Thread: N9 [Shipping]: It's finally here [for some]!
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gerbick
2011-09-03 , 17:01
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Originally Posted by Rugoz View Post
Hardware was never the problem. Android hardware isn't really special either.
I'll take Nvidia's Tegra line over what WP7 is currently utilizing any day.

I do see some issues...

Lets see, with mango I still:
cannot use phone as a usb drive.
But on your own machine, you can place files on there. Via the OS X Mac Connector, it's pretty easy. Not so easy via Zune software on Windows.

Or, you can use Windows Phone Device Manager (which looks/acts a WHOLE lot like the OS X version)

no tethering (wtf, is that true?)
Not true. Internet Sharing is in Mango. Now... let's see how the carriers cap it, that's a different story.

no bluetooth file transfer (?)
TouchXplorer solves this.

offline maps?
Yeah... they totally goofed with this one. But who knows... perhaps Ovi Maps solves this one - ironic, eh?

i think meego does all this. Besides that I see several fundamental mistakes in the wp7 UI which scare away conservative consumers, and believe me consumers are conservative.
I know Maemo 5 did - all but the maps, it wasn't truly fully offline, it still wanted to connect to "something", Google Maps on Android now is "as offline" as the Maemo 5 experience. Can't say that the UI will scare conservative users - WP7 or Harmattan - to be honest.

Both are rather streamlined to the point where they might gain conservative users at the cost of losing hardcore users - at least for Harmattan, that is (no desktops, no customizing the screens, no widgets, limited number/lack of customizations on menus, etc.)... to be honest, that streamlining is a good thing. Hardcore users will hack happiness into the system. Conservative/casual users will enjoy the streamlined UI.

Sorta a win-win.

Meego Harmattan still has more familiar elements despite the swipe UI. E.g. editable apps grid (iphone), drill-down and tabs navigation (iphone and android), expandable status bar (android and iphone somehow), notification screen (iphone) etc.
I need to hold it, use it before I make a decision. Gingerbread added functionality like I expected/wanted/desired.

Same for WP7 Mango. But both aren't where I want them to be for me.

We'll see.
 

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