[HD2 General] -NRG-:
My view...

My view comparing the 3g/3gs with the HD2.

I had a iphone 3g and my dad has a 3gs.

Hardware:

HD2 more powerful

HD2 better quality screen

HD2 larger screen

HD2 Thiner

HD2 Better Camera and useful flash

HD2 Better Battery life (my experience)

Iphone 3g/gs Memory 16GB or 32GB by default is great.

An SD card isn't a pro if you can't swap it easily, it's also there permanent. Only thing is you can upgrade when a new size comes out but there is no 32gb yet.

Screen-sensitivity

Screen-sensitivity is about the same sometimes i had the feeling the hd2 was more sensitive sometimes the ipone, there isn't much difference on this.

Buttons:

Iphone i love the ringer switch.

HD2 lock button on an easier postion as the top button of the iphone.

Iphone > HD2 has to many buttons on front of the screen i dislike the back, home and start button, these have to be there for windows 7 but this shows that microsoft still thinks to complicated.

HD2 i like the pickup and hang up button, this gives me the feeling i'm still using a phone and not an mp3 player with game functions with as extra some phone functions.

Call Quality:

HD2 is better people heard me more clearly as with the iphone and the speaker is better, in the beginning it made some resonance when someone suddenly spoke louder, i don't have that that much now since i called some more. It seems the speaker had to become some more flexible over the time. The iphone 3g 3gs always has some annoying resonance wich made me crazy also with the 3g i had dropping calls wich i don't have with my HD2. Dropping calls one the iphone are mostly caused when the phone had to switch from 3g to gprs.

Software:

Browser:

Iphone safari is better and a bit easier to use but opera is doing a real good job and is just slightly slower as my dad's iphone 3gs.

Dialing:

HD2 i like that i just have to type 3 numbers to get to the correct contact person i need.

Lockscreen:

HD2 I like it that i can slide directly to an email or sms, and i like the appointment information.

General use:

Iphone apple made developing for the iphone pretty strict a button must have at least a certain size, and website can use default functions of the phone like calling. A website can use default apple stuff so everything looks the same and is just as click-able and user friendly as apples own interface.

Everything is very consistent and stable. Settings of programs are also with the settings of the iphone os itself, in windows it feels like its spread all over the os.

I dislike that manila always looks as something on top of windows it doesn't feel like everything belongs together, max manila 2.5/2.6 in full screen makes it more feel like it belongs together.

Applications?

I think this is a useless discussion, the marketplace just exists apple's store is there for years and is overloaded with apps. When marketplace is there for over a year more applications will be there and prices will drop. You can't say that marketplace sucks yet..

Multitaksing

HD2: I love multitasking on the HD2 browsing and msn and listening music at the same time and i can make a picture without closing my other application.

Down side you need a 3th party program to switch between applications. Microsoft has an advantage in this but does nothing with it.

Iphone: Multitasking was possible with backgrounder, but the iphone became even more unstable as a windows phone.

Overall:

I always felt cheated for the peace of hardware i got for the money i spend on the iphone all though the software is great.

Since there are lot's of customizations i can make windows to my own liking. Opera 10 will make browsing better as on the 3gs with safari but it does need native multi-touch. If they added flash it would be the best mobile browser in the world.

All tough these customizations are great microsoft has still a lot to learn to make their platform like it should be, the customizations with 3th party software shouldn't be needed.

But because there is such a good community to create the enchantments needed to the windows mobile platform it makes the HD2 my best phone i've ever had, all though the software still needs improvements. But i always have the feeling with the HD2 it is still a phone but with loads of other options and features.