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Posted: 12/17/2014 2:34:00 PM EDT
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Why in the world would you use Windows over Android?
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Posted: 12/17/2014 2:53:07 PM EDT
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Why in the world would you use Windows over Android? Android left a bad taste in my brain after my first phone with it. The platform just seems so totally fractured to me, I would prefer something that is a unified platform. |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 2:59:46 PM EDT
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Time to start a small war .. iPhone 6 vs Windows Phone iPhone 6 vs Windows phone would be about as much of a war as "USMC vs. Fargo, ND fire department". 
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Posted: 12/17/2014 3:27:59 PM EDT
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In my consideration of switching to TMob, I am considering also switching phones. I love my iPhone 5, but hate iTunes for the way it does everything. I have tons of apps on my iPhone that I use daily, but have no idea if they even have Windows Phone versions. Can ya'll break it down for me as to why I should switch to a Windows Phone, pro's & con's etc ? After some searching, most of my daily apps have WP versions, those that don't I still have an iPad 2 that will work just fine for them. So now that apps are settled, begin .... Honestly, there isn't much selection right now. Either you go with a high end phone (like the HTC One M8 running windows phone, or get something less expensive, like a lumia 735 or lumia 635.) New phones likely won't be introduced until mobile world congress 2015 in March. Can you use your iphone 5 on tmobile? Windows phone is going through a transition, from windows phone 8.1 to running a version of windows 10 in the fall of 2015. Current windows 8.1 phones will be updated to 10, but it may be better to wait for newer phones to be released. |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 3:29:18 PM EDT
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In my consideration of switching to TMob, I am considering also switching phones. I love my iPhone 5, but hate iTunes for the way it does everything. I have tons of apps on my iPhone that I use daily, but have no idea if they even have Windows Phone versions. Can ya'll break it down for me as to why I should switch to a Windows Phone, pro's & con's etc ? After some searching, most of my daily apps have WP versions, those that don't I still have an iPad 2 that will work just fine for them. So now that apps are settled, begin .... You shouldn't. That's why! |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 3:37:22 PM EDT
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As an android guy currently using an iPhone, don't use iTunes. I haven't touched iTunes since I switched. All of my google apps (music, drive, +, maps, contacts, etc.) all integrated flawlessly in the switch over.
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Posted: 12/17/2014 4:55:05 PM EDT
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You shouldn't. That's why! |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 7:33:20 PM EDT
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There's a windows phone??
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Posted: 12/17/2014 8:28:19 PM EDT
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There's a windows phone?? It's true! It runs Win 8.1 RT. |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 9:35:10 PM EDT
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I phone jail broken, or android rooted,
Any other way, and you are just butting your head up against limitation/ blocks in the systems to run the phones they way that the service povider wants you to use the phones only (read spend more money). |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 10:53:29 PM EDT
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Android left a bad taste in my brain after my first phone with it. The platform just seems so totally fractured to me, I would prefer something that is a unified platform. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why in the world would you use Windows over Android? Android left a bad taste in my brain after my first phone with it. The platform just seems so totally fractured to me, I would prefer something that is a unified platform. What version of Android? |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 11:23:37 PM EDT
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Why in the world would you use Windows over Android? Android left a bad taste in my brain after my first phone with it. The platform just seems so totally fractured to me, I would prefer something that is a unified platform. What version of Android? Ahhh ... 2.2.? I think. Updates were few and VERY far between and all it did was make it worse. |
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Posted: 12/17/2014 11:48:51 PM EDT
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I'm on a Nexus 5 with Android 5. The GUIs of the various Google apps are still a little fragmented (inconsistent design), but things have been rapidly improving since Android 5's release. Nexus devices are also the very first ones to get updated.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 1:33:15 AM EDT
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It's true! It runs Win 8.1 RT. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's a windows phone?? It's true! It runs Win 8.1 RT. Why would anyone want Windows on a phone?? |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 1:50:29 AM EDT
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There's a windows phone?? It's true! It runs Win 8.1 RT. Why would anyone want Windows on a phone?? Because phones are just basically small tablets that can make phone calls. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 2:06:39 AM EDT
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Because phones are just basically small tablets that can make phone calls. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's a windows phone?? It's true! It runs Win 8.1 RT. Why would anyone want Windows on a phone?? Because phones are just basically small tablets that can make phone calls. I hear that argument, but that then begs the question, why would anyone want Windows on a 4" "tablet that makes phone calls"? I get it for the full-size tablets that you could actually use Office or real Windows applications on, but a phone? The concept never made any sense to me, from the beginning. I really suspect MS is going to realize they've now failed twice with this concept and give it up for markets they are able to compete in (for some values of "compete", of course...) |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 2:11:58 AM EDT
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My windows phone 7 was less problematic then my galaxy s3, software wise.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 2:33:13 AM EDT
