Windows Phone Video - Smartphone Round Robin 16

by Dieter Bohn Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:54 pm EST

It's the penultimate week of the Smartphone Round Robin and my task this week is to try to understand where Windows Mobile / Windows Phone is at these days. I'm seeking advice from Windows Mobile users over at WMExperts, so if you're in that camp, go on and give me a shout-out there.

If you're looking to get the final word in on the comparative looks at webOS, Rene Ritchie of The iPhone Blog has it this week and he's looking for assistance himself.

After the break, Phil Nickinson of WMExperts walks me though the latest and greatest Windows Phones

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16 Comments

Posted by kayahr on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:21 pm EST

Looks like the video is marked as "private". Can't watch it.

Posted by txtmikhail on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:24 pm EST

same here..I can watch it...why is that...I'm on my pre..

Posted by grandebob on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:29 pm EST

I'm not your friend and can't watch your video :(

Posted by orawas on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:29 pm EST

Same here... fix please?

Posted by anaglich on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:43 pm EST

I just wanna be friends!

Posted by smoothegrooves on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 3:03 pm EST

Ditto!

Posted by lopezpm on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 3:04 pm EST

fix the video

Posted by DigitalYout on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 3:14 pm EST

Not your friend, cant watch the vid

Posted by ttremblay on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 3:32 pm EST

Im no friend of yours. Cant watch. Hey!!!

Posted by Dieter Bohn on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 3:59 pm EST

fixed. Sorry everybody!

Posted by zullnero on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 4:08 pm EST

We'd all still like to be your friends anyway, Dieter.

Posted by mikah912 on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 4:09 pm EST

Dieter, what's up with the lag in flicking cards off the screen on your Pre? Is that caused by a patch?

Posted by Pre_K on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 5:20 pm EST

I noticed that too, thought maybe was my computer or a glitch in video but watched it again and sure enough is there. Hmmmm?

Posted by blackmagic01 on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 5:51 pm EST

Touchflo: tried it. it's not that intuitive to me. i don't want to flick indivual pictures to get through my music, contacts, pictures or email. it's pretty but not functional.

Navigation: i struggle. going forward and back in screens was not logical.

responsiveness: the screens where not nearly as responsive as an iphone or even a pre. You can rebut till the cows come home. The O.S. did not respond to my touch.

deep down. They are just skins.

Posted by Adam Carr on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 6:24 pm EST

Dieter, you really should consider doctoring your Pre!

There was consistent lag in closing all cards, 'gDialPro' still showed top left quite a while after closing the app, indicates poor swapping/memory leaks?

Same was with my Pre, however a quick trip to the doctor alleviate all that and now its pretty fast. Remember its an Operating system and like all need formatting/installing from time to time, consider it =)

Posted by Case Aiken on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 3:59 pm EST

It's really fascinating to see the progression made just by OM shells on WinMo these days. I can't imagine the type of variation in UI on a pc at this stage in the game (though thats mainly because everyone is racing to have the exact same one) aside from Linux distros and thats a whole different game.