[HD2 General] mystik610:
You would think that since dropping $500 on a phone or locking into a 2 year contract is such a big deal and a big commitment, that people would take time to research the HD2 before pulling the trigger. I don’t understand why people are so surprised by Windows Mobile when they first get the device. I mean, the OS has been out for years…there’s plenty of documentation out there that will highlight the pros and cons of windows mobile. Hell, just about every review for the HD2 will talk about the limitations of windows mobile 6.5 in the HD2.

I also don’t understand why so many people buy the HD2, and complain about how horrible windows mobile is how they wish they had an android phone. Why the hell didn’t they get a Nexus 1 instead? Because they like the hardware on the HD2? If you weighed that option in your mind and opted to get the HD2 over the Nexus 1, then live with your decision! If you lose that much sleep over it at night, sell your HD2, cut your losses, and spend even more money on the EVO. Then when something comes out that trumps that, you can repeat the whole cycle of buyer’s remorse!

Windows Mobile and Mobile OSX are philosophically different OS’s. I can see why people would be shell-shocked going from one OS to the other. Personally, I see the benefits and limiations of both. Again, people should RESEARCH and see what suits them best before jumping the gun.

Windows Mobile is designed to bring the core functions of a desktop PC to a mobile device. It brings Microsoft Office and Outlook faithfully over to a very useable mobile platform. It multi-tasks because in the real world, we tend to do more than one thing at once on our PC’s. It has a file system you can manage just as you would a PC. It’s the last truly open mobile OS (much more so than Android), and can torn down and customized into something completely different. It can be cumbersome to use and isn’t as intuitive as its competitors, but by simplifying windows mobile, they would ultimately be taking away all the things that make windows mobile just as flexible and capable as your PC.

Mobile OSX is designed to simplify the core functions of a desktop PC and deliver them in a stripped-down mobile package. Customization comes in the forms of Apps…many of the core functions that Windows Mobile offer straight out of the box will be sold to your iPhone on the App store. Not that the Apps store is a bad thing. It offers a simple process in which people can install apps at the touch of a button. There’s no real file system interface in mobile OSX…just a series of Apps that access different types of files. (photo app, ipod app, etc). Again not a bad thing as this is all most people need. It doesn’t multi-task because let’s face it, managing resources is too much work for most people (this includes not installing every cab under the moon and having them running in the background at the same time). They’d rather sit and wait for apps to open and close as they switch back and forth between apps.

If windows mobile and osx were cars, the WM car would be a stick-shift, OSX would be the automatic. The stick-shift might be more cumbersome initially and have a steep learning curve, but once mastered, offers a higher level of control that allows it to vastly out-perform the automatic. (make sense?)