“I’ve been a big proponent of smartphone technology for a long time, and have been chasing the “perfect smartphone” for a while. Specifically, I’ve been hooked on using Windows Smartphone devices, because of the seamless integration with Outlook and the resulting automatic synchronization of all my contacts, calendar entries, tasks, notes, and e-mail over the air. And my favorite Smartphone so far was the Cingular/AT&T 8525,” Alexander Falk reports for AjaxWorld.
“So when my wife wanted a new iPhone when it came out, I was very sceptical,” Falk reports. “Sure, I do use an iPod Video and have been a big fan of the early Macs from 1986-1996, but I could no conceive of how the iPhone could offer anything to me – especially since my AT&T 8525 device had it all: UMTS, Wi-Fi, Push-Email, Windows-based Smartphone, PDF Reader, Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Video, etc.”
Falk reports, “It took just one week.”
“I played with her new iPhone while we were in New York. I played with her new iPhone at home. I played with her new iPhone on the boat. After a few days she said “Buy your own iPhone!” Falk reports. “So I did (at the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in NY) and I haven’t touched the Windows Smartphone since.”
Falk reports, “The reason is very simple: UI design, UI design, and UI design!”
Full article here.
This exact same thing happened at my work. About ten or so Windows software engineers here all had WM5 “smart”phones and have now all switched over to the iPhone and can’t be happier. Some of them are even thinking about purchasing their first Mac now too.
I owned a WM5 phone as well, and before that SEs, Motorola and Nokia. I can honestly say the WM5 phone was the worst phone I had ever owned. Nothing but problems with it, UI design like it was from the mid-90’s, terrible media player (windows media), etc. The only bright note was the 3rd party Missing Sync application I used on the Mac. Now that was a really nice app, expecially compared to MS’s ActiveSync.
The tide is rapidly turning.
I read this article and had the same question as Too Hot!
Did Apple actually license ActiveSync from Microsoft?
I read a bunch of rumors prior to the iPhone launch in June that Apple was going to do that, but there never was a story confirming it.
iPhone must have ‘native support for MS Exchange Environments’.
Blackberry does not have ‘native support for MS Exchange Environments’
Blackberry is used everywhere.
Doesn’t that make you look quite stupid?
What a dumb article. UI design over real world functionality? You can’t even use Exchange for OTA synching of mail, contact or calendars. Sorry but this article is just fluff and more fluff. UI over usability. LOL Now that’s funny.
1. iPhone and iPod touch are set to become the most prevalent computers in history. No doubt about it.
2. Give it three years and OSX will be the most prevalent OS on planet earth.
Eat your heart out Bill.
re: Hey Petey,
Could your IT department come and be the IT department for my company? They sound GREAT!
Honestly, the senior management teams of many small and mid-sized companies are well and truly terrified of their IT people. Especially if the senior management is near to retirement age.
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Before I setup on my own I worked for thr 4th largest Oil company in the world and their IT department was exactly the same regarding anything Apple.
It took us 6years of meetings, red tape and sweet talking the IT bosses to get an Apple Xserve in the company for the design studio I was managing.
The studio got equipped with macs too, but even though we won a battle the IT guys never really accepted the macs.
They would not support them because they were not ‘the standard company build Dells’. Ironically, in the time I was there the design studio never needed the IT guys anyway as the Macs were rock solid and never crashed.
Maybe thats exactly it, the IT guys are shit scared about macs because they know their jobs are on the line if macs take over.
The company i worked for had a whole floor of IT guys supporting windows XP. If teh company adopted macs throughout the business they would have had 95% of those guys redundant.
Does not use Microsoft’s proprietary software and monopoly enforced standards.
Neither do Macs, iPhones, iPods, Linux boxes or Blackberry’s.
What’s your point troll?
“Maybe thats exactly it, the IT guys are shit scared about macs because they know their jobs are on the line if macs take over.”
Bingo.
Imagine what would happen to tax lawyers and advisors if income taxes were abolished and the IRS was shut down. Some industries depend on overly complicated and faulty processes for their survival.
“Eat your heart out Bill.”
He can’t. Ironically, the poison would kill him.
