Recently I was looking at all the smartphones that are out and the OS that are available now and was wondering to myself, What’s up windows mobile? What is the problem and what are some of the solutions they can do.
One of the main things they need to do which is obvious is to change the user interface to make it much more user friendly and easy to use. Many new users to Windows Mobile devices that don’t have some type of skin over the device have a hard time getting around to doing the things they need to do. A better Zune HD style interface maybe would be a good first step.
But they also should make sure not to alienate the users out there that create custom roms. Custom roms allow users to have different exerpinces with thier phone and the majority of the Windows Mobile user base is from this group. If they alienate them it could spell disater for Windows Mobile 7.
There is some give and take that Microsoft needs to do with Windows Mobile but the main thing they need to do is to do something soon or ese they won’t have a marketshare to release to
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Bowman, what do you thik of the titanium interface for wm 6.5? I like it and occaisonally turn off my sense ui in favor of the titanium homescreen…saves a bit of memory too in my htc. I agree Microsoft needs to make sure they have a platform that continues to allow customization. Some of the best word of mouth advertising comes from experts. And wm experts who create roms can help bring in, and keep new users in the widows mobile camp.
The first problem WM has is perception. The normal writers from most of the major websites engadget, gizmodo etc are not normal WM carriers. Most of the writers get these phones from companies; use for a day or two and write a post on their blogs without giving the OS its fair shot. They base their posts with legacy experiences with WM and others opinions. These sites pick their favorites also. Android which in my opinion has many similarities with WM (HTC Sense) is the new darling of the writers it also has very good Marketing. WM is not the iPhone in forms of User Experience but WM6.5 and HTC are really working towards making the WM user experience much better. The functionality and hardware for many of the WM devices are astonishing especially the Touch Pro 2 and HD2. I am not a WM apologist and they do have some work to do. But with the right tools and changes with WM7 as well good marketing of hardware and functionality of WM6.5 /WM7 all the fortunes can turn around very quickly.