[waveydavey]

Ok, this started as a quick reply to another post and ended up being a bit controversial to say the least so I've given it its own thread. I know I'm going to get hammered for this one from many sides, but I can be silent no more. I'd be interested in your responses......

<rant>I'm not anti iPhone, ok actually I am anti iPhone but it's because I just don't think it's as good a device as everyone seems to think it is. Apple have cut many corners to make it child proof. Too many in my opinion. I really wasn't that impressed with the hardware (not bad just nothing special) and I think the software is too limiting to do what I want to do. I'm just really hacked off with people telling me that it's so great when it CAN'T do what my Zest or my Touch Pro does for me. Period. I will not sacrifice the functionality I hold so dear because it has a pretty interface. I've got nothing against Apple, but as far as I'm concerned my WM device is a tool, and an iPhone is a toy. It's like the whole EAS functionality. I wish Apple had just left it right alone, or even that MS had just said no. It is not an Enterprise quality email device from neither a functionality or security perspective. It's like because it's really "cool" everyone has forgotten about functionality and security now.</rant>

Glad I got that off my chest. Actually there's more and this goes deeper....<rant part 2>.....one of the things that I find strange and another reason I despise the idea of the iPhone is that here at 4WM, I always felt we were all kindred spirits. The iPhone says we aren't. Back in the day we all had our XDA2's that needed a soft reset every 30 minutes but we knew, through all it's foibles we had the best tech. It did it all. We said no way Nokia, and up yours Sony Ericcson because it was all about the functionality. We hacked, reflashed, spent nights scouring the interweb for cabs and reg files, but we loved it, it was like taming a wild beast but once your device hit that sweet spot there was nothing to touch it. So what's changed? WM is still the only platform that does it all, and it's prettier and easier to use now than it ever was before. So why do you guys even tolerate the lack of bluetooth stereo or GPS navigation software or a hardware keyboard. What happened to you all? I feel like I'm a dying breed, soon to be extinct. It's getting lonely in here, will the last one out turn the lights off.......? </rant over....for now>