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I'm curious about what it is that makes us stay with Windows Mobile devices...For me, I think its the hassle of having to rebuild my arsenal of applications in a different OS. But considering I did it once when I switched from Palm, I should be able to do it again, and with that sweet looking Blackberry Bold, I just might!

Quote: Originally Posted by lulugirl896 I'm curious about what it is that makes us stay with Windows Mobile devices...For me, I think its the hassle of having to rebuild my arsenal of applications in a different OS. But considering I did it once when I switched from Palm, I should be able to do it again, and with that sweet looking Blackberry ...

Freedom. i think windows mobile slogan should be "If you can think it, we can do it" Theres hardly a thing u can want to do that the phones cant do

Quote: Originally Posted by RileyFreeman Freedom. i think windows mobile slogan should be "If you can think it, we can do it" Theres hardly a thing u can want to do that the phones cant do That's a good way of putting it. Out of all the platforms, I can get the most done on WM. The amount of apps, ...

WM is basically horrible for a PDA-phone OS, particularly from a UI standpoint. It major positive points are: 1) its what comes with most of the best phone device/hardware available 2) it (roughly) has the underlying OS feature set needed for a PDA-phone (multi-tasking, multi-threaded, strong dev tools/community, somewhat stable, generally quite configurable/hackable/flexible)...

I hadn't even considered WM until I got the HTC touch. Quite honestly, it is the $7 unlimited internet on the phone that keeps me using it. If I didn't have that, I'd go to something else.

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeyboy WM is basically horrible for a PDA-phone OS, particularly from a UI standpoint. It major positive points are: 1) its what comes with most of the best phone device/hardware available 2) it (roughly) has the underlying OS feature set needed for a PDA-phone (multi-tasking, multi-threaded, strong dev ...

I came to WM from Blackberry when I became self-employed. I was spoiled on push email and wanted to maintain the feature but not the extra cost for BES hosting (typically $10 a month over and above Exchange hosting) and/or extra carrier charges for "Blackberry data" instead of "WM data". I assume the latter premium is a result of the royalties the carriers pay to RIM...not sure....

Quote: Originally Posted by RileyFreeman Freedom. i think windows mobile slogan should be "If you can think it, we can do it" Theres hardly a thing u can want to do that the phones cant do I agree. WM maybe a little clunky and slow at times, but it can do just about anything under the sun. My ...

Quote: Originally Posted by mickliq I also don't mind having something different from the rest of the world...everyone has a berry (they didn't back in 1999 when I got my first BB 957 !!!) Ahhh....the 957. I still preferred the 850/950. So much smaller. Sent one down a sidewalk at full sprint. It went about ...