Switching from Android to Windows Phone Finale: Review and roundup

22. taz89 posted on 02 Jun 2012, 15:52 12 1

I would say the market doesn't agree with you... Not hating on wp7 but for the moment the os is more limited than ios... Hopefully wp8 changes things as I am a huge fan of nokia(the only real reason I got one eye on wp)

25. SleepingOz posted on 02 Jun 2012, 16:08 3 1

Let's hope so..

27. Credo posted on 02 Jun 2012, 16:58 2 3

most of them did not tryed out Windows Phone, in the beginning even i did not understand why Nokia has chosen Windows Phone over MeeGo, i only wanted a MeeGo powered device, (N9), and i have spend a little time to work with an Windows Phone powered device, and it was even a better experience than MeeGo, i think thats the problem of a lott off people, they want the same OS, (iOS & Android), but i think if they try out Windows Phone they will realize how good it is, even if it is more limited than iOS ... :)

34. -box- posted on 02 Jun 2012, 18:40 2 0

Technically it isn't as limited as ios, just that there aren't as many apps for it to make up for ios' shortcomings. WP comes with more capabilities out of the box, except perhaps on the Tango models, but those only are inferior on relation to the 4 and 4S.

24. SleepingOz posted on 02 Jun 2012, 16:05 5 2

Right, it's how YOU wanted it to be but everyone has different needs and preferences.
I've played with my friend's white Lumia 900. Beautiful device indeed, but I'll never trade my GSII for one.

30. thedarkside posted on 02 Jun 2012, 17:17 4 2

not a fan of WP7, im just not. i even messed around with the lumnia 900 for an hour or so and i couldnt nor wouldnt bring myself to buy one. i like both iOS and android. just not WP7... or blackberry. lol

66. denied911 (banned) posted on 07 Jun 2012, 18:50 0 1

I just don't wanna pay 5-15$ for os if I don't have to

17. demarmj posted on 02 Jun 2012, 15:37 2 0

I did it. I don't think this article is trying to pursuade people to make the change. I think it's just a worth while look at the differences. Now a days with how advanced hardware is (compared to the old days when phones were running of 500 mhz processors), any phone choice is solid.

43. android_sucks posted on 02 Jun 2012, 21:41 3 9

Except android because no matter how great the processor is it will still lag on android.

59. MichaelHeller posted on 03 Jun 2012, 11:23 0 0

I'm pretty sure I laid out the reasons why someone would want to switch in the article...

31. thedarkside posted on 02 Jun 2012, 17:18 2 1

new is not always better.

70. AliNSiddiqui posted on 20 Sep 2012, 10:36 0 0

New is always better - Barney Stinson

32. jellmoo posted on 02 Jun 2012, 17:20 11 0

So, let me get this straight... Android is better because it's easier to illegally download and/or pirate music with it than with iOS or WP7?

Wow... just wow...

63. nosybummer posted on 06 Jun 2012, 10:12 0 0

@ jellmoo ..wake up almost everybody downloads pirated music..
but pointing it as an disadvantage..wow
i think you work for the billion dollar studios of hollywood
and pushing for sopa implementation

65. jellmoo posted on 07 Jun 2012, 10:40 0 0

Who pointed it as a disadvantage??? I just said that stating a platform is better strictly because it's easier to pirate music is extremely questionable at best. If somebody wants to argue that Android is the best platform, there are plenty of strong arguments to be made that aren't tied into illegal activity.

And just because I don't believe in piracy doesn't make me a supporter of SOPA or some kind of Hollywood stooge. I just don't believe that the excuse "well everyone does it!" is valid.

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64. webOSlove posted on 07 Jun 2012, 04:58 0 0

@kslaughter32296 Not everyone will want a phone for music. I have webOS & if i had to switch , id choose windows phone because well, it mocks webOS better than Android. Yes android copied swipeable notifications & card multitasking, but it still feels extremely unintuitve. WebOS had potential (well still does with Open webOS) & Windows Phone is in my opinion, more attractive than Android

38. android_sucks posted on 02 Jun 2012, 21:08 0 0

MetroRadio

48. -box- posted on 03 Jun 2012, 03:46 0 0

I'll check that one out. I've downloaded Pindora (notice the I, not an A), but am hesitant to use a third party for login info that can lead to financial info (I paid for the no-ads version)

53. parkwaydr posted on 03 Jun 2012, 10:02 2 2

Grow up bro.

58. SleepingOz posted on 03 Jun 2012, 10:49 2 0

cool story..

