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rdstoll · 01-05-2008, 07:16 PM

I have owned a variety of smartphones over the years...from Treos to several Qs. Each had its strengths and weaknesses but all of them always seemed to be short of the resources needed to run efficiently. As I contemplate my next phone purchase I've come to the conclusion that any smartphones that use WM (5, 6....doesn't matter) is doomed to have the exact same problems for the simple fact that Microsoft continues to develop and push out an OS that is both bloated and so lacking in intuitiveness that it is nothing short of frustrating to use.

I used to be in the camp that would "deal with it," recognizing that new technological devices would be always be buggy and what not, but at what point does it become Microsoft's (and hence, the phone manufacturer's) responsibility to put out a product that does what it is supposed to do, whereby any layperson can use the device without having to hack into the registry just to get the thing running right? I've dealt with the last three versions of WM and they have all been nothing short of crap, with the same problems all the time.

I'm posting this here because the unfortunate situation is that that there are few other choices, and those that do exist suck worse. So at the end of the day it will be the end-buyer that needs to voice their opinion early and often as the device maker's develop future generations of phones. How many times are we going to shell out $300 for phones that need to rebooted (very slowly, I might add) several times a day just to "clear up" the memory? Or the OS simply crashes? And is ALWAYS slow no matter how much memory/horsepower these device makers put in these phones?

It's about time to end this charade.

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rdstoll Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The smartphone is dead unless WM is abandoned I have owned a variety of smartphones over the years...from Treos to several Qs. Each had its strengths and weaknesses but all of them always seemed to be short of the resources needed to run efficiently. As I contemplate my next phone purchase I've come to the conclusion that any smartphones that use WM (5, 6....doesn't matter) is doomed to have the exact same problems for the simple fact that Microsoft continues to develop and push out an OS that is both bloated and so lacking in intuitiveness that it is nothing short of frustrating to use. I used to be in the camp that would "deal with it," recognizing that new technological devices would be always be buggy and what not, but at what point does it become Microsoft's (and hence, the phone manufacturer's) responsibility to put out a product that does what it is supposed to do, whereby any layperson can use the device without having to hack into the registry just to get the thing running right? I've dealt with the last three versions of WM and they have all been nothing short of crap, with the same problems all the time. I'm posting this here because the unfortunate situation is that that there are few other choices, and those that do exist suck worse. So at the end of the day it will be the end-buyer that needs to voice their opinion early and often as the device maker's develop future generations of phones. How many times are we going to shell out $300 for phones that need to rebooted (very slowly, I might add) several times a day just to "clear up" the memory? Or the OS simply crashes? And is ALWAYS slow no matter how much memory/horsepower these device makers put in these phones? It's about time to end this charade.