[P3400 ROM Development] krazy_about_technology:
@karan and Premo:

Actually guys, I think you guys just happen to buy a Windows Mobile, you never really appreciated the power of it, and i am sorry to say but this rom cooking stuff is more of show off then really an interest. Let me get to you one by one. I am not doing it coz MS is gonna pay me something, but let me tell you where windows mobile shines coz you have raised these issues in this thread.

@Premo : How many time you have really found the color palette support of WM lacking? Or are you just going towards numbers? Give me one chepo Nokia smartphone which has the same processing and ram power as a Windows Mobile and that give backup equal to a competing Windows Mobile. FOr example, Omnia Pro 2 has a backup of 3.5-4 days when heavily used, which Nokia chepo "smartphones" compares with that? Do you know that using more colors also causes the device to draw more power? Nokia's smartphones are known for their bad battery life too, my 3230 use to last for 1-1.5 days only from day 1 and after 8 months when i sold it, it was at 10-12 hours only. That is cheap! Processing wise too, the 3230 (which i purchased for 10K at that time) never had a chance against my p3400i, specially with the customized roms.

As for colors, all the good phones with WinMo OS posses higher screen resolutions which nokia chepos dont have, they go rarely about QVGA and 2.4" screen, let alone the absolutely unstable job they did with touchscreen. But then that is not their strength also so that is not a thing to compare. The point is, the clarity that higher resolution provides makes up against the less colors. Get a WVGA device and see for your self, specially an Omnia Pro with AMOLED screen, actually to a shop go and see how sharp colors are on it.

@Karan :

Let me tell you, IPhone 3G (s)hit is a **** for people who really love the kind of functionality that WinMo provides. I agree that WinMo is "currently" a bit behind in terms of games due to no standardization of graphics standards by Microsoft. What they bundle with the OS from their end is just GDI interface and a loose GX api which is not adequate for 3D games. But this will definately change very soon as more and more phones are coming with graphics support. And if you are telling me games, can your IPhone 3G (S) play the PC version of Tekken 3? The Touch HD2 can! and that too without doing illegal stuff like you had to do, like jailbreaking. Tell apple that you have a jailbreaked iPhone and they might send you to Jail or fine you. Tell Microsoft that you upgraded your WM 6 phone to 6.1 and they will tell you that it was free. Tell Microsoft that you upgraded your WM 6 phone to 6.5 and the most they can tell you is to take it off and flash an official rom, or that it is not good for your phone to use non standard roms etc. Tell HTC that you jailbreak your SPL and they will repatch it for free, sometimes without a word.

Now let me tell you guys the things that you miss. Customization is one thing, you all know about it and for whatever reason, you all have done it, more or less. Availability of different form factors and price alternatives is a second thing. But apart from that, look at the real power of WinMo, what it offers as a platform, as an alternative device to your PC. You are comparing an IPhone and WInMo which have completely different mission goals.

IPhone is basically targeted at consumers, who want to spend any amount of money to just get things working without trying harder themselves, the non-tech generation. And it does that good.

WinMo shares the vision of complementing the Desktops (as of now, it has changed a bit with 6.5 and may change a lot with Winmo 7) as well as the Cloud. The three screens strategy that Microsoft has intends that users should have the same experience with their data whether they are accessing it on a computer, a personal device that they carry like a phone, and on the cloud based online services. And thats where WInMo fits. Until now, it was not a consumer thing at all, thats why its behind for kids who wanna play games. It was for dads who go to office and need to remain connected all the time.

For developers, The platform offers the same experience that you have while you develop for you PC. I know not many of you have any experience in this regard. The same libraries COM, ATL, MFC, OLE and the .NET are available on WinMo which are available to us on PC. It makes it immensely attractive to developers to code. And for users like me, its a boon! I can control my phone whatever way i want. If i don't like something, i can make it myself. No IPhone 3G (S)hit or Nokia Chepo can give me that power. Symbian's API is way too complicated and doesn't resembles to anything i have developed on PC thus far. Iphone is controlled by apple to a level of madness. You can even run the apps made by you before paying then $99. What the F! it is? You dont know how it feels to own a device and not owning it really. For me its a big factor, i cannot run a personal device with my personal data like bank info etc on it on which i have no control over and the "FRUIT" company that owns it can wipe out things on it remotely any time. Yes its possible for apple to do it and they do it proactively in the US and other few countries. Its just that the IPhone is not popular "enough" in this country otherwise you may not be able to have so much fun with your jailbroken device.

So when you have to compare, dont compare a Ferrari F1 and a BMW. Both are designed for different environment and both are good at what they are. An Omnia Pro II can do me things your IPhone cannot and those are the things that matter to me. An IPhone can do things to you that you want, that doesn't mean it can compare to WinMO in the departments that I value more. And let me tell you, if you were a developer at heart or even a power user, you would have set your 3Gs on sale by now coz I did, when i happen to have it for 5 days. I returned it to the owner, After doing the oohs and aahs for 3 days, the 4th day, surprise, there was nothing to do more than install illegal apps on it and playing with them coz i am not rich enough to buy apps just to check them out and play. 5th day i cannot handle the boredom and returned it. So thats me. But it may not be you. So chill and don't raise topics like these.

I apologize if I hurt you guys somewhere, but i think you should know the truth.