More thoughts on the latest iteration of the OS follow below. Since then, I have already updated to Windows phone 8.1 in the Developer Preview program and have been on the new OS for a few months at this point. Since I am on T-Mobile in the US, my best option late last year was a Nokia Lumia 925 that came with Windows Phone 8 in stock form.
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So after giving Android a try for a few years, sporting a Galaxy S2 and finally a Galaxy S3, I gave Microsoft the benefit of the doubt and dove head first into rogue OS territory.
Luckily I broke that promise and gave Microsoft a second chance. I vowed never to touch Windows on a phone again. Yes, using Task Manager to kill frozen apps was a near daily necessity. It was a pseudo-Windows XP interface with the stability of Windows 98. This pile of cr*p ran a terrible excuse for a mobile OS, Windows Mobile 5.0. My first (and formerly promised, last) experience with the Windows smartphone platform was back in 2006 on a Pocket PC 6700 device. And the app experience finally resembled clean design that a mobile phone deserves - not Windows desktop apps miniaturized for a 4" screen as was previously the case. The interface matched the ebb and flow of Windows 8, which I actually find intuitive. And for many years, I upheld my promise.īut as we very well know, Windows Phone 8.1 is a vastly different beast from what Windows Mobile of the mid 2000s exemplified.
After my PPC 6700 nightmare of years before, I made a conscious decision to never wade into Windows Mobile territory ever again. When some of my technology minded friends (who are now Android heads, go figure) attempted to get me to take another look at Windows Mobile a few years back, I absolutely refused.
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