“Filemaker Pro 9 demo installed FlexNet which bypasses Little Snitch to report whatever about the computer it is installed on. Adobe also uses this product.”
http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?t=577
“Does not use Microsoft’s proprietary software and monopoly enforced standards.
Neither do Macs, iPhones, iPods, Linux boxes or Blackberry’s.
What’s your point troll?”
Why are you people so defensive and quickly call me a troll when all I’m trying to do is break you out of the RDF syndrome. How can anyone with their right mind pick iPhone over any other Winmobile or Palm based Smartphone, when you can’t do real work with the iPhone. You can’t even copy or paste, search, save files, group SMS… so much yet RDF keeps you all glassy eyed and head over heels to whatever Jobs says. Open your eyes.
Bad News!
My son made me jealous and bought an iPhone. He loved it (for a few days).
But last week I got a call from a very angry young man telling me that it was the biggest POS he’s ever owned. He asked if I could take it back to AT&T;for a refund. (He’s a Marine in the middle of the California desert where AT&T;is the only provider, so he felt justified in buying the iPhone. “If I have to use AT&T;, I might as well have the best phone.”)
The problems started when the phone locked him out and required a call to Apple for a code to unlock it. They had no explanation of the problem, but indicated that he wasn’t the first to call about it.
Next, it froze on him with a full battery and he had to wait for the battery to die before it would unfreeze.
His transmission and reception are horrible unless he stands outside in one certain location on base.
I sent him to Apple’s iPhone troubleshooting website in hopes that he can find some solutions.
As for me, I guess I’ll wait for the next version before I buy my own. Be wary of first-gen technology.
re: Why are you people so defensive and quickly call me a troll when all I’m trying to do is break you out of the RDF syndrome. How can anyone with their right mind pick iPhone over any other Winmobile or Palm based Smartphone, when you can’t do real work with the iPhone. You can’t even copy or paste, search, save files, group SMS… so much yet RDF keeps you all glassy eyed and head over heels to whatever Jobs says. Open your eyes.
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I THINK YOU SHOULD OPEN YOUR EYES.
You gotta be crazy If you are editing documents on a mobile phones tiny screen!
Especially as there in no zoom in feature on 99% of mobile phones – excepot the iphone of course!
I bet you are as blind as a bat.
A mobile phone isnt called a ‘mobile phone’ for nothing you know! – it’s a PHONE NOT A BLOODY LAPTOP.
@Petey
Did I say anything about editing documents? Thats the problem with RDF overloaded Apple Fanboys. You just make up stuff on your replies. Zoom? Treos can do that easily on just about every app. I didn’t call it a laptop. You did, good example of my Fanboy analysis is your post. iPhone is a dumb Smartphone. I didn’t say laptop, please remember that.
“Thats the problem with RDF overloaded Apple Fanboys.”
Boardbitch, you’re such a sweet talker. The more insulting you get, the more convinced I am that you’re right.
The iPhone is a smart dumb smartphone that even dumb smart dumbasses can operate with one finger on the screen and the other in their nose! But boardbitches can’t even do that, because they are so dumb they are actually legally dead. What CAN they do?
Monkeydance.
“You can’t even copy or paste, search, save files”
later….
“Did I say anything about editing documents?”
tell the truth, are you REALLY this stupid?
Why do you need to put all your music and all your videos onto your ipod? If you are that crazy for your music and videos you can not possibly watch or listen to them all. There is no need for a 160Gb ipod in a touch. Just pick and choose. I do think more then 16Gb is needed but it will come around. I just dont understand why people think every song and video they own should be on their ipod. Pick a few movies and put them on and then next time you hook up your ipod change our your movies. I still have a 1st gen nano and i can not fit all the songs i own. But alot of them i hardly listen to. So i switch out all the time. I have some songs i love alot and they always stay on and others i rotate on to the nano every few days.
The ipod touch is going to turn into a cool touch screen PDA. Who knows where it might go.
gotta love Originalrecipes, he’s the biggest dick on MDN!
I think you’re even more stupid than ZuneTang, and I thought he would be impossible to beat!
iPhone is a dumb smartphone, that is a classic!
MW: sales. hehe
“I just dont understand why people think every song and video they own should be on their ipod”
Because we’ve got better things to do with our lives than spend our time picking and choosing which subset to load this week.