Comments on: The Basics of Windows Mobile Personalization http://www.twoinchview.com/137-the-basics-of-windows-mobile-personalization Windows Mobile Media & Entertainment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: karatedog http://www.twoinchview.com/137-the-basics-of-windows-mobile-personalization#comment-653 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:29:14 +0000 http://www.twoinchview.com/137-the-basics-of-windows-mobile-personalization#comment-653 I have two Windows Mobile based devices (ASUS P535 & Samsung SGH-I600) and I can tell you they both suck, here is why. It doesn't matter if it is WM5 or WM6, both devices should know some "basic" functionality, which they don't. Under "functionality" I mean whoever developed the phone functions for these devices, he/she should have bought a 1. Nokia, 2. SonyEriccson, and 3. Samsung mobile phone, list up all the features that are useful, list up all the features that don't properly do what they were intended for, and THEN begin to develop phone functions. The ASUS cannot handle Bluetooth, audio is diverted randomly to headset or the device (forget Handsfree operation). It has a lot of buttons, but only 4 can be configured for my taste (or, yes I could buy a 3rd party software) The SGH-I600 has a built-in voice dialer, but that only understands English (good bye foreign users), but you should not spend on 3rd party application, because it cannot be hooked up to the Bluetooth. Keyboard handling works in strange ways. If I press the Start softkey, then rapidly the "4" button, what happens? You might think that I will enter into Start menu, then select 4th menu. WRONG. You will enter "4" as if you would dial it, the the whole dial interface disappears, and you find yourself in the Start menu. Cool. If I'm talking to someone, he/she reads me a phone number that I type into the screen, the I have to ask him to not hang the phone because everything will disappear. If I'm talking trough BT headset (this works better in SGH-i600) and in the meantime have another incoming call, answering this call will divert the audio back to the device, and in no way can you divert it back. The list is long, just check the forums, they are full of people that are describing various Windows Mobile operating system bugs, errors, or to say it nicely, issues. I can buy 3rd party software for fancy Today screen, but I can't buy 3rd party stuff to correct all the bugs in the Windows Mobile. I have seen an iPhone, and here is what I thought: the iPhone have fewer function than a Windows Mobile (with 3rd party software), but they work, they work fine. Maybe they work because if they won't, somebody would get fired by the master tester, Steve Jobs. These features I'm talking about, they are all here for 4-5-6 years in the plain old simple "dumbphones". Why on earth do they suck hard in those superb "smartphones"? I would really like to have a Windows Mobile 6.1, or 6.2 or SP1 or something else, but not a still-buggy 7.0 I have two Windows Mobile based devices (ASUS P535 & Samsung SGH-I600) and I can tell you they both suck, here is why.
It doesn’t matter if it is WM5 or WM6, both devices should know some “basic” functionality, which they don’t. Under “functionality” I mean whoever developed the phone functions for these devices, he/she should have bought a 1. Nokia, 2. SonyEriccson, and 3. Samsung mobile phone, list up all the features that are useful, list up all the features that don’t properly do what they were intended for, and THEN begin to develop phone functions.
The ASUS cannot handle Bluetooth, audio is diverted randomly to headset or the device (forget Handsfree operation). It has a lot of buttons, but only 4 can be configured for my taste (or, yes I could buy a 3rd party software)
The SGH-I600 has a built-in voice dialer, but that only understands English (good bye foreign users), but you should not spend on 3rd party application, because it cannot be hooked up to the Bluetooth.
Keyboard handling works in strange ways. If I press the Start softkey, then rapidly the “4″ button, what happens? You might think that I will enter into Start menu, then select 4th menu. WRONG. You will enter “4″ as if you would dial it, the the whole dial interface disappears, and you find yourself in the Start menu. Cool.
If I’m talking to someone, he/she reads me a phone number that I type into the screen, the I have to ask him to not hang the phone because everything will disappear.
If I’m talking trough BT headset (this works better in SGH-i600) and in the meantime have another incoming call, answering this call will divert the audio back to the device, and in no way can you divert it back.
The list is long, just check the forums, they are full of people that are describing various Windows Mobile operating system bugs, errors, or to say it nicely, issues.
I can buy 3rd party software for fancy Today screen, but I can’t buy 3rd party stuff to correct all the bugs in the Windows Mobile.

I have seen an iPhone, and here is what I thought: the iPhone
have fewer function than a Windows Mobile (with 3rd party software), but they work, they work fine. Maybe they work because if they won’t, somebody would get fired by the master tester, Steve Jobs.
These features I’m talking about, they are all here for 4-5-6 years in the plain old simple “dumbphones”. Why on earth do they suck hard in those superb “smartphones”?
I would really like to have a Windows Mobile 6.1, or 6.2 or SP1 or something else, but not a still-buggy 7.0

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]]> by: The Mobile Lifestyle » Blog Archive » Looking to get started with Windows Mobile Personalization? http://www.twoinchview.com/137-the-basics-of-windows-mobile-personalization#comment-500 Sat, 19 May 2007 03:13:11 +0000 http://www.twoinchview.com/137-the-basics-of-windows-mobile-personalization#comment-500 [...] If you are new to the world of Windows Mobile and want to start learning how to personalize your device, we have a link for you.  Look no further than Jason Dunn’s The Basics of Windows Mobile Personalization over at The Two Inch View. [...] […] If you are new to the world of Windows Mobile and want to start learning how to personalize your device, we have a link for you.  Look no further than Jason Dunn’s The Basics of Windows Mobile Personalization over at The Two Inch View. […]

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