Windows Phone OS walkthrough « INQ TV
While flash is amazing, it seems like Windows Phone OS is just regergtating everything else that is on the market.  While I’m not a huge fan of the Windows Mobile operating systems that I’ve used in the past, I have to say that I’m least likely to give this a shot out of anything on the market. For me the highlight of using my T-Mobile Dash or MDA was  that aside from “ActiveSync” working flawlessly with outlook, the email client was almost as stripped down as the BlackBerry email client.

Flash support is huge and from what I know, it is a first for mobile phones. However, how many people utilize flash sites from their mobile phones.  I am drawing a blank trying to think of any sites I visit that use flash, without offering a separate mobile site. Still, it’s definitely a neat feature for killing time while waiting for your United flight delay to be over.  Still, as a selling point it tends to weaken while comparing the operating systems other features to what’s on the market in terms of other mobile OS options.

Apple’s hook line, “there’s an app for that,” is an extreme understatement.  Apple may have beat the line to death, however it’s also changed how people view the iPhone.  Android is like this too, while their App Market is still somewhat new, there is still an application that serves purposes I would normally use the mobile browser for.  Instead of checking CNN.com for hot news topics, I now just thumb the USA Today application on my phone and almost instantly get the top news stories.  If I am out of the house and get asked information about a domain, I just use “WhoIS” to see if it’s available, who owns it and purchase it if needed.  With an app for everything, it’s become a rarity that I use my T-Mobile G1′s wonderful web browser.

This brings me to my first issue with the Windows Phone OS (next to the iPhone OS name ripoff), the browser looks EXTREMELY similar to that of the Android phones. This wouldn’t have been an issue to me, whatsoever, but it’s one of many traits of the Windows Mobile 6.5 that throw me into the “where have I seen this before” mindset.  As the phone is getting put through it’s motions, I realize that many of the “new” exciting features of the phone are currently available on other platforms.  Microsoft “tag” looks so amazingly useful, but the fact is that both the iPhone and Android have apps for scanning QR Code in such a manner. Further more, Microsoft taking pride in their cloud computing solution for messages and contacts is something of the past for me.  Not only is it old news, but it’s a feature on the G1 that I’ve started taking for granted.

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