[Windows Phone 7 General] sylau90:
well said mate...although what you typed here similar to what I typed back in few months back...but I salute that you are a XDA writer...wish I could be in one day.

android over WP7?I would say of course

firstly, I just want to LOL at wp7 fanboy for few reasons...

1)they always laugh at android user, the number of cores for android to run smooth, but as you guys normally said,for normal user who cares about the number of cores on android, who cares about ram?We just want to use android to make calls and sms,it is buttery smooth...don't let the metro UI to make you confuse about it is smooth,the animation is just to delay the time of respond for certain command you want from the phone.

FYI, my current HTC one X is cheaper than nokia lumia 800 and 900 in my country,so who cares???4 cores are just an add on,most importantly,it is cheaper.

reason of android over wp7,many?

1)if windows don't support wp8 on 1st gen wp7 device,then you are stuck.In contrast,if htc or samsung dont support ICS for samsung galaxy s,you still can flash ICS rom,which is buttery smooth and can be used daily. Why I mention this case?because I am a victim of HTC HD2,while HD2 is capable to run WP7,they just totally abandon it,but now android makes it alive and miui rom runs on it smoothly. these services are free.

2)Developer support,cheaper app,more free apps and consistent update. In wp7 case, check out that this issue,apple app store and google play always display the app last update date, but this never happens on wp7. IMO, it is microsoft strategy,because only they knows they are lack of supporting devs. Let me give some examples and also reason why I never buy app on wp7 marketplace again..

a)these are the apps have not been updated for months,even if they are bugs and not well-coded, weave, thumba photo editor(top 5 app in photography category), Bird song(top 5 app in social category) and more...lack of dev support issue,further also the xbox live games I bought, zombie attack 2,the harvester and deblob also never updated to mango as well???these have make no incentive to buy app anymore.not mentioning these apps are expensive and qualities are just so-so....

b) second, free app on marketplace is not always free, I found an app called whats to do today,i downloaded the full version app while its free. Then,a month later the app suddenly turn to paid app and i feel weird,I thought it is like ios or android,it is always free,this situation has made me paid for the app incidently.

3)the crucial one, so far,i can never highlighting,underline or edit my lecture notes( pdf) on wp7.

4)integration on wp7 makes the device more personal and locked down and pretty useless. For some real world example, my gf isnt using smartphone,during the period I am using wp7,everytime she wants to login her twitter or facebook on my phone,it causes many problems. I have to logout my facebook(officila FB app) and let her login,once she is done, I have to re-login my facebook again. As you know,the FB and twitter integration can't do many things, say I use twitter to read latest news from my state newspaper, I would miss many news due to the twitter integrated never load more than a certain number of tweets and facebook integration is pretty useless, I can't upload my photo to a specific album.

5) live tiles really "live"?I would say no,test any network dashboard app on your wp7,and pin wifi to your homescreen,it only works when you on or off the wifi through the tile and you must press back when you wish to go back to the homescreen,if press Home,the live tiles won't change the setting...so,in this case, it is purely design inconsistency and totally opposed the meaning of live tiles.

6)Xbox live integration,not everyone gonna need this I would say. for me,it is just like a game folder to put all my games together to make it looks organised. Xbox live games have also create a barrier for many good game developers to develop for wp7...why those xbox live games have premium treatment over normal games. Say,if you jump into the game category in marketplace,there is a special category for Xbox live games, and in the game hub,Xbox live game will appear before those normal games. This has indirectly create a promotion for Xbox live games.

7)not to mention the poor notification system. in android,you can pull down the notification bar to see all the notifications. in WP7, you have 2 choices,first,once notification appears on top,you jump straight into the app. Second, if you swipe it away,you have scroll through your homescreen to look for the notification for each tile which in this case depends on how you organise the tiles or you would miss the notification for awhile,a month or maybe forever.

8)Further,who said something like unlocked phone and chevron are not important?this is why we are all here on XDA. Even, iphone can be jailbreak. Don't mention about pirate apps here, the most important one, many junior devs can have a place to promote their apps and have someone test their apps. For some reasons, some apps will be rejected by marketplace,but we still able to use it.

9) bluetooth on android not important?I don't think so,just the the previous posters mention, in school or uni, there are heaps of people using android bluetooth functionality to do experiment on machine. this is why android dominate the market, it is not made for a specific group of people, it is trying to widen its coverage on every people preference unlike wp7,they have a targeting market.

nothing more to say and explain...I am ready to be criticised,this is the nature on wp7 forum which I won't find in other OSes forum. Lets say in android forum, when someone critic about android's disadvantages/drawbacks,they come out with a solution,same goes to iOS forum. But in here, if you bring up a single wp7 disadvantage,there is no solution,no advice,just purely war and bashing each other...

This is the nature....unpolite community,unpolished OS,and make wp7 hard to improve and expand in market globally (not just US).