND USING IT IF IT HAD ANDROID ON IT!!!"
Entelligence: Got game? {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2009 2:03AM You must be going off of the 2-month-old official app store for Windows Mobile. In reality, there's who knows how many apps out there. Much more than 550.
Entelligence: Got game? {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2009 1:59AM "Want to watch a Slingbox remotely? Control your Sonos? Listen to your Rhapsody subscription wherever you are? How about turning your device into a Kindle or a Nook ebook reader? There's only one platform now that let's you do all of those things, and that's the iPhone."
Windows Mobile can do all of that, except for the Rhapsody part. With WinMo7 it's assumed they'll get the Zune store integrated.
Facebook finally comes to webOS, not with a bang but a whimper {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2009 1:42AM How is this better than the WinMo version?
Palm Pixi review {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 11:24PM I'd agree with you, but since you know they're gonna crap all over it just because it's Windows Mobile, who cares? This Pixi thing has trouble on a 600mhz OMAP3, while my Touch Pro 2 multitasks just fine on an old MSM7600 528mhz (I think that's what it is) and they still call Windows Mobile slow and bloated (and probably complained that the processor hasn't changed in years). They say the marketplace sucks, well even if that's true there's way more Windows Mobile stuff for free out there on the internet. Certainly more in the App department there than on WebOS, but you don't see them crapping all over Palm for it.
Then again, just because of the user backlash (check out the comments on a lot of WinMo stuff) they might be contrarian and give it an overall good review. Either way, it's been reviewed positively by basically everyone already (with the exception of Gizmodo, who out of nowhere at the end say it sucks because it's Windows Mobile, without giving a single reason WHY) and in more depth than I'm sure Engadget will manage.
AMEX DIGITAL's Mac mini Blu-ray drive upgrade kit is not what it seems {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 4:41PM You know what else is silly? DVD drives in computers. Who needs a DVD drive when you can download DRM-restricted content from iTunes? I'm tired of all this physical media sitting around my house, ready to play on any of my devices without being limited by Apple's DRM. And video quality? Who cares, quit being a snob! Heavily compressed HD is the future.
Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp sites from Google, institute paywall {Download Squad}
Nov 9th 2009 3:45PM Uh huh...
And Obama goes to see a play? HEADLINE NEWS!
With the Iraq war, "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy" by Bush... meh.
Bush spends more than a third of his presidency on vacation... meh.
HTC's HD2 has landed at Engadget (hands-on) {Engadget}
Nov 4th 2009 2:18PM @iDavey
I asked the same thing weeks ago in a DROID article. NO ONE CAN ANSWER IT! Apparently no one is familiar enough with the current versions of Windows Mobile to answer it. I have a Touch Pro 2 and where do I feel limited? Nowhere. I can do pretty much anything I want on it. It's like having a mini netbook with me. And as far as interface, well I use TF3D and there's also MobileShell and PointUI.
From what I gathered, people's main gripe with Windows Mobile boils down to a few settings screens where they see square corners and unshaded white spaces. In other words, it doesn't look like an iPhone. That, and the legacy problems that people still think are there that in fact have been addressed with newer versions of the OS and newer phones.
Motorola Droid gets fully previewed, 'must-have' claims may not be far off {Engadget}
Oct 24th 2009 8:50AM Wow, you read the question and it seems you know what you're talking about. Thank you!
It really does seem to come down to aesthetics with people deciding how good a phone is, it seems. I've searched on Google for some good Android vs WinMo comparisons, and found that even on an Android fan forum there were people saying WinMo is at least as good as Android. There's even people asking how to install WinMo on their G1s.
For now, I have my TP2. I know WinMo 7 is coming out next year, but unless they're really accelerating things, the phone won't be out for a while anyways. By then I'll at least have my 1 year discount. If Android merely does the same things as WinMo 6 does presently, with the exception of little icons and widgets (which can be added to WinMo), multiple homescreens (I'm pretty sure I've seen this running on a Touch Pro somewhere on YouTube), and GPU drivers (something that could be fixed instantly if HTC forked over some money), I'm guessing WinMo 7 will be better than Android 2 or whatever version they're on at the time. But we'll see, I guess.
Motorola Droid gets fully previewed, 'must-have' claims may not be far off {Engadget}
Oct 24th 2009 1:57AM Well, we're getting closer to someone actually answering the question asked rather than a question somewhat related to what is asked.
"1. Its not a thick BRICK like the Touch Pro2"
That's nice, and I'm all for a thinner phone with a keyboard, but this has nothing to do with what was asked.
"2. It has a capacitive screen"
Like I said, I'm fine with resistive and there are times when a stylus is really helpful (like I said, GoToMyPC mobile).
"3. I has processor that actually compares to the Iphone and Pre inside it"
We're getting somewhere with this one. But does that mean it will actually be faster than a TP2 when using the OS? I haven't heard great things about Android devices based on the same processor, or similar, that is in the TP2, so this might just bring up the performance to the same level as the TP2 in a way.
"4. It has a GPU"
Best answer yet. The TP2 does, too, but apparently HTC didn't pay for proper drivers. So it's there but underutilized.
"5. The Touch Pro2 is last years tech...look at the X1... they are essentially the same phone, but that was released last year."
Totally irrelevant. I'm asking about FUNCTIONALITY. I don't care if the technology is last decade's as long as it does what I want. And by the way, the original TP is practically the same as the TP2, tech-wise. But somehow it's still faster.
Come on people, there's gotta be someone that can answer with something substantial...
