That's a good thing IMO. iPhone is recognizable and ubiquitous. Everyone knows what the iPhone looks like. If WinMo wants to be at the level it needs to deliver in a way that people will recognize no matter where they buy their phones from...
@TheLionOfAzzalle Not a fan of the home screen, I want the ability to add any program or widget onto the home screen, if windows don’t add this, then I want SPB mobile shell on it, if windows mobile 7 stops you adding other home screen then good buy Windows mobile hello Android or Symbian^3.
@TheLionOfAzzalle Custom skins and menu modification isn't such a bad thing. I tried a HTC AT&T Fuze and they completely hosed some menu functionality to the point it made it a deal breaker for me. However that's not to say that I don't miss the customizable homepage on WinMo, having up coming appointment on the home page is something iPhone OS is seriously lacking.
As for the Windows Phone 7 series, it seem much more Borgish then Appleish. "I'm am Lebalmer of Microsoft, assimilate or die!" I'm not saying that hardware standardization is necessarily a bad thing and it remains to be seen if manufacturers will stick too it. It has not been the case in the netbook space where MS tried to stick manufacturers to a spec guideline.
@Newwales I'm sure that new 'tiles' can be pinned to your home screen.
I really like the task-centered paradigm rather than the app-centered one.
Lots of questions though, like how will new apps fit within this structure? Can they spawn new hubs or do component services of each app have to distribute themselves amongst and fit within the different hub categories? In a way I think this is much more challenging for developers.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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No custom skins from manufacturers?
Interesting move MS...almost Applish...
That's a good thing IMO. iPhone is recognizable and ubiquitous. Everyone knows what the iPhone looks like. If WinMo wants to be at the level it needs to deliver in a way that people will recognize no matter where they buy their phones from...
@TheLionOfAzzalle Not a fan of the home screen, I want the ability to add any program or widget onto the home screen, if windows don’t add this, then I want SPB mobile shell on it, if windows mobile 7 stops you adding other home screen then good buy Windows mobile hello Android or Symbian^3.
@Newwales i'm pretty sure they demo'd pinning items to the main menu screen...
@TheLionOfAzzalle Custom skins and menu modification isn't such a bad thing. I tried a HTC AT&T Fuze and they completely hosed some menu functionality to the point it made it a deal breaker for me. However that's not to say that I don't miss the customizable homepage on WinMo, having up coming appointment on the home page is something iPhone OS is seriously lacking.
As for the Windows Phone 7 series, it seem much more Borgish then Appleish. "I'm am Lebalmer of Microsoft, assimilate or die!" I'm not saying that hardware standardization is necessarily a bad thing and it remains to be seen if manufacturers will stick too it. It has not been the case in the netbook space where MS tried to stick manufacturers to a spec guideline.
@Newwales I'm sure that new 'tiles' can be pinned to your home screen.
I really like the task-centered paradigm rather than the app-centered one.
Lots of questions though, like how will new apps fit within this structure? Can they spawn new hubs or do component services of each app have to distribute themselves amongst and fit within the different hub categories? In a way I think this is much more challenging for developers.