Well, I'm sure no one really cares, but with all the negative talk about people going back to IOS or Android, I wanted to throw my hat into the positive ring. I got my 928 the other day, and while it does have a mild case of the "ugly softkeys", it's not a deal breaker by any means for me.
Regarding Windows Mobile as whole - I wasn't sure I'd stay with it even before I got the phone. I figured there were too many things missing from Android and I was too far gone into google land.
Not so, it seems! It took a bit of configuring (but no more time than I would've spent organizing my home screen on a new android phone), but now I have gvoice through MetroTalk (which pushes new VM notifications quicker than my Android does, somehow), and I have my new Outlook.com account playing nicely with my gmail address. Every app I've needed I've found, and the OS is just a wonderfully fluid beast. I seriously understand now why Microsoft felt confident in their "smoked by windows phone" campaign (despite the bad press from WP being "smoked" itself) - there really are far less key presses needed to get to where you want to go.
Suffice to say, I think I'll be hanging on to this guy for a while. I still have to evaluate XBOX Music Pass v Google Music as well as what to do with my Google Drive stuff, but judging on the hurdles that have been cleared so far, I'm not worried (plus things will have to be *really* bad for me to change my mind at this point). Overall, big thumps up over here. Happy customer!
Regarding Windows Mobile as whole - I wasn't sure I'd stay with it even before I got the phone. I figured there were too many things missing from Android and I was too far gone into google land.
Not so, it seems! It took a bit of configuring (but no more time than I would've spent organizing my home screen on a new android phone), but now I have gvoice through MetroTalk (which pushes new VM notifications quicker than my Android does, somehow), and I have my new Outlook.com account playing nicely with my gmail address. Every app I've needed I've found, and the OS is just a wonderfully fluid beast. I seriously understand now why Microsoft felt confident in their "smoked by windows phone" campaign (despite the bad press from WP being "smoked" itself) - there really are far less key presses needed to get to where you want to go.
Suffice to say, I think I'll be hanging on to this guy for a while. I still have to evaluate XBOX Music Pass v Google Music as well as what to do with my Google Drive stuff, but judging on the hurdles that have been cleared so far, I'm not worried (plus things will have to be *really* bad for me to change my mind at this point). Overall, big thumps up over here. Happy customer!