> -----Original Message----- > From: morchella [mailto:morchella.delici...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:23 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Mobil phone questions droid vs. windows mobile > > > ok i need some data from you savvy folks. > > i need a quick list of pros/cons > boss wants droid phones. his boss want win mobile. > i am un familiar with both, since i own a virgin burner.
Very generally WinMo is a more traditional platform - very focused on synching and extending the desktop. Android is an "online" platform: most comfortable as an extension of the suite of online Google apps. WinMo has a lot of available software, but does suffer (like Windows itself) from a desire to maintain backwards compatibility. Android currently suffers from your basic "1.0" problems: there are bugs and rough edges and a lack of software - but it's no worse than anything else and quite a bit better than most. There are some simple levers to any decision tho: +) If your company is on Outlook/Exchange then nothing syncs as well as WinMo. Although pretty much anything CAN Android is generally the WORST at it. If your company is on GoogleApps then Android is a shoo in. If you're company (like mine) is on Lotus Notes then you might as well just give the whole mess up - you're lost. +) By the same token if your company uses MS office then the office support in WinMo is second to none. Android isn't too shabby tho' - and works incredibly well with Google apps. +) If you're a Windows shop there are some technical tools that are available for WinMo and not (currently) available for Android. There's a remote desktop client, active directory support, a MySQL client and a few others. I'm sure that most of this (at least the non-MS stuff) will be available for Android as well, but it will take time. I will say that you shouldn't consider anything below WinMo 6.5 - it's just not worth it to start out less than that. 6.5 still has some baggage from previous versions, but is generally smooth and easy to use (it's modeled more after the Zune interface than previous WinMo iterations). But the version of IE in 6.5 is light-years beyond the version in 6.0 (very near desktop quality), the messaging application is significantly enhanced (I love that you can finally sync RSS feeds directly from Outlook) and the home screen is much more usable. I'd also do some research on the specific phones as well - many companies customize the OS interfaces. Personally I detest this: they try to "cover up" OS problems but just succeed in adding to the confusion when you're invariably thrown back into the normal OS at some point. HTC, for example, has some GREAT phones but, on both WinMo and Android, tries to cover up the standard interface. Their replacement is nice looking, but slow and clunky (more flash than function) in my opinion. That said I actually have an HTC Touch Pro that I've upgraded to stock WinMo 6.5 and I love it generally. The phone is a little under-powered (not a problem if you don't multi-task) and the camera is useless unless the subject is completely still but it's still a great phone. All the trimmings: wi-fi, 3G, GPS, accelerometer, etc. The keyboard is really nice (if a bit cramped on the top row for my ham hands) and some nice touches (the control panel is actually a capacitive touch panel - lots of neat tricks). Call me crazy but I still greatly prefer a stylus - even if means a resistive touch screen rather than multi-touch. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311797 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
