Which OS do YOU prefer?

[m@rtyn]

Brandon Miniman at PocketNow.com has just released a new comparison video, comparing the four major phone operating systems: iPhone, WinMo, Android & WebOS. And as usual, it is chock full of great info about all four. So, apart from the phones themselves, which OS do you prefere (assuming that you could install any OS onto any phone you wanted)?

Watch the video here, and for more info, click the link at the top to go to PocketNow.com

[nodrog]

I'm still a fan of WinMo because...

iPhone works well but you can only get what THEY want you to have, unless you 'jailbreak' it which is dodgy at best.

Android has potential but feels 'young' and not the easiset to navigate.

Not used WebOS so can't comment

Which only leaves WinMo which can simulate all of the above so why change?

[Neville Holland]

Got to be WinMo...

Bored of the restrictions of any other, and like to try the modifications that the Devs come up with.

[m@rtyn]

I think that is what I am most likely going to miss with Windows Phone 7 Series. The flashing and modding with Devs software.

[smithbill]

None of the above

I have finally decided to retire my trusty old Orbit and ditch Windows Mobile (no bad thing given M@rtyns description of Windows Mobile 7).

I have gone for Maemo 5 on the Nokia N900.

I ordered it from CarPhone Warehouse (bit wary of them but they offered one of the best prices - http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy...00-PAGCN-WEB10)

It should be here tomorrow. If I get the time I'll post a short review/opinion for the regulars here (no point in giving a prolonged review as there are zillions of them already out there).

I was dithering between the HTC HD2 but M@rtyns comments on Windows Mobile 7 made my mind up for me (although I just read yesterday that Nokia and Intel are going to collaborate and create a new hi-spec mobile OS).

So i'll have to cast my vote for Maemo and none of the 4 on the list

Bill

[m@rtyn]

For more info about Windows Phone 7 Series, there is an EXCELLENT in-depth report on it over at Engadget.com

Originally Posted by Engadget.com

How exactly is Windows Phone 7 Series different than previous versions of Windows Mobile? The question is probably better phrased as "how isn't Windows Phone 7 Series different than previous versions of Windows Mobile." This isn't a coat of paint or a touch up -- this is a full-scale nuclear assault on everything you knew about Windows on phones. Basically, every interface paradigm you've seen in earlier versions is obliterated here, and the design has been utterly decimated (in a very, very good way). There's no longer a Start menu, drop downs, check boxes, radio buttons, windows, lists of icons... we could go on and on, but suffice to say this thing is just a totally different beast altogether. Microsoft clearly worked long and hard developing new ways to navigate a phone, and this doesn't even bear a resemblance to other phones currently on the market. There are no icon grids, no pull down menus, no card view, and no task manager...

That is just a minuscule snippet from a rather lengthy, but very informative, article. Well worth the read. And obviously, they have more info on the matter than I do

@SmithBill.... Would love to hear about your thoughts on Maemo and the Nokia N900. Maybe not so much a review as a comparison of the two Operating Systems and how the hardware compares too.

My contract has another year to run, so by the time my next phone decision has to be made WP7S will already be on the market. And from now until then, I expect a few changes in the functionality of WP7S (MS have said at MWC that WP7S as it was displayed is still a beta). For some reason, Android doesn't appeal to me. iPhone, currently, is too "restrictive" and Blackberry is not even on the cards. And, no doubt, XDA-Devs will conjure up stuff for WP7S in the future. So, I shall wait and see.

[Genesis]

been fiddling with an iPhone. Very impressive
too easy to use

[noney82]

Originally Posted by Genesis

been fiddling with an iPhone. Very impressive
too easy to use

they remind me of the first nokias, idiot proof

[m@rtyn]

Originally Posted by Niney82

they remind me of the first nokias, idiot proof

Sorry mate, you've not met my missus!

[noney82]

Originally Posted by m@rtyn

Sorry mate, you've not met my missus!

haha women,