Comments on: The Rubbish Microsoft Zune Phone

By: daz

daz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:59:41 +0000

Yes simultaneously, but then my device is tweaked. First thing I install(if i ever hard reset) is an app called pocket toolman(have you tried it?) which allows me to increase the file system cache and file system filter cache, works a treat.

I suppose out of the box, your statement is correct. If you dont know your way around a WinMo device you probably end up not wanting to pick it up ever again however for how much the device is capable of doing, forgetting the interface, in my opinion it would be difficult to pick up any other device out there which can compete. I am currently looking for an upgrade and the only device I am considering is the touch HD, too bad its only on orange(stingy with internet usage). I would be interested to know which device you rate the highest at the moment.

By: Ewan

Ewan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:02:55 +0000

Simultaneously? Without continual screen update and the device being 5 seconds behind you? THAT I would like to see.

Battery is an arse on almost anything that's connected

By: daz

daz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:12:31 +0000

well, on my v1615(htc tytn II) I can listen to music(media player/ htc audio manager/pocket music), chat with my friends using beejive(gmail contacts, messenger contacts etc) , have a 3g connection updating my Imap in the background(go to check whats new if I fancy and back), recieve and reply to txt messages even throw in some solitaire if am bored and it still keeps going on…! Am I just lucky?

battery life is where my gripe is

By: daz

daz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:59:41 +0000

By: daz

daz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:59:41 +0000

By: Ewan @ MIR

Ewan @ MIR — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:02:55 +0000

Simultaneously? Without continual screen update and the device being 5 seconds behind you? THAT I would like to see.

Battery is an arse on almost anything that's connected

By: daz

daz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:12:31 +0000

battery life is where my gripe is

By: daz

daz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:59:29 +0000

'I can break your Windows Mobile device in 10 seconds by doing as I described above. Run MSN, do some web browsing, have it try and stream something and check your email. Watch it melt. THEN phone it. And watch it forget what sodding day it is.'

just out of interest, which windows mobile device do/did you use?

By: Ewan @ MIR

Ewan @ MIR — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:44:08 +0000

Hand me any recent winmob device …

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:14:55 +0000

Given the Zune is only marketed in the US, I doubt there's much return in creating a new platform for it right now, so if it is announced I reckon Windows Mobile (possibly skinned, like HTC do with TouchFlo) is a cert. But that's OK, because the US is used to putting up with sub-par crap where mobile phones are concerned so it won't raise the kind of fuss it ought to.

* No I'm not having a pop at Americans - I just think they deserve better.
** Yes I know there's a bunch of people running around with the latest Nokias, but as Ewan has noted previously, these are not easy to get for many consumers.
*** No the UK isn't a mobile nirvana and yes it has lots of its own problems.
**** Yes I know times are changing in the US, but I'm talking about right now.