Mobile OS Smackdown: Windows Phone 7 vs. iOS vs. Android
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HTC cell phones are renown for being on the cutting edge of today's mobile technology and computing. With an HTC smartphone, you will hardly notice you're away from your desktop PC: between the familiar and intuitive Windows-based platforms, the easy-typing keyboards, their Bluetooth capability, the fantastic email solutions and so much more, HTC cell phones are designed to work and play as hard as you do. Find an HTC cell phone that is perfect for you, right here at Wirefly.Windows Phone 7 has some innovative and unique features, but are they enough to win over consumers? We pit Microsoft’s new mobile OS against Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android to
The iPhone and Google Android devices had a few years to refine their
user interface and features, which gave them plenty of time to get ahead
of Microsoft's ailing Windows Mobile OS. But in a swift turn of events,
Microsoft came up with a totally new user interface for the Windows Phone 7 OS, which will arrive on multiple phones November 8.But Microsoft had to build Windows Phone 7 from scratch, which means that, if it was not to suffer a significant delay in release, the new mobile operating system had to leave out several features that we now take for granted on our smartphones. At the same time, though, Microsoft brings a few interesting new elements to the table with Windows Phone 7, elements that some of you might prefer over the usability of an iPhone or an Android phone.
We've looked at the main differences between Windows Phone 7, iOS, and Android to give you an idea of the state of mobile operating systems today. The chart (at left; click to zoom) gives you an overview of the features of these OSs--what each one has and doesn't have; after you've looked at it, read on for highlights of the best and worst things about Windows Phone 7.
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