Found Footage: iPhone vs. Windows Mobile

As asked above, the widgets app on the other phone looks to be WidSets: http://www.widsets.com

...ohh..and one more thing...what's this with USB syncing for your information? There's no OTA or real-time syncing....that's so 1998.

Johnny_Canuck,

and hence the problem. I highly doubt that you're going to find skype or something similar w/ iphone's closed platform. As much as i want to love the iphone (big apple fan since the Lisa era), i am turned off by the lack of software customization.

Chat on Google talk or MSN messenger? PDF viewer or Office document viewer? DiVX video player? Ogg Vorbis player? VOIP? Only if Cingular and/or Apple allow it. I'll continue to love my macs and the OS and the company.

But in this case, I think I'll wait for gen 2 versions or when they open up the platform more. Otherwise, I'll wait for a non-iphone Ipod; and stick with Windows mobile with Exchange server syncing bewteen entourage, contacts, ical, etc. and my Pocket PC and Smartphones.

I think this video was made to show that Windows Mobile can do what the Phone can do. Notice how all the really cool iPhone demo bits are carefully edited out?

For instance, they didnt even show the photo "pinch" zoom gesture on the iPhone. And the Windows Mobile device, you have to go back, choose a photo, click for fullscreen, click again, go back, click on another photo, etc. But the iPhone you can just swipe your finger.

a lot of those features shown on the O2 XDA are addons/third party software. nothing near the intutitive apple iphone. plus everything comes with iphone. also, the windows mobile device was showing the mobile version of google.com that wasn't a fair comparison

I wasn't aware of the "wetter" feature on either of these phones, but it seems like a good idea to be able to fully submerge them.

"Who cares if the iPhone is closed to additional software. It does everything I have always TRIED to do on my other portable gadgets already...and does it well."

You will care when the second generation iPhone comes out and Apple will not update your 1G iPhone's software. Older products get no love from Apple.

I didn't even get past the video. With the iPhone, you turn it on its side and the video rotates. With the WM, you tap the screen. Huge difference between buttons and motion; just look at the Wii!

sorry, meant to say "it's how the device works"

It's true, Apple doesn't always come out the "new" thing, but they do come out with the "that looks hot AND works the way I want it to"thing. Sure, my old Archos did more than my 4th gen iPod does, but....well, you all know where this is going. Common features aren't what's important, it's how they work.