[Windows Phone 7 General] Z80-Man:
I was told WP7.5 allowed secured Wi-Fi connection : it was not about hidden SSID.

The person who posted that was talking about increased security, not simple SSID hiding, OK ? Now I'm not using WP7.5 Mango, so I can't know what it's EXACTLY about.

The only important thing is Microsoft is going towards better security - provided it's about WPA2 encryption, not only hiding SSID, OK ?

Another thing the same person told me about : WP7 can use Bluetooth for AE2P, but still doesn't allow file sharing.

I guess it's once again a means to block potential security issues.

Of course, it should be once again circumvented by a third party software, but you can regret the OS itself doesn't allow it...

Microsoft is obvioulsy presented the choice to either allow users to fully use their devices, or to aim at people not knowing anything about what's inside their device, and willing not to risk anything.

So once again, and until now, Microsoft keeps aiming towards iPhones users.

The topic's title is then still appropriated.

I don't see the point to stop talking about that.

Mango is somewhat a (very) tiny step towards a more useful OS, but it still isn't what most of us former WM users expect.

But it's still worth reporting about new versions when they come out, and cheking where they're going.

Now I don't think it's a crime laughing a good bunch at it, while it's still a toy OS. Just hoping it finally gets a bit more professional and/or useful. Maybe some day !

If you're using Android, you've probably made your choice already and this topic shouldn't even deserve you attention.

If you're using WP7 already, then you're probably, or were probably an iPhone user, as they are very similar (we can seriously say that in this case, Microsoft just cheated on Apple, at least about the way it's used). I can understand the point about iTunes (it recently ruined a customer's newly installed Windows 7 Pro), though I was not sure Zune would behave better... Well, at least, it's a Microsoft product, so it should cause less problems, apart from the closed environment aspect).

The important thing to understand about this very topic, is it concerns WM users wondering where Microsoft is going to in a near future.

If you're not in that case, then you must understand we're very hesitating, as we don't know if we have to go to Android right now, or expect something serious from Microsoft, which is absolutely not the case with the current WP7 versions, even WP7.5.

I also think if you're not in that case, then you really don't have to post anything here if it upsets you. Just don't look at the topic, and be happy with your Android or WP7. You can, as you made your choice already.

But we haven't yet. We're still using WM6.5.3 and are happy to do so despite less and less software being available. This is because we still found nothing offering the freedom and power we are going to lose.

But we know we'll have to step forward. The problem is we don't know in which direction, OK ?

So please let us discuss about it. If you're not interested, you don't have to post, as I said already. We still need this topic. At least to laugh about Windows Phone. Still hoping we'll have less to laugh about as soon as possible, actually. ;)