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I hear that argument, but that then begs the question, why would anyone want Windows on a 4" "tablet that makes phone calls"? I get it for the full-size tablets that you could actually use Office or real Windows applications on, but a phone? The concept never made any sense to me, from the beginning. I really suspect MS is going to realize they've now failed twice with this concept and give it up for markets they are able to compete in (for some values of "compete", of course...) Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's a windows phone?? It's true! It runs Win 8.1 RT. Why would anyone want Windows on a phone?? Because phones are just basically small tablets that can make phone calls. I hear that argument, but that then begs the question, why would anyone want Windows on a 4" "tablet that makes phone calls"? I get it for the full-size tablets that you could actually use Office or real Windows applications on, but a phone? The concept never made any sense to me, from the beginning. I really suspect MS is going to realize they've now failed twice with this concept and give it up for markets they are able to compete in (for some values of "compete", of course...) It makes sense to me as a domain enterprise engineer, because now I have a nice little subset of GPOs that I can actually enforce on phones. I can now automatically deploy specific apps, add libraries to one drive, have vision and intelligence into what the users are doing with company property. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 3:23:03 AM EDT
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It makes sense to me as a domain enterprise engineer, because now I have a nice little subset of GPOs that I can actually enforce on phones. I can now automatically deploy specific apps, add libraries to one drive, have vision and intelligence into what the users are doing with company property. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why would anyone want Windows on a phone?? Because phones are just basically small tablets that can make phone calls. I hear that argument, but that then begs the question, why would anyone want Windows on a 4" "tablet that makes phone calls"? I get it for the full-size tablets that you could actually use Office or real Windows applications on, but a phone? The concept never made any sense to me, from the beginning. I really suspect MS is going to realize they've now failed twice with this concept and give it up for markets they are able to compete in (for some values of "compete", of course...) It makes sense to me as a domain enterprise engineer, because now I have a nice little subset of GPOs that I can actually enforce on phones. I can now automatically deploy specific apps, add libraries to one drive, have vision and intelligence into what the users are doing with company property. I think even ios has an enterprise setup now though, doesn't it? I can see the utility of being able to completely control the device, but RIM has been providing that service for over a decade, and look at their numbers now - they basically have one customer keeping them alive, and nobody wants to keep playing that game... |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 12:56:28 PM EDT
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Ahhh ... 2.2.? I think. Updates were few and VERY far between and all it did was make it worse. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why in the world would you use Windows over Android? Android left a bad taste in my brain after my first phone with it. The platform just seems so totally fractured to me, I would prefer something that is a unified platform. What version of Android? Ahhh ... 2.2.? I think. Updates were few and VERY far between and all it did was make it worse. That might be your problem. Try a phone with 4.4.4 or 5 on it. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 12:58:08 PM EDT
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I hear that argument, but that then begs the question, why would anyone want Windows on a 4" "tablet that makes phone calls"? I get it for the full-size tablets that you could actually use Office or real Windows applications on, but a phone? The concept never made any sense to me, from the beginning. I really suspect MS is going to realize they've now failed twice with this concept and give it up for markets they are able to compete in (for some values of "compete", of course...) Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's a windows phone?? It's true! It runs Win 8.1 RT. Why would anyone want Windows on a phone?? Because phones are just basically small tablets that can make phone calls. I hear that argument, but that then begs the question, why would anyone want Windows on a 4" "tablet that makes phone calls"? I get it for the full-size tablets that you could actually use Office or real Windows applications on, but a phone? The concept never made any sense to me, from the beginning. I really suspect MS is going to realize they've now failed twice with this concept and give it up for markets they are able to compete in (for some values of "compete", of course...) Windows for phones isn't like Windows for PC's. It's basically the tile system for apps Windows 8 uses. 
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Posted: 12/18/2014 1:06:35 PM EDT
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Why in the world would you use Windows over Android? Indeed. Its not even a close competitor IMO to Apple or Android. So apple all the way. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 3:23:57 PM EDT
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I've done more digging, particularly into the apps department. Seems even though there are WP apps, they don't seem to be updated very often, if at all. For example Netflix just updated this month, while Youtube hasn't been updated since Oct. 2013. The same rings true for most of the apps I use daily.
Think I'll stick with my iOS devices. See, it was a small war ... 
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Posted: 12/18/2014 3:49:45 PM EDT
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I've done more digging, particularly into the apps department. Seems even though there are WP apps, they don't seem to be updated very often, if at all. For example Netflix just updated this month, while Youtube hasn't been updated since Oct. 2013. The same rings true for most of the apps I use daily. Think I'll stick with my iOS devices. See, it was a small war ... More of a skirmish. |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 11:02:03 PM EDT
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I think even ios has an enterprise setup now though, doesn't it? I can see the utility of being able to completely control the device, but RIM has been providing that service for over a decade, and look at their numbers now - they basically have one customer keeping them alive, and nobody wants to keep playing that game... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why would anyone want Windows on a phone?? Because phones are just basically small tablets that can make phone calls. I hear that argument, but that then begs the question, why would anyone want Windows on a 4" "tablet that makes phone calls"? I get it for the full-size tablets that you could actually use Office or real Windows applications on, but a phone? The concept never made any sense to me, from the beginning. I really suspect MS is going to realize they've now failed twice with this concept and give it up for markets they are able to compete in (for some values of "compete", of course...) It makes sense to me as a domain enterprise engineer, because now I have a nice little subset of GPOs that I can actually enforce on phones. I can now automatically deploy specific apps, add libraries to one drive, have vision and intelligence into what the users are doing with company property. I think even ios has an enterprise setup now though, doesn't it? I can see the utility of being able to completely control the device, but RIM has been providing that service for over a decade, and look at their numbers now - they basically have one customer keeping them alive, and nobody wants to keep playing that game... iOS can be managed but only through third party MDM software. Windows phones it's native. RIM isn't failing because their phones can be managed, they're dying for other reasons. Mainly because their phones suck balls. |
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