Comments on: Best smartphone today http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/24/best-smartphone-today/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: JC http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/24/best-smartphone-today/#comment-697 JC Fri, 25 May 2007 09:50:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/24/best-smartphone-today/#comment-697 I gotta admit, the Windows Mobile devices that have been hitting the market recently are swaying me more and more to the WM platform/marketplace, and I never saw that coming. I’ve been a Symbian user since before it was Symbian. I’ve had SIBO/EPOC devices, I’ve had S60 devices, and to me it was always the best platform around. But I’m afraid Nokia has just utterly lost the plot on making a good smartphone these days. If you want proof, look at the N95. It has less usable RAM than the lowly 6620 that was carried by AT&T/Cingular a few years back. Sad for a flagship product. Contrast that to the WM devices coming out, and while the WM interface may not be the best in the world, the manufacturers are doing some innovative things with the platform. The HTC StarTrek was a great form factor, the Kaiser has Quad-Band 3G, the Blackjack is beautiful. I just get the sense that MSFT is so desperate to make inroads in the mobile space that they’re willing to let licensees do whatever they think is necessary to sell phones. And, who would have thought it, it’s working. Strange times we live in. I gotta admit, the Windows Mobile devices that have been hitting the market recently are swaying me more and more to the WM platform/marketplace, and I never saw that coming.

I’ve been a Symbian user since before it was Symbian. I’ve had SIBO/EPOC devices, I’ve had S60 devices, and to me it was always the best platform around. But I’m afraid Nokia has just utterly lost the plot on making a good smartphone these days. If you want proof, look at the N95. It has less usable RAM than the lowly 6620 that was carried by AT&T/Cingular a few years back. Sad for a flagship product.

Contrast that to the WM devices coming out, and while the WM interface may not be the best in the world, the manufacturers are doing some innovative things with the platform. The HTC StarTrek was a great form factor, the Kaiser has Quad-Band 3G, the Blackjack is beautiful. I just get the sense that MSFT is so desperate to make inroads in the mobile space that they’re willing to let licensees do whatever they think is necessary to sell phones. And, who would have thought it, it’s working.

Strange times we live in.

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/24/best-smartphone-today/#comment-698 Eugenia Fri, 25 May 2007 03:10:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/24/best-smartphone-today/#comment-698 I own the N95, I wrote a review for it at osnews. I use it for VoIP, but it has major problems still. I own the N95, I wrote a review for it at osnews. I use it for VoIP, but it has major problems still.

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