I am looking for a new smartphone, having sed WM2003, WM5 and WM6.5 on my
previous phones, I now see the mention of Android phones. Is it likely that
Windows Mobile phones will be a thing of the past soon? Is Android taking
the lead in popularity, and which is the best O/S to have? Are there plenty
of free apps for Android?

DS

On 20/07/2010 17:27, Dave Scott wrote:

I am looking for a new smartphone, having sed WM2003, WM5 and WM6.5 on my
previous phones, I now see the mention of Android phones. Is it likely that
Windows Mobile phones will be a thing of the past soon? Is Android taking
the lead in popularity, and which is the best O/S to have? Are there plenty
of free apps for Android?

There are tons of applications available for Android. The only Windows
mobiles around are pretty much outdated with third-party modifications
to the user interface to make them more usable. I'd get an Android
'phone over a Windows 'phone myself (although I am biased because I hate
Windows).

Dave Scott wrote:

I am looking for a new smartphone, having sed WM2003, WM5 and WM6.5 on my
previous phones, I now see the mention of Android phones. Is it likely that
Windows Mobile phones will be a thing of the past soon? Is Android taking
the lead in popularity

it's certainly growing quickly

No doubt the iPhone4 will have put a little upswing on Apple's line line
on the graph (despite antenna issues)

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...the-way-up.ars

and which is the best O/S to have?

Matter of personal choice, I prefer android.


Are there plenty
of free apps for Android?

Yes, I've only paid for a couple (there are several where you can choose
to have adverts in the app, or pay to remove them)

In message
"Dave Scott" wrote:

I am looking for a new smartphone, having sed WM2003, WM5 and WM6.5 on my
previous phones, I now see the mention of Android phones. Is it likely
that Windows Mobile phones will be a thing of the past soon? Is Android
taking the lead in popularity, and which is the best O/S to have? Are there
plenty of free apps for Android?

Windows Mobile's market share is small and falling. Android's is
substantial and growing rapidly. Android phones are outselling
Apple by a substantial factor, although each Android model sells
less than any Apple model - there are far more Android models out
there.

Android looks like the way to go right now.

Dave

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:10:49 +0100, Dave Higton wrote:

In message
"Dave Scott" wrote:

I am looking for a new smartphone, having sed WM2003, WM5 and WM6.5 on
my previous phones, I now see the mention of Android phones. Is it
likely that Windows Mobile phones will be a thing of the past soon? Is
Android taking the lead in popularity, and which is the best O/S to
have? Are there plenty of free apps for Android?

Windows Mobile's market share is small and falling. Android's is
substantial and growing rapidly. Android phones are outselling Apple by
a substantial factor, although each Android model sells less than any
Apple model - there are far more Android models out there.

Android looks like the way to go right now.

Dave
Android - no contest!





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On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:39:39 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Dave Scott wrote:

I am looking for a new smartphone, having sed WM2003, WM5 and WM6.5 on my
previous phones, I now see the mention of Android phones. Is it likely that
Windows Mobile phones will be a thing of the past soon? Is Android taking
the lead in popularity

it's certainly growing quickly

No doubt the iPhone4 will have put a little upswing on Apple's line line
on the graph (despite antenna issues)

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...the-way-up.ars

and which is the best O/S to have?

Matter of personal choice, I prefer android.


Are there plenty
of free apps for Android?

Yes, I've only paid for a couple (there are several where you can choose
to have adverts in the app, or pay to remove them)


I've only had experience so far of Windows CE/mobile. I am interested
in a new phone at some near future but I do need to sync with Outlook
for calendar, tasks and contacts. Is this usually provided with
Android?

Thanks


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Chris wrote:

wrote:

I am interested
in a new phone at some near future but I do need to sync with Outlook
for calendar, tasks and contacts. Is this usually provided with
Android?

Nope, at least, not straight forward.
You can sync your Outlook calendar, tasks and contacts to your Gmail account,
and subsequently sync the phone against gmail as well.

Android 2.2 can now directly sync calendar to exchange server (not sure
about contacts/tasks) ... depends of the O/P means Outlook Express,
Outlook in MAPI mode or Outlook in SMTP/IMAP/POP mode

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:26:06 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Chris wrote:

wrote:

I am interested
in a new phone at some near future but I do need to sync with Outlook
for calendar, tasks and contacts. Is this usually provided with
Android?

Nope, at least, not straight forward.
You can sync your Outlook calendar, tasks and contacts to your Gmail account,
and subsequently sync the phone against gmail as well.

Android 2.2 can now directly sync calendar to exchange server (not sure
about contacts/tasks) ... depends of the O/P means Outlook Express,
Outlook in MAPI mode or Outlook in SMTP/IMAP/POP mode

I mean Microsoft Outlook, not Outlook Express. I am not interested in
syncing email, just calendar, tasks and contacts, and I am not
connected to exchange server, just using a stand-alone laptop.

The suggestion of trying to sync via gmail sounds cumbersome and I
don't feel comfortable with google knowing a lot more about me than
they already seem to.


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AnthonyL

On 21/07/2010 11:49, Brian A wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:10:49 +0100, Dave Higton wrote:

In
"Dave wrote:

I am looking for a new smartphone, having sed WM2003, WM5 and WM6.5 on
my previous phones, I now see the mention of Android phones. Is it
likely that Windows Mobile phones will be a thing of the past soon? Is
Android taking the lead in popularity, and which is the best O/S to
have? Are there plenty of free apps for Android?

Windows Mobile's market share is small and falling. Android's is
substantial and growing rapidly. Android phones are outselling Apple by
a substantial factor, although each Android model sells less than any
Apple model - there are far more Android models out there.

Android looks like the way to go right now.

Dave
Android - no contest!





Seconded......I've had them all and I have settled on Android for now.
There is NO contest as the poster said. No contest AT ALL!

I can't speak for Android, but I've heard it is very good.

However, I can, unfortunately, speak for Windows Mobile 6.5 running on
an HTC HD2 - CRAP.

So bad that, after only 3 months, I sold it to O2 for £167 and bought
an iPhone4, a SIM-cutter and moved my T-Mobile contract SIM into the
iPhone.

It does do Outlook synchronization, through the MobileMe service and
there are duplications of some Contacts, but, overall, it is miles
better than Win 6.5 Mobile. Mind you, a chocolate teapot would be
better as well!

Regards - David