XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: skibum8822@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:01:17 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > In message <12of0vll8ojks$.9xqzk8xfqvm2$.dlg@40tude.net>, Juan wrote:   
   >   
   >> Their Win phone is actually pretty decent.   
   >> Whether it survives and considering Microsoft's track record with   
   >> things like this, remains questionable.   
   >   
   > I¢ll readily concede that Windows Phone 7 has started out looking better   
   > than Android did when it first began. But Android is evolving so feverishly,   
   > I don¢t think Microsoft can keep up. Even Apple is having trouble.   
      
   The problem with the Windows phone is applications.   
   It's the same problem Android is having but in a worse way because   
   the Windows phone is #3 on the block.   
      
   IOW the late comer by far.   
      
   >> I'm due for a new phone and my kids are telling me either wait for   
   >> Verizon iPhone or get an HTC Android 2.2.   
   >   
   > Apple¢s phones have already been knocked off the top of the heap by Android.   
      
   Maybe in popularity for the moment but not in support.   
   Pick up say Crutchfield's latest catalog and everything is iPhone,   
   iPod etc.   
      
   Android is the new kid on the block. Granted, it's a great kid but   
   it's going to take some time before it surpasses Apple.   
      
   A good sign is that on some of the forums I participate in people   
   are asking for Android versions of the posting software which is   
   iPhone only at the moment.   
   That's a good sign IMHO.   
      
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