Jaggu, you're right - you did get carried away by your iPhone bias: Mail - I'd rate Win Mobile at 8 stars out of 10 while the iPhone gets 4 or a max 5 (just about makes grade) GPS - Try the Touch Diamond, you wont find any issue with GPS. I'd give Win Mo a clear 5 stars ahead of the iPhone GPS Contact Management - Again Win Mo is streets ahead of the iPhone. Try sending a vCard to someone else. Again, you actually have to open the contact on the iPhone to carry out any task, whereas with WinMo the pop-up menu enables you to carry out almost all tasks (except editing the contact) from the main screen itself. Win Mo - 8/10 (they lose two stars for using MMS for vCard, requiring a separate but free application to enable vCard over SMS), iPhone - 6/10 Phone UI - I prefer Win Mo's UI for the phone, especially with the call history which you can filter either for all calls, or by incoming/outgoing/missed etc. The iPhone on the other hand either gives you "All" or "Missed" - for people who receive a lot of calls in a day, scrolling through the list can be a pain. Again, the Win Mo UI supports nicknames, so if I want to call Zak I just punch 9-2-5 on the keypad to get a list of matching names on the same screen, where Zak would be on top. On the iphone, on the other hand, I have to open up contacts and search for Zakkariya Muhammad. PAINFUL. WinMo - 9/10, iPhone - 7/10. Calendar - Win Mo lets you manage your calendar in a similar manner as your desktop, you can postpone or suggest new times for meetings, add new invitees, and manage everything on your calendar. On the iPhone you can only accept or decline WHEN the invite comes in - there's very little you can do afterwards. This is a deal breaker - iPhone gets 3 out of 10, Win Mo gets 10/10 Tasks - For people like me who use Tasks to manage work (or get managed by your boss) Win Mo is a breeze. I still havent managed to sync tasks with my iPhone, leave alone manage them. Zero Points to the iPhone, 10 to Win Mo. Touch Interface & Ease of Use - WinMo is actually streets ahead in terms of ease of use, if one were to go by the number of clicks or pages you need to open for each application. The pop up menu enables you to do most tasks from the screen you open, not requiring you to open up a dozen settings to reach where you want to go. For instance - Network Setup on Win Mo is a breeze - the home page prompts you to enter network settings and a click on the link takes you directly to the config page. Else you have the Connection Manager where you manage all your connections - GSM, GPRS/3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, VPN, Internet Sharing - all from one page. Touch Interface - The iPhone's Touch Interface is ahead of the Touch Diamond, streets ahead of the Touch. However, this doesnt traslate into more utility - you still dont have pop-up menus, cut&paste functionality, drill-down etc.
Overall ease of use - Its a tie. The iPhone gets more points for its pretty and intuitive interface, but Win Mo gets more points for actual usability. Network Settings - Win Mo helps you set up all your connections from one page as mentioned earlier. It also lets you set up different profiles and APNs for different networks, and automatically selects a network's saved profile based on the SIM inserted. The iPhone prompts you to enter network settings every time a SIM is inserted - EVEN IF it is the from the same operator. WiFi - Here the iPhone wins hands down - the WiFi is stable and usable, whereas the WinMo WiFi can keep prompting you for passwords every now and then. But then I dont use WiFi much since I'm on 3G all the time, so this is not a deal-breaker for me.
Iphone - 9/10, Win Mo - 5/10 Applications - I kept hearing so much about Apple's 3rd party apps, I was actually looking forward to it. There are a few hundred apps, most of them built around the iPhone's USPs of the accelerometer and stuff, but the BUSINESS/UTILITY apps are pathetic.
The 3rd Party Apps for WinMo runs are in a few thousands. Every sub-category of WinMo apps would outnumber the total number of iPhone Apps, and would actually be more usable. Business/Utility apps on WinMo rock.
iPhone Apps - 4/10 (actually 3 for usability, 1 star for presentation as they are pretty) / Win Mo Apps -8/10. Camera - Both devices suck at this, but the iPHone's snaps are clearer and less grainy. HTC cams are really horrid. iPhone - 5/10, HTC - 1/10 Stability - My iPhone hasnt crashed so far. This rates a few stars extra. My WinMo phones until the Tytn II used to crash occassionally. Nothing to worry about, but still an irritant. 3G - iPhone - 2/10; Win Mo - 7/10. Enough said - the iPHone's 3G sucks, so why would you want to buy the new 3G iphone anyway?
Last edited by Steeroid : 27th August 2008 at 12:23.
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