I am a current iphone user. My smartphone experience started several years ago with a Blackberry provided by my job. I have to tell you that I loved the keyboard and the red message light. Like many others, I thought that the iphone was just a toy when it came out and was hopeful that RIM could come up with a killer, but we all know how that turned out. My wife got an iphone
3Gs a few years ago and it was a great device for her as she is not at all techy. I have always been a Windows/Office user (fan is going too far; I don't have an emotional connection to any company) and kind of anti apple for all the reasons that most of you know. PC v. Mac; I'm PC. I refuse to go android for reasons I won't go into regarding Google.
My company went to BYOD and it was no real choice a little over two years ago to choose an iphone 4. So, now I have been waiting for the windows phone and holding off on tablet purchases for the same reasons. I feel like I will either have to go all-in with Apple and get a Macbook, new iphone and ipad or get a WP8 phone, W 8 tablet and upgrade my laptop to W 8 (this is my preference). I've actually gone to the ATT store three times to just try and see a cyan 920, but haven't found one yet. I am a huge newsy and research the crap out of everything before I buy anything (incidently, this drives my wife insane). The reviews on Cnet, etc... of the 920 I find just rediculous, I think it sounds incredible. I don't remember people panning android devices over lack of apps at first and also don't remember people complaining that thier much smaller iphone 4s and 4Ss weighed too much; stupid.
I am not a technical person, but a high level user, if that makes sense. I upgraded my laptop to W 8 from 7 and unfortunately I have to agree that the change is really ham handed attempt by MS. It is a great OS, but it is not intuitive how to do many things that many of us have been able to do in Windows for years. I think they are screwed and need to publicly address the issues there and change it. This is something good about MS, they are not afraid to fix something that they screw up.
So, I read a lot of crap about WP8 and I signed up to this site today to read what people that are using WP8 are saying about it and I have to say, that I am not encouraged. Say what we will about Apple, thier **** works and is intuitive, I have a ton of money in apps and music that I am/was willing to walk away from for Nokia/MS, but every day there is a new story about one or both of them stepping on thier d***s; it's a comedy of errors.
Anyway, I'm interested in hearing any thoughtful remarks on the subject.
3Gs a few years ago and it was a great device for her as she is not at all techy. I have always been a Windows/Office user (fan is going too far; I don't have an emotional connection to any company) and kind of anti apple for all the reasons that most of you know. PC v. Mac; I'm PC. I refuse to go android for reasons I won't go into regarding Google.
My company went to BYOD and it was no real choice a little over two years ago to choose an iphone 4. So, now I have been waiting for the windows phone and holding off on tablet purchases for the same reasons. I feel like I will either have to go all-in with Apple and get a Macbook, new iphone and ipad or get a WP8 phone, W 8 tablet and upgrade my laptop to W 8 (this is my preference). I've actually gone to the ATT store three times to just try and see a cyan 920, but haven't found one yet. I am a huge newsy and research the crap out of everything before I buy anything (incidently, this drives my wife insane). The reviews on Cnet, etc... of the 920 I find just rediculous, I think it sounds incredible. I don't remember people panning android devices over lack of apps at first and also don't remember people complaining that thier much smaller iphone 4s and 4Ss weighed too much; stupid.
I am not a technical person, but a high level user, if that makes sense. I upgraded my laptop to W 8 from 7 and unfortunately I have to agree that the change is really ham handed attempt by MS. It is a great OS, but it is not intuitive how to do many things that many of us have been able to do in Windows for years. I think they are screwed and need to publicly address the issues there and change it. This is something good about MS, they are not afraid to fix something that they screw up.
So, I read a lot of crap about WP8 and I signed up to this site today to read what people that are using WP8 are saying about it and I have to say, that I am not encouraged. Say what we will about Apple, thier **** works and is intuitive, I have a ton of money in apps and music that I am/was willing to walk away from for Nokia/MS, but every day there is a new story about one or both of them stepping on thier d***s; it's a comedy of errors.
Anyway, I'm interested in hearing any thoughtful remarks on the subject.