Hi Everyone

[mmacleod]

Originally Posted by NZtechfreak

Why so closed minded to WinMo?

Hi Guys

First of all - Hello to everyone in the forums
Secondly - **** you all for your endless enthusiasm

I have taken the plunge! I sold some shares and I have pre-ordered a N900.

Big step for me for two reasons..

I have never owned a nokia phone in my life!!!

I also have been a hardened windows mobile user, all the way back to the first SPV E100 on Orange, and can't remember what it was like to have a non windows phone.
I guess the last straw for me was putting a hacked version of WM6.5 on my phone and realising that it still didn't cut it - the marketplace was expensive and didn't have the apps and despite the facelift - WM6.5 just doesn't have that 'must have' feeling.
I think the iphone rasied the bar, but I want an 'always on' experience and to fully use the gps receiver for all the location aware apps that are out there. I want my phone to be useful to my life, not just for calls and txt's and email.
My mate has just bught a HTC hero with android and some of the apps are amazing. I was torn between the N900 and an android phone, especially the rumoured sony experia running on the snapdragon platform or the motorola droid

Things that have impressed me

Some of the apps based around google maps and location based services when out and about
I saw an amazing app that mapped the night sky and showed the stars you should see when standing outside and the sky moved to follow whichever way you moved
Geotagging photo's and posting things on the move - torture on WM
The multitude of widgets that WM6.5 does not have..

Im not totally anti WM, but having used it exclusively for the last 6 years, I want a change - it has fallen too far behind. The web has evolved to a point where mobile web can actually be useful on the move, and WM is still too clunky and its primary focus is still for business and phones are used for so much more now.
I remember the geeky buzz when I first got my SPV e100 running windows and loving hacking the registry - a registry on a phone, how cool was that? I just dont get that feeling now for WM, but I do get it for Android and the N900.

Im nervous as this is a risk, android has a massive choice of apps, and the n900 doesn't, but neither did the iphone when it first came out, so I will risk it and hope. Im not a linux user, but Im well aware of the massive community and ethos behind it, so am confident that the possibilties are there.
I have been seriously impressed by all the videos being posted online showing off the n900 and Im actually excited by the thought of owning one, a feeling I haven't had about a phone for a long long time...


Its going to be an interesting journey and Ill let you know how I get on (now that Ive come over to the dark side )

[Sp00k]

mmacleod... You've got it wrong my friend... You've come over FROM the Dark Side! Welcome to the light!

I'm also a WinMo deserter from way back and yes, it was good to be able to hack the registry and alter the functions of buttons, etc. but IMO the quality and capabilities of the devices began to lag too far behind Nokia's cutting-edge offerings.

The original N95 tempted me away, it blew every other phone on the market clean out of the water when it was introduced... I'm hoping that the N900 will do the same! :)

[Micky]

Welcome aboard my friend. Thought you were our friend Ewan Macleod for a minute. (MIR).

[nirave]

I have to admit, I'm a WinMo deserter & returner lol (deserted back in the day and went back for the Xperia X1)

Nevertheless, Nokia (&RIM) ftw

[Sexyback]

You're not still on that bloomin X1 are you nirave? lol.

[nirave]

Lol sb, I finally took the plunge and got rid of that monstrosity! LOL considering the x2 though :P!