http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Its the Palm OS death all over again.]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/01/17/windows-mobile-7-rumors-getting-out-of-hand/]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
He's like digitimes. Hyped cause most of the stuff is lost in translation]]>Jan 17th 2010 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
That whole line of tweeting is so full of wtf, that the fact that it even made it past the inbox of Engadget's tip box is astonishing.]]>Jan 17th 2010 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/I'm just wondering why anyone cares about Windows mobile when the superior Android Exist.]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
Obviously the fact that people have it (in higher numbers than Android), are here discussing it, I dont know, just going out on a limb here....


MEANS THAT PEOPLE "CARE" ABOUT IT!]]>Jan 17th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
since its microsoft i wouldnt be surprised if the final version broke 80% of the apps... but honestly it if's one of the 'very first builds' you cannot expect everything to work right]]>Jan 17th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Cause android is fake open source, requires ROOT to do anything (doesn't come out of box with root for a device YOU paid for -- same type of re-packaged trusted computing Apple pulls), also Google owns it so if they don't like something (voip, tethering), it's gone.
Android SUCKS.]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
people have been asking MS to do this with WIndows for YEARS.

As someone who will never go within 500m of a WindowsMobile device, I can still say, I think its great that they're going for a Modern architecture, not just more lipstick on the stylus lovin' pig called WinMo 6]]>Jan 17th 2010 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
I'm willing to bet that most of our .NET code will transition easily to work with wm7, and most of our time will be spent in the UI, making things more touch friendly and stylus-free (which is one of the hardware requirements of the first-gen wm7 devices).

Forcing developers to upgrade their apps with a richer UI and new APIs that are better suited for the platform is a good decision.

And given the aforementioned, I would imaging their app marketplace should grow pretty fast.]]>Jan 17th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
All I want is the apps to use the same base as the Zune HD. The main reason they haven't opened up app development for that is because they didn't want to fragment things and manage 2 different app environments (although that may happen anyway depending on the extent they support 6.x and earlier)]]>Jan 17th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
The downside for MS in Winmo 7 is that, they're the 3rd or 4th player if they start from scratch in terms of apps. They have to start over. With so many developers focusing on the iPhone OS and Android, can MS entice them to WinMo 7? ]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/If they are starting form scratch its good for them as whole mobile experience has changes in couple of years and no one likes there experience , so they need to fresh start and have to show us they are not dead yet.
I am expecting whole new and better WM as i know they can do.]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
I'd say it sounds good. But then again that because i already know C#. I think its a pretty good language to learn with loads of resources. But then again, same could be said about java.]]>Jan 17th 2010 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Microsoft will have three, maybe four mobile operating systems offered to the public at the same time: Windows Mobile 6.5.x/6.6, Windows Mobile 7, Zune, and possibly Pink. It's much more likely that developers will support none of them rather than some or all of them.]]>Jan 17th 2010 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
Did you miss the [sic]?]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/I guess you guys don't know what [sic] means.]]>Jan 17th 2010 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Does it mean "sick" as in "not well"??]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
"said in context"]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/@Seriousam7 That's a backronym, as is my preferred version of "spelling included correctly"]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
Probably the latter.]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
As long as those conditions are satisfied, they will write apps for the platform.

And unlike Android, WM has a massive legacy user base (legacy being 6.1 and 6.5 users) which is a pool of potential upgrades of over 30 million that Android never had. And a lot of those people are just itching to upgrade. As for ease of development and features, since its an MS product, i doubt they will fail to deliver, especially if they plan on moving to WPF for GUI design and .NET/C# for back-end coding without the need to know C/C++ unmanaged to code something powerful and elegant. Those two are an absolute breeze to design/code for and are extremely powerful.]]>Jan 17th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
Plus didn't WM5 break compatibility with a lot of programs but it was an easy fix for most?]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/check this short analysis: http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/01/17/windows-mobile-7-rumors-getting-out-of-hand/]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 18th 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
Sounds like a child. Why not say "It's a pity that it doesn't support legacy apps." instead of pulling the irrational and childish "I HATE IT!!!" card.]]>Jan 17th 2010 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Oh, you didn't know? He actually is a silly lying child :)]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/
I think that was the point of saying "I hate WinMo 7." Making it a little bit more entertaining, by acting like you're not giving it a chance.]]>Jan 17th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/early-windows-mobile-7-build-given-some-hands-on-time-incompati/Jan 17th 2010 3:54AM