I just can't get over how bad the media stuff is in WP8. Even third-party apps - Spotify has less weirdness in WP7 for example. And I also can't get over how little extra in reality we do get (apart from obvious much-needed fixes) in WP8. Even though Microsoft themselves have developed amnesia for WP7 (and the devs have followed suit), but having the two side by side, apart from app availability I'm finding it really hard to see what the real functional upgrade is (apart from maybe Skype that isn't a total joke - but hey, if I want a Nokia that runs Skype properly I can pick up a Series 60, ha).
Talking about S60,. I fired up an old Nokia and it just depressed me that it would switch between Skype (which works better than WP7 or 8) and the built-in Podcasting app (that does more than most in WP8 and also has a working directory for my locale) immediately - no pauses, no shuffling dots. Sure, it's horrifically clunky to get around in but everything works, it does what you'd expect a handset of the calibre and age would do and more (and not less like WP8).
The other thing I also can't get over is how long they've sat on their butts since WP8 dropped doing nothing about it - not ramping up the update frequency (it's absolutely necessary - the OS and the cloud back-end is behind, clean visuals and 'gets out of the wayness' notwithstanding), and maintaining this corrosive cloak of secrecy. They aren't Apple - they don't know how to do this so that Applemorons (mostly in the farce that's tech media these days) dance on command, and to time it so that expectation is backed up by delivery.
I re-bought some WP7 handsets recently dirt cheap, cranked up Zune again, and I'm seriously considering sticking with them until maybe iOS 8, Sailfish gets solid or there's finally an Android that I can live with - moving on and never looking back.
Sorry it's a desultory mumble, not even a rant really - I know what many of you guys will say, but how many others feel tired of waiting since October 2010 for Microsoft to get their act together, especially after the "yeah we're ditching everything and starting over and by the way, we're dropping the existing handsets like a steaming dog turd and making you wait >9 months for a simple update that doesn't fix anything that's actually wrong, LOL" debacle?
Talking about S60,. I fired up an old Nokia and it just depressed me that it would switch between Skype (which works better than WP7 or 8) and the built-in Podcasting app (that does more than most in WP8 and also has a working directory for my locale) immediately - no pauses, no shuffling dots. Sure, it's horrifically clunky to get around in but everything works, it does what you'd expect a handset of the calibre and age would do and more (and not less like WP8).
The other thing I also can't get over is how long they've sat on their butts since WP8 dropped doing nothing about it - not ramping up the update frequency (it's absolutely necessary - the OS and the cloud back-end is behind, clean visuals and 'gets out of the wayness' notwithstanding), and maintaining this corrosive cloak of secrecy. They aren't Apple - they don't know how to do this so that Applemorons (mostly in the farce that's tech media these days) dance on command, and to time it so that expectation is backed up by delivery.
I re-bought some WP7 handsets recently dirt cheap, cranked up Zune again, and I'm seriously considering sticking with them until maybe iOS 8, Sailfish gets solid or there's finally an Android that I can live with - moving on and never looking back.
Sorry it's a desultory mumble, not even a rant really - I know what many of you guys will say, but how many others feel tired of waiting since October 2010 for Microsoft to get their act together, especially after the "yeah we're ditching everything and starting over and by the way, we're dropping the existing handsets like a steaming dog turd and making you wait >9 months for a simple update that doesn't fix anything that's actually wrong, LOL" debacle?
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