[NTLK] [OT] Windows Mobile Devices

[Vladislav Korotnev]

Yeah, Winphone looks kinda interesting too.

If the 4700 would work as a phone, I would even abandon my iPhone as well (Assuming it would have 3G/LTE capability — maybe a CF card modem can do that?). 

I had some successful experience running the classic WM6.1 on the HD2 as well as WP7. That thing is so great it can run ubuntu! (HaRET boot from a disk image under 6.1)





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On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Genghis <genghis7777 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used a Treo 700wx which had WM5 on it.  It was quite good but the screen
> was too small to use for any length of time.  While I had that, I kept using
> the Newton.  I was tempted by the HX4700 but I needed it to be a phone too.
> Then the HTC HD2 looked like a possibility but then MS said it was
> abandoning WM for WP.  WP excited me because it was novel and really showed
> some lateral thinking.  I retired the Newton once I moved to a Lumia 520.  I
> had to leave the Newton b/c I had too many contacts and searching was
> becoming verrrry slow.  I wrote up my thoughts here
> <http://myapplenewton.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/how-apple-newton-stacks-up-toda
> y.html> .  Now WP is evolving toward iPhone and Android rather than carving
> out its own direction.  A pity.  If I wanted an iPhone or an Android device,
> I would have got one.  
>  
> Cheers
>  
> Genghis
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Akasaka Ryuunosuke
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 December 2014 5:46 p.m.
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] [OT] Windows Mobile Devices
>  
> Hello everyone.
>  
> I'm wondering if anybody is using a Windows Mobile device on a daily basis
> here? 
> I used to have an iPAQ hw6515 before and l.inda liked it except for its low
> RAM and speed. So recently I've got an iPAQ hx4700 with a foldable keyboard
> and since then I've been using it for university work and as a PIM on a
> daily basis. I must admit that Windows Mobile 2003 is quite nice for that
> and is powerful enough for even such unusual tasks like region-unlocking a
> Sony BluRay player :) I dislike Windows Mobile 5 and newer though. 
>  
> Does anybody else here use Windows Mobile?
>  
> Regards,
> - Vladislav Korotnev
> sent from my Windows Mobile 2003 
>  
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