Comments on: More Bad WP7S News: No Clipboard At Launch

By: SteveBallmerSux

SteveBallmerSux — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:39:19 +0000

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/7seriesphoneboycott/

Sign the petition first, then edit your tag line on all the forums you frequent to point to the petition. Then email the editors from your favorite websites, cnet, pcworld, maximumpc etc explaining why they should cover this and maybe if enough people do the same publicly Microsoft may listen. Don’t hold your breath for everything getting reversed but If history proves one thing, Microsoft does occasional listens. Windows XP got almost 18 additional months of sales after they wanted to stop selling it caving to public pressures.

I probably will skip the first gen of this phone anyway unless XDA has it fixed before release, but as the hacks and customizations occur I might reconsider it again down the road.

By: Tex

Tex — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:49:37 +0000

Chistopher, Check again, Android for the Sprint Touch Pro 2 works with the CDMA data. Need to download the latest version. I do find on my phone that I have to make a phone call after booting Android before the data connection will work.

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:25:54 +0000

I hope someone at microsoft reads these post.
What are they thinking getting rid of multitasking and copy and paste? These features are even in windows 6.0! Cmon! Iphone has them too. Why would you take features like this away? What kind of reasoning is “were trimming so we can focus on ones that matter the most”? How is copy and paste and multitasking not an important matter?
Microsoft you are really screwing up. Nobody wants to wait for an update for basic things like this especially knowing in the past you haven’t delivered on these updates.
My goodness, steve balmer really wants iphone and android to continue selling like hotcakes. Hes helping them sell more and more every day with these stupid announcements about windows 7.

By: Nanfy

Nanfy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:57:25 +0000

About No copy and paste
In the worlds of the robot AWESOM-O :

LAME!!!!!

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:57:58 +0000

HTC has an excellent Sync program that will pull data from all the relevant places that ActiveSync does. If you’re using Google services (Gmail, Google Apps, etc), then it’s as simple as punching in your logins and passwords.

I haven’t found one component of the Windows Phone experience that you can’t sync up with in Android using free software. There’s a lot of picking and mixing to your migration strategy (Motorola has a different Android sync app than HTC, for example), but I have yet to suggest a person stick with Windows Mobile because of the migration path.

By: SaltyDawg

SaltyDawg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:41:52 +0000

Oh no, I didn’t mean dual boot. I meant if I buy the next hot new Android phone, what will I miss abotu WinMo and what do I need to do to make it a smooth transition? Plus, how do I get my contacts and all that over?

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:36:56 +0000

You have to have a specific HTC phone, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to Android.

On Sprint, your only choice is the HTC Touch (original, aka Vogue), though progress is being made on the Touch Pro 2 (Wi-Fi works, but CDMA data does not yet). On AT&T, your best choice is the original HTC Tilt (Kaiser), though work on the Tilt 2 is similarly progressing (UMTS data works, but GPS doesn’t).

The good news is that it is pretty painless to switch between Windows Mobile and Android, the HaRET bootloader is installed on your SD card, and you can toggle between OSes from the Start menu after each boot. Alternatively, you can flash the phone’s ROM with Android only, though that’s more complicated.

We’re working on it, these Android “hacks” are about ready to enter the mainstream. Having an $80 (on eBay) HTC Touch trump an iPhone 3G is certainly impressive to watch.

By: SaltyDawg

SaltyDawg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:47:10 +0000

More great news from Microsoft regarding Windows Phone 7 Series. That OS is sounding better and better (sarcasm)…

I just hope someone makes a Touch Pro 3 running Android.

Chris- a great suggestion for an article…

You guys should write something up on how to switch from WinMo to Android. I’ve been a WinMo guy forever, and never owned an Android device. I’ve played with friends’ Android devices here and there, but not enough to know all the tricks and stuff. I don’t use Outlook or Exchange, my email is hotmail, and I use Microsoft’s MyPhone to backup contacts, calendar, tasks, etc.

What would be the nest way for me to switch to Android? How to get contacts, calendar, tasks, etc on the new device? What are the must have apps? What are the tweaks that need to be made?

I think that would make a great article, as there will without a doubt be tons of WinMo users looking to switch to Android in the near future…