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Windows Mobile is sexier than iPhone
No doubt about it. The Iphone is a sexy thing. It just a beautiful creation and full credit to Steve Jobs for introducing design as the central component of product development. Apple just keeps on making beautiful products and continue to push the boundaries of electronics design.
I’m actually not an apple computer fan, but I wanted an iPhone. It is a big screen device that would allow me to view my website designs and read and respond to my clients using my business email account whilst being on the road.… My palmpilot has served me well since 1996, but palm hasn’t come out with anything new (in Australia) and so it was time to move on. I was ready to buy an iPhone..
However, things started to come unstuck for the iPhone when I started to do some research. The problem is that I’m not a consumer. I actually need a smartphone for my business (not fun stuff). Once I started to look beyond the hype and glam, I suddenly realised, iPhone is not that sexy after all.
Take a look at this:
Have people (Apple) forgotten that Smartphones / PDA’s are supposed to be a “productivity” tool? Take the fun out of the iPhone, and you’re actually missing a lot of substance (for me sexy is more than skin deep).
Written by Tim Vandergriend: Senior Online Business Consultant at Redalto.
Notes:
1) What is multi-tasking?: keeping more than one application open at a time. For example, I need to view/review my graphic designers and web developers work whilst on the road. I view a website, write some notes, go back to the website, etc. This requires multi-tasking.
2) Having support for to use an external bluetooth keyboard is a fundamental tool to making your smartphone a productivity tool in my opinion. A lot of people will tell me that allowing an external bluetooth keyboard is an admission by apple that their touch screen is badly designed. But I don’t know anyone who can touch type using the onscreen keyboard. If you’re sitting on a plane, train or bus and want to write a quick email, what better way than to pull out your mobile keyboard. I can touch type 60 words per minute. Can anyone type that fast on an iPhone?
I’m actually not an apple computer fan, but I wanted an iPhone. It is a big screen device that would allow me to view my website designs and read and respond to my clients using my business email account whilst being on the road.… My palmpilot has served me well since 1996, but palm hasn’t come out with anything new (in Australia) and so it was time to move on. I was ready to buy an iPhone..
However, things started to come unstuck for the iPhone when I started to do some research. The problem is that I’m not a consumer. I actually need a smartphone for my business (not fun stuff). Once I started to look beyond the hype and glam, I suddenly realised, iPhone is not that sexy after all.
Take a look at this:
| Device |
HTC HD2 |
Apple iPhone |
| Operating System | Windows Mobile | iPhone |
| Business Email | ||
| Sync Outlook Exchange Inbox | YES |
YES |
| Sync Exchange Inbox subfolders | YES | NO |
| Sync Outlook Tasks and Notes | YES | NO |
| Website Navigation | |
|
| View standard websites | YES | YES |
| View Flash websites | YES | NO |
| Screen Resolution (pixels) | 480 x 800 | 320 x 480 |
| Mobile Computing | ||
| Multi-tasking (note 1) | YES | NO |
| External Bluetooth Keyboard (note 2) | YES | NO |
| Editing Microsoft Office Files (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) |
YES | NO |
Have people (Apple) forgotten that Smartphones / PDA’s are supposed to be a “productivity” tool? Take the fun out of the iPhone, and you’re actually missing a lot of substance (for me sexy is more than skin deep).
Written by Tim Vandergriend: Senior Online Business Consultant at Redalto.
Notes:
1) What is multi-tasking?: keeping more than one application open at a time. For example, I need to view/review my graphic designers and web developers work whilst on the road. I view a website, write some notes, go back to the website, etc. This requires multi-tasking.
2) Having support for to use an external bluetooth keyboard is a fundamental tool to making your smartphone a productivity tool in my opinion. A lot of people will tell me that allowing an external bluetooth keyboard is an admission by apple that their touch screen is badly designed. But I don’t know anyone who can touch type using the onscreen keyboard. If you’re sitting on a plane, train or bus and want to write a quick email, what better way than to pull out your mobile keyboard. I can touch type 60 words per minute. Can anyone type that fast on an iPhone?
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