49. -box- posted on 03 Jun 2012, 03:48 2 0

You should read the rebuttals and comments about those 101 reasons. A significant number of them were wrong, irrelevant, or out of date, and it came down mostly to subjective perception, not objective realism.
That being said, I must applaud Michael H for trying to be open-minded about the switch in these articles

50. -box- posted on 03 Jun 2012, 04:05 5 0

Try an Android phone pre-FroYo (2.2). It's not great. You see the seeds of the excellence that comes in later versions, but Donut and Eclair were far from pleasant to use. Try Blackberry (even the current OS versions). It's not exactly intuitive, but it gets the job done, albeit clumsily and eventually. Try Windows Mobile, or Palm OS, or pre-s^3 versions of Symbian. Try iOS (still the same boring app-launcher) They're all inelegant, choppy, and a little bass-ackwards in places, if we're honest. No OS is perfect. The point I'm making is that those were/are OSes that were in their initial stages of development, and eventually got better or died out, or remained unchanged due to stubborness or heavy investment (ios, Blackberry). In terms of OS evolution and development, WindowsPhone blows all those out of the water, and is arguably the most innovative and easy-to-use mobile OS (possibly even electronic screened-gadget OS) yet, and it's still being improved and developed. Yes, it doesn't have all the capabilities of Android (yet), and it won't have all the same options one would have with Android or Symbian (ROMs, complete OS modification, user-viewable file folders, etc), but for most smartphone users, those that want the phone to be a bit more than a phone but a bit less than a computer, it'll be great, and already is good. Intuitive, straight-forward, uncluttered. Nothing to mess up or break, nothing that will cause the system to go haywire by accidentally enabling or disabling it. A highly polished app ecosystem and UI/UX for ease of use and understanding, which, while small, is still growing at record-breaking rates.

Put all your other mobile devices away for a couple weeks, try a Windows Phone for that time, and you might be surprised at just what it really can do. I'm a long-time Symbian user myself, and I've used 2 Android phones for quite a while, and recently acquired a Nokia Lumia 900, and honestly, the ONLY things I miss from the prior ecosystems are the physical call/disconnect and menu multi-use buttons from the Symbian/Nokia phones (great for using the phone as an alarm clock, don't have to look at the screen, just go by feel!), being able to set my own ringtones/alarms/notifications (though there are ways around that, just more convoluted than Android or Symbian), and that the game manufacturers don't yet have their full portfolio on Windows Phone (Zynga most noticeably, as Electonic Arts, Glu, and GameLoft are pretty well represented). That's it. Yes, I don't have the ability to put on a custom ROM and fiddle with the phone more. Yes, I don't have any wallpaper behind my LiveTiles. Yes, I don't have a super HD screen. But honestly, that's OK. The phone works, it doesn't beg for any tinkering. Having a background image would mess up what the LiveTiles do, especially the People Hub, Music Hub, and XBox Live tile. HD screens look great, but use up processing and battery power, and I haven't yet missed the differences.

60. jroc74 posted on 03 Jun 2012, 14:47 2 0

Windows is barely in its early stages....and yet MS has been doing mobile OS's looong before Apple and Google.

WP7 has been out since late 2010. In that same length of time....Android has soared in popularity.

Did we all forget that once upon a time Win Mo was 1 or 2 in market share? Or are most of yall 2 young to know or remember...

Thats says alot about Android...and MS, WIn Mo, WP7....

52. MartyK posted on 03 Jun 2012, 08:05 1 1

Mozarrt,

It not that we are sucking up, it's just with every release of Android things gets better and better. It's like every release is a birthday gift for people who loves to push and tinker with technology. Android was a gift from the Technology Gods. what I mean is this, you can get the same phone from the same carrier and they will be different (UI wise), I have the sprint version of the GS2 and even tho it's GS2, it's 100% different from other Sprint GS2 (UI); Android is only limited ( UI) by your imagination, you can add items from different Android phones (Moto-HTC-Samsung) to your android phone, and this is the beauty of Android, no two android phone will look like each other no matter of the Manuf.

Now, Android user we do argue/tease each other over Carrier/Manuf/Roms and stuff like that, but it's out of love and fun..this is why the Green Army will always March on!.. :0

Verizon suck btw...lol

69. android_sucks posted on 15 Jun 2012, 10:15 0 0

Thumbs up for the Verizon comment!!! Lol!!!

61. MichaelHeller posted on 03 Jun 2012, 18:32 4 0

Thanks!