Comments on: Microsoft Creates Whole New UI Experience, Copies iPhone App Store Experience

By: basur

basur — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:10:10 +0000

Disappointing that they are getting rid of side loading, but, truthfully, I was likely not going to by a Win7 phone anyways, though the separate netflix “instant streaming” to win7 phones announcement piqued my interest.

By: basur

basur — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:07:06 +0000

@Nidal.. so the whole Iphone is the closest thign to a computer is really BS right?

By: Ifuhateit

Ifuhateit — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:07:38 +0000

Oh apple will sue them. Haha microsoft copy my ass now.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:43:29 +0000

@MRC .. see the Iphone UI is outdated because it's not customizable.. Android's UI is highly customizable.. so it 's never OUTDATED .. cause you can customize it and make it look new..

By: MrC

MrC — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:52:21 +0000

What I don't understand is the sudden obsession with people demanding that OSes change their UI every couple of years and claiming the iPhone UI is already outdated even though it was hailed only 2 years ago.

Kudos to MS for coming up with something original though. Not that I am saying that the iPhone UI is totally original but Android and WebOS seemed less so.

The problem that I see with the WP7 UI though is the same as with WinMo 6 in that it is graphics heavy and flat so there are no visual cues as to what is tappable or swipable and doesn't appear to add any value other than looking pretty. But just like iPhone apps can look pretty or ugly I'm sure WP7 apps can either be made pretty or ugly and of course they will be making sure to only show off the pretty stuff at the moment, yet I can't see all developers wanting to make their apps look exactly the same.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:13:59 +0000

Title is misleading, but shouldn't be a surprise.

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:21:52 +0000

You can put lipstick on a pig but at the end of the day it's still a pig.

M$ can copy Apple all they want because somehow the end product always ends up being some convoluted version of the original vision.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:18:31 +0000

@truth when someone's listening to Pandora .. while playing a game .. that's multitasking ..

when someone has 3 different widgets updating on their home screen .. that's multitasking ..

Even the Iphone multitasks .. but it's just extremely limited..

and another point that people tend to miss is Apps that run in the background .. WebOS card view is nice but it doesn't run apps in the background .. and as a Pre owner .. I can't begin to tell you how frustrating that is.. Android and Symbian and Maemo do that with no problem ..

By: (Copy of) Dev

(Copy of) Dev — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:26:19 +0000

Disappointing that they are getting rid of side loading, but, truthfully, I was likely not going to by a Win7 phone anyways, though the separate netflix "instant streaming" to win7 phones announcement piqued my interest. ( http://tinyurl.com/yf8vb27 )

By: Steve Woz

Steve Woz — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:54:38 +0000

Nice, I think Microsoft will do well. iPhone is getting stale. When I look at my iPhone today, then I think back 3 years ago and look at it then. I don't see a difference. Just a couple new icons on the screen. Windows Phone will be a great platform as is Android and WebOS. iPhone is still light years ahead of Blackberry though I am not sure for how long.

By: Lady Kaede

Lady Kaede — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:06:12 +0000

Microsoft "should have emulated"? I don't know about "should.". I don't find the App Store to be a problem, so I suppose it makes some sense for MS to emulate it. Can they make it work? What will differentiate them from Apple? That seems to be the missing piece, so I assume they're banking on the OS to be really compelling - and so far it looks like it could be.

By: Truth

Truth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:56:07 +0000

Multi-tasking! I just want a nice app switcher. No phone really multi-tasks...just puts it in pause. The closest is probably webos enabled devices followed by android but that is still more of a visual pause than true multitasking. On a computer I can have a bunch of windows with each doing there own thing, and if I want I can see them all at once.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:33:23 +0000

LOL @ DON .. you want Android and WEBOS to not be as free so you can be happy with the Iphone? lol

By: Don

Don — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:30:20 +0000

I think this is fantastic news!

Now if only Android and Palm would would adopt those policies I would be totally happy with my iPhone.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:00:37 +0000

@Nidal.. so the whole Iphone is the closest thign to a computer is really BS right?

What is so bad abotu multitasking ... Here is an easy solution .. GIVE THE CONSUMER the option of wanting multitasking or not.. what the hell is so hard... it's their own battery life... if they want to drain it quickly .. IT"S THEIR CHOICE

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:56:48 +0000

Title is misleading .. You got it right in the body of the article but the title is wrong..

They copied the app store model .. not the app store experience...

I was coming in here ready to disagree with you ... until I read the article..

By: Nidal

Nidal — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:55:16 +0000

Honestly I do think that multitasking in phones should be limited since it is a phone and a computer (i.e. no need for multitasking).

Second for the market place...yes it is a copy but an enhanced one that can company branded...I like that

As for the tiles, I would like them to be more alive than these squares...

As for the applications, yes I would like Microsoft to certify applications for the phone before releasing them...

By: Nikunj Malik

Nikunj Malik — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:41:49 +0000

Good artists copy. Great artists steal

By: John

John — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:40:47 +0000

"What think you?" I mean, really??