IPhone – Play in Progress https://doctormikereddy.com Dr. Mike Reddy Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:52:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 55846040 Something missing https://doctormikereddy.com/2012/06/06/something-missing/ https://doctormikereddy.com/2012/06/06/something-missing/#respond Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:52:12 +0000 https://doctormikereddy.wordpress.com/?p=267 Continue reading Something missing →]]> It’s been a while since I last wrote about moving from iPhone to WP7. I have been saving up a list of things that are right and wrong about the current OS and Apps, etc, such as the lack of support for podcasts with a store, such as iTunes, on the device itself. However, these are merely the eco-system that surrounds both devices; one is much newer, the other has had significant investment. This is, though, the last post (for now at least) on my experiment. Why? Simply, because the Nokia crashes.

Not to say that the iPhone doesn’t occasionally need a force reset, but 6-7 times in a fortnight is not an acceptable level of performance. That is how often the Nokia has just up and frozen in the last few weeks. In a way, it is like the Mac v PC debate of old: one is more reliable than the other. So, I am moving back to Apple as my main phone provider. I had planned to finish off my experiment with developing a simple application, to complete the experience. However, this will wait now. I will complete this element one day, but, for now, having a reliable phone is more important.

]]> https://doctormikereddy.com/2012/06/06/something-missing/feed/ 0 267 Well that didn’t go so well https://doctormikereddy.com/2012/05/18/well-that-didnt-go-so-well/ https://doctormikereddy.com/2012/05/18/well-that-didnt-go-so-well/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 19:09:20 +0000 Windows Phone -> Android]]> https://doctormikereddy.wordpress.com/?p=240 Continue reading Well that didn’t go so well →]]> Update
It’s the end of the first day, and I’ve downloaded FaceBook, Twitter and WordPress and played with IE9 and Bing.
Social Apps
Both FaceBook and Twitter are pretty much what you’d expect. However, neither is really as smooth as their more polished Apple equivalents, with performance issues (stuttering scrolls) and annoying refresh problems making it hard to keep track; these were problems on the iPhone too one or two versions ago.
WordPress
Well, actually this is more about the keyboard. It’s early days but generally I like the portrait keys better than the iPhone. However, the location of the Delete key seems to be annoyingly close to the CR key. After some practice I’ll probably not notice.
Bloody BING!
Which brings me to BING. I’m sorry, but it’s just a pile of crap. What makes it worse is that it has a dedicated button right there, which you cannot yet reallocate and gets hit accidentally ALL the time! The main reason I don’t like BING, apart from the fact its search is poor, is all the sponsored ads that jump all over the place. If I could remove it entirely I would. Google Search is now installed 🙂
Headphone Woes
Finally, my Sony in ear headphones are incompatible with WP7 because the mic doesn’t work 🙁
So, it looks like I’ll have to buy some new ones.
Summary
FaceBook and Twitter 6/10
Keyboard 7/10
Headphones 1/10
Tomorrow
Camera and other stuff

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