Comments on: What’s Next Windows Mobile?

By: aRAY

aRAY — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:01:24 +0000

windows mobile basic/home/professional/enterprise/ultimate?

oh,no!

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:13:42 +0000

Windows is good, but it is not Nokia.

By: Vincent Benedict Castro

Vincent Benedict Castro — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:41:07 +0000

I think Windows Mobile is lacking on the multimedia and browser end. Windows Media Player needs to be updated both on mobile devices and the desktop. I mean podcasts aren’t even supported yet, good thing I have NewsBreak. WM7 development should not gloss over this if they want to attract consumers.

On the browser end PIE needs a lot of work as well. Safari Mobile and Opera Mobile are way ahead over PIE. Faster networks beg for browsing and using PIE isn’t the best of experiences.

I do hope Microsoft encourages ODMs to include hardware keyboards on some of their devices I don’t want to go back to touch only, multi touch or not on WM7. I think manufactures are trying to hard to come out with iPhone killers.

I noticed that Asian languages like Chinese (Simplified or Traditional), Japanese or Thai are usually not included. hoping that WM7 will have ALL the languages built in and accessible to users. I think it’s retarded to have to install a program to display and write in Chinese. I think doing this would open up more opportunities in Asia which is a huge market.

By: qihoo8

qihoo8 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:09:56 +0000

I like this phone

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:02:28 +0000

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the idea! I’ve added a link to our main site’s home page that you can find in the footer on any blog page now.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:15:50 +0000

Sorry, in regards to the link to the home page, I meant from within the blog (like in the footer) as I hit the home page of iliumsoft, then hit the read blog link an go to the latest blog entry. To get back to iliumsoft.com I have to either hit the back button a few times, or go to the blog home page.

Just a suggestion as I am rarely at the blog homepage, but may use the blog nav arrows to move between entries.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:12:39 +0000

As I anxiously await eWallet sync for the iPhone, I am now checking your blog on a regular basis…. one thing I have found that would improve usability is a link back to the Ilium Software home page – Surely WordPress will let you put a link back somewhere…..

By: Kevin White

Kevin White — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:20:13 +0000

Chris, you make a really good point about information density. eWallet for iPhone has ‘card view’ like our other versions of eWallet, and we’ve had quite a few comments that the font’s too small and that a zoom feature or font adjustment feature would be helpful.

(We also have had reports that ListPro’s default font size on WM devices is too small.)

Of course, I’m sure if we made it bigger someone would say that they wanted to see more information on the screen and now want to make it smaller..

Several applications I used on my Treo 650 had ‘high resolution’ mode, which was really ‘make everything half as big so you get twice as many’ mode. While it let me see something like 20-odd contacts in my replacement Contacts program, I couldn’t read them or tap on them accurately!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:02:10 +0000

I have not delved into the iPhone experience yet. But every time my friends show me there’s, (after I get over all the cool features it does have) I’m not impressed with the limited amount of info on the screen. I use ListPro as my brain. It tells me everything I would otherwise have to remember. It’s filled with more info than I care to think about. The advantage of using a stylus is you can cram much more into a view. (Yes, I know the iPhone has cool scrolling.) I don’t mix my phone with my info device I’m happier with them separate. Larger screens are my preference as well. I may eventually go for an iPod Touch but I’d love to scrunch down the view and use a stylus. Then again, who knows maybe by the time I get one my eyes will be happy for an excuse for a less filled screen.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:43:35 +0000

I agree with Kevin, I’ve had my iPod Touch since Feb and every time I pull out my Palm TX I find myself wanting to swipe the screen with my finger to unlock it! Then I have to fumble with the spindly little stylus poking it at the screen. However, once using it, I usually like the precision of the stylus. On balance, however, the convenience and gracefulness of using just a finger wins.
Once we get syncing for ewallet and a decent syncing tasks application (holding my breath for ListPro) I’ll say goodbye to my stylus for good.