Now that software giants Apple and Google have created the world's first super-smartphones, Microsoft has apparently made the decision to join their efforts to bring users the best and greatest of smartphone technology. With their new windows phone about to go on sale, Microsoft is set to enter the market that has been dominated by the iPhone and the Droid for the last four years.
Previous versions of Windows for phone and PDAs, called Windows mobile editions, are either outdated or unpopular, or both. The last edition of Windows mobile for phones was 6.5, and although it was certainly adequate at the time, it is nothing like the iPhone, Droid, or new Windows 7 phone edition.
Performance-wise, the latest windows phone has been lauded for accomplishing most of the major functions that its competitors employ, but has also been received as not quite up to the task of competing with the established names -- at least not yet. Lacking some features that many users consider important, such as video calling and using the phone to connect other devices to the internet (called 'tethering'), the phones may be seen as inferior to the other options.
One of the major things that Microsoft will have to contend with is the lack of an app market for their phones, at least at first. It takes some time for apps to be created after the system becomes available, and as new Droid users could attest two years ago when the phones first come on the market, there are very few programs to be had. This, along with the fact that most Windows-only software, such as the Microsoft Office suite offered on the new phones, can be replicated by third party apps in iPhones and Droids, may make it hard for them to take off.
The news isn't all bad, though. The new interface is praised as clean and neat, easy to use and well laid out. There's even an ability to turn the camera on almost instantly, even when the phone is off. Superior search capabilities are mentioned as well, including voice search.
Users vary in their concerns about the many features of a smartphone. Although these phones can do a ton of stuff, most users will only ask it to do some of those things. Given all the abilities of the phone, there's sure to be a lot of differences of opinion about the overall quality of these newest windows phones.
A major disappointment for many has been the lack of flash player in the internet browser, a feature that Droid offers and can be added to iPhones, though it is not native. The new phones are clearly Microsoft's attempt at re-entering the game of super-smartphones, but only time can tell if they will be successful.
Previous versions of Windows for phone and PDAs, called Windows mobile editions, are either outdated or unpopular, or both. The last edition of Windows mobile for phones was 6.5, and although it was certainly adequate at the time, it is nothing like the iPhone, Droid, or new Windows 7 phone edition.
Performance-wise, the latest windows phone has been lauded for accomplishing most of the major functions that its competitors employ, but has also been received as not quite up to the task of competing with the established names -- at least not yet. Lacking some features that many users consider important, such as video calling and using the phone to connect other devices to the internet (called 'tethering'), the phones may be seen as inferior to the other options.
One of the major things that Microsoft will have to contend with is the lack of an app market for their phones, at least at first. It takes some time for apps to be created after the system becomes available, and as new Droid users could attest two years ago when the phones first come on the market, there are very few programs to be had. This, along with the fact that most Windows-only software, such as the Microsoft Office suite offered on the new phones, can be replicated by third party apps in iPhones and Droids, may make it hard for them to take off.
The news isn't all bad, though. The new interface is praised as clean and neat, easy to use and well laid out. There's even an ability to turn the camera on almost instantly, even when the phone is off. Superior search capabilities are mentioned as well, including voice search.
Users vary in their concerns about the many features of a smartphone. Although these phones can do a ton of stuff, most users will only ask it to do some of those things. Given all the abilities of the phone, there's sure to be a lot of differences of opinion about the overall quality of these newest windows phones.
A major disappointment for many has been the lack of flash player in the internet browser, a feature that Droid offers and can be added to iPhones, though it is not native. The new phones are clearly Microsoft's attempt at re-entering the game of super-smartphones, but only time can tell if they will be successful.
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