Can you explain exactly which parts of the user interface look unintuitive to you? Is it difficult to understand what the Start menu does? The Contacts button probably opens the contacts list. The delete button probably deletes that selected email message. The menu button probably brings up a menu. I see an upcoming appointment at 4:30. I see the time.
Putting a PC-centric design onto a mobile phone is an intuitive step forward? Wrong! I also think you assume everyone has great experience with Windows - wrong! That a start menu is needed on a phone - wrong! That you should need to look under 'menu' to find most email commands - wrong! That you should be forced to take out a stylus and squint to operate a tiny virtual keyboard - wrong!
Oh and the coup de grace, that the CLOSE button on every programme DOESN'T close a programme but instead leaves it stockpiling in the background.... Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Seriously, what parts don't you understand? (!)
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IMO, WM OS is a POS!
I don't ever want to be reminded of the awful days with my (numerous) IPaq's running Windows Mobile. I would be delighted if MS ditched the whole development process and started from scratch, as in each incarnation it just seems to get more and more complicated and convoluted.
As the saying goes...'you can't polish poo...' (i may have paraphrased a bit :o))
I became a first time windows mobile user in April, when i got my htc kaiser.
Straight away i was dissapointed with teh interface, and the fact that, without my keyboard, it would be impossible to do any typing with it, while on the move!
That close button feature is so incredibly anti-intuitive, it begs the question about what sort of people microsoft have hanging around that make such awful decisions! Luckily O2 have an wee app that makes killing these a doddle (maybe all the operators do?)
Again, with common features, like text messages being hidden under menus, i only had my phone for a day, before i was on the net looking for an app to save me abit of time! Luckily i was able to find "phonealarm pro" by pocketmax, which i now believe is an absolute MUST for everyone with windows mobile!
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