Comments on: Apple iPhone Has A Greater Share Of The Smartphone Market Than Windows Mobile

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:03:05 +0000

Whoever said the vitrual keyboard isn’t a hassle obviously does not use the iPhone regularly for emails, texts, and web surfing. I found myself often having difficulties typing on it and often sending weird messages because of the phones autocomplete feature. Sony Xperia will be a great phone I am excited and will probably end up getting one just to get one.

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:09:06 +0000

@AndrewTrust me, I'm not an iPhone lover - in fact I'm getting a WM phone next, well kind of.....

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:40:02 +0000

Is the 21% you cited for the United States or global?
I’d hate to think you are smearing facts to make a case for your own personal opinion regarding Windows Mobile.
Don’t know about you but I have a Blackjack II using Windows Mobile 6.1 and I love it. Guess what phone it replaced? Yep. The iPhone

By: MANUEL

MANUEL — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:01:20 +0000

I do a lot of writing on my computer on ms word. I travel a lot. So I am looking for a mobile phone which has a big screen as and qwerty keyboard and usb port to take a flexible keyboard. Any suggestions for such a mobile?

By: Tim Houghton

Tim Houghton — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:03:55 +0000

Fair enough I suppose, as far as WM6 goes anyway.

As far as the iPhone goes I seem to recall that you cited the lack of 3G and keyboard, because you sent a lot of emails and texts, as the reason you wouldn’t get one. My response would be that the virtual keyboard is perfectly adequate but what makes it shine is the predictive text which is probably an order of magnitude better than T9.

As far as 3G goes I live in rural Essex and even without EDGE the iPhone sends and receives emails without any noticeable delays or problems. I suppose if you are sending out huge attachments it might be an issue. In an EDGE area (annoyingly, only 5 miles away from the town where I live and work) I get about 400kbps download speed. There’s also that video by the German guy comparing an EDGE iPhone and 3G N95 side-by-side with very little noticeable difference in web page loading speed (sorry I dont have a link but it’s on YouTube). The N95 downloaded everything quicker but the iPhone rendered the screen quicker resulting in very similar apparent speeds.

Anyway, I don’t want to sound like I’m moaning (not too much anyway). It’s just that I read and enjoy your blog regularly, and your shortsightedness about the iPhone is … irritating ;-)

PS I should add that after using the iPhone for a couple of months I had to go back to using my old SE P800 for a day (lent iPhone to other half). Despite being a heavy UIQ user for 4 years prior to the iPhone I found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to use. Although I suppose that could be a sign of my failing memory as much as how intuitive the iPhone UI is.

By: Everton

Everton — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:53:57 +0000

@Tim

My point is that the iPhone has passed WM6 in market share, which says a lot about how popular WM6 is.

As to having an opinion about iPhone’s without using one, I have done this over the spec of the phone which doesn’t require a hands on experience. Having a sexy interface is of no use to me, if the phone is lacking key features that I need.

By: Tim Houghton

Tim Houghton — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:16:41 +0000

So … could you remind us what the relevance of the iPhone marketshare is to your phone-buying dilemma?

Also, I’m amazed to hear you say you’ve never used an iPhone, when you have previously bad-mouthed them so often.

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:14:51 +0000

@Walter

Not an iPhone, but I’ve played with a iPod Touch. What’s the keyboard on the iPhone like compared to a QWERTY keyboard?

3G is essential for me, plus I’m on T-mobile and I’m not moving networks just to get a certain phone.

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:00:25 +0000

In the summer/late summer, the iPhone will have all you need and more…..have you actually tried one?

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:29:12 +0000

@13111y

Tried it and I don’t like it. It doesn’t sync any folders below the inbox e.g inbox/follow up and it also doesn’t sync the sent folder. I need better Exchange support than that.

The P990i I had for a while had better support than that, so maybe UIQ has better Exchange support than S60 symbian.

By: 13111y

13111y — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:11:14 +0000

Check out the support for Exchange with Nokia’s Mail for Exchange app for the N95 on http://www.businesssoftware.nokia.com