Jul 26 2010

Bloated Memory

Category: Windows Mobile — ChrisM @ 10:42 pm

I am currently installing a lot of (freeware) applications on my phone (an HTC TyTn II/Kaiser) trying to see which might be of interest when Irina and I get our new mobiles. If any of the programs cause real problems and make the phone buggy or sluggish with the touch screen interface, I’d rather have to do a hard reset and re-install on a device I’m already happy tweaking, and then have a final list of stable apps for the future, than risk mucking up the new models, if and when I find incompatibilities with resource hungry applications. Having read 151 pages of a 162 page thread over at xda-developers.com regarding the device I would like to upgrade to (an HTC Touch Pro 2 (effectively a TyTn III)), I haven’t managed to find any insurmountable problems or quirks that are new to me. I have installed Andriod on the TyTn II to get an idea of what other handsets have to offer, but for the next couple of years, I am happy to stick with Windows Mobile 6.x . I don’t believe my new phone will be able to run Windows Phone 7 properly, Android still is a little immature for me (in terms of OS development), and I’m about as likely to get an iPhone as Bill Gates is to profess a love for all things Mac.

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4 Responses to “Bloated Memory”

  1. Oleg Frantsuzov says:
    July 27th, 2010 3:33 am

    Immature? I can’t say I quite understand you. Android is at the same time well-planned in terms of user interaction and feature-rich. Probably there is some software which is not yet done for Android, but that’s a matter of time. Yes, I’m a strong advocate for Android even though I’ve given up hardware keyboard when switching platforms. Can you name the things you dislike about Android? For me one of the biggest ones was that I had to give up mobile .NET and learn some Java instead.

    It should be noted that running Android on a native device is massively different from installing it on a WM one. I tried both.

    And installing Windows Phone 7 should be considered downgrade, IMO. No cut and paste, are they kidding me?

    • ChrisM says:
      July 28th, 2010 10:29 pm

      Immature? As in I don’t see it yet as a stable environment. How long between major releases that require better hardware to fully utilize the (no doubt) impressive bounds forwards in features. There is a difference between availability of apps for certain needs, and a stability to the OS itself. I know WM isn’t perfect, but having started with a iPaq 2210 and then a HTC Tornado (? whatever the C500 by Orange was underneath the branding) I feel comfortable with what is possible with existing code, what others more talented than me may someday be able to hack into core coding, and what to expect from different hardware. A lot of that is probably down to my own comfort zone as well. After all, it took me a long time to actually use XP instead of 98 on my own computers, rather than simply have it for dual booting so I could learn what I needed to for technical support. That said, I’ve switch to Windows 7 far, far quicker than I did for XP. Just glad I never convinced myself that I need to jump from XP>Vista. Mind you, I’m in Vista today, as Win 7 had problems flashing a new kernel to my internet radio, and XP threw up errors before Anna resetted in the middle of a repair operation leaving more things broken. Will write a post about today’s flashing a little later 🙂
      Oh, and I’m not at all sure I’ll be jumping over to Windows Phone 7 from what little I know already. By the time my needs have expanded beyond what cook’s can create with WM6.5 ROMs, I’ll probably be onto Android devices.

      • Oleg Frantsuzov says:
        July 29th, 2010 1:56 pm

        When I flashed my phone (which had Android 1.5 factory-installed) with Android 2.1, guess what surprised me most? Absence of major differences. WM 5 was far more different from WM 2003.

        In case of Android, it was like: multi-touch in Google Maps, zoom on the start page, screenshots in Market. Well, maybe support for more applications. But overall, it was all like a minor, not a major version number change.

        So the platform is quite stable already, that’s my impression. Anyway, you’re welcome to re-evaluate Android again after they release Android 3.0, with blackjack and the new home screen.

  2. ChrisM says:
    August 3rd, 2010 10:39 pm

    So perhaps they chose their version number with marketing in mind, rather than as a guide to the actual revisions to be found?
    I’m not against Android, I just don’t want to jump ship just yet.