This is not the first time we have seen Microsoft using this particular test to show off the exciting hardware acceleration in IE9 on Windows Phone Mango. But since then Apple has released the beta of iOS and Microsoft has decided to run the test again. This time we have a BlackBerry Torch, the Samsung Droid Charge, the iPhone 4 ( beta 3 of iOS5 ), and what looks like the HTC Mozart running Mango. The frame-rates achieved by the devices were as below via WMPU
BlackBerry Torch only managed to pull off a pathetic 9FPS
iPhone 4 even with beta 3 of iOS5 managed only about 14-16FPS
The Android powered Samsung Droid Charge got around 20-22 ( something like that from what I can see)
But the Mango Powered HTC with graphics acceleration came out with an amazing 50FPS !!!
Guess the Twitter Client shown above … Too hard ? Well guess the OS on which this Twitter app is available ? If your answer was WP7 you are wrong. If what they say about imitation being the best form of flattery is true, we should be seeing a few switches from iOS to WP7 soon.
Well this is still in the works and is a tech preview but the processing power demonstrated here will surely turn some heads. With the news IE9 is heading to WP7 in 2011 from the WP7 keynote at MWC. Microsoft demoed the “work in progress ‘ build of IE9 on Windows Phone 7.
You will see the magic of hardware acceleration in IE9 on Windows Phone 7 which can easily render 50 fish using HTML5, and the animation looks quite fluid while Safari on the iPhone 4 is having a hard time with it.
In this short video we take a quick video tour of how Windows Phone 7 differ from the iPhone 4 when it comes to the lock screen and home screen. The WP7 device offers a slide up lock screen with info like number of unread emails, next appointment etc as compared to slide to unlock on the iPhone 4. Once in the home screen the WP7 device offers the user a lot of info in the form of live tiles while the iPhone interface is just a bunch of icons to launch your apps. There is no denying that the iPhone 4 offers a better way to switch between apps when compared to the WP7 device ( which does not have multitasking ). The ability to arrange apps in to folders is also nicely done on the iPhone 4 and this feature is non existent on the WP7 device. When it comes to bringing up the music controls when the user is not in the music app is present on both devices but personally I prefer the WP7 approach to it. What do you folks think WP7 or iPhone ?
We have a video which shows the boot up time for iPhone 4 , Nexus One ( Android ) , HD2 ( Windows Mobile ) and LG Panther ( WP7 ). Keep in mind that the WP7 software is a developers build and not the final product. Windows Phone 7 starts up in almost half the time of all of the other smartphone operating systems. We are not sure if there are 3rd part apps on the other platform which might impact the boot up time but under 30 sec is quite nice especially when compared to the sluggish Windows Mobile startup time.
Email is a feature that is quite often used on smartphones and now we have a video that compares the email client on WP7 with the iPhone 4 and Android 2.2.
Cons :
no HTML support ( i believe you can re-download the email which will enable the html content, Update : here is the video proof )
no unified inbox
Pros :
fast and productive
allows you to quickly multi-select messages and perform many actions at once
you can choose to view your email by all, unread, flagged, etc, which is a unique feature among all smartphone email clients
Browsers are a very integral part of modern day Smartphones and with major players pushing their brnd browsers and eliminating competition , users are left to go with the stock browsers on smartphones. On Windows Mobile , we had the option of Skyfire, Opera, Picsel Browser ( back in the days this used to be a really good choice, no download option though, but with more updates from Opera and Skyfire they soon took over the browser of choice on WM ) , now as we all know WP7 will ship with IE Mobile as the only browser.
With iPhone and Android have a strong hold in the smartphone market , let us see how a Prototype WP7 device’s browsing experience hold up against them. Please note that the device shown in the video is not final Windows Phone 7 Software / Hardware ( its rumored that the LG GW910 a.k.a LG Panther might be released as a WP7 device )
Here is a short video of Emoticons on Windows Phone 7, its ok but when you look at Emoji on the iPhone ( click for image ), there is no doubt who is the winner here. iPhone has got this one folks.
Emoticons on WP7
Click here for the video ( You need to have Silverlight and you also need to register to watch the video, if you ask me it’s not worth it )
Twimagic: http://www.Ringer.org is the best ringtone maker I’ve ever seen! Completely free, online, no registration!
Andrew Chobaniuk: Thanks for the heads up! [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Emiel Zuurbier: I would like to see the posibility of making a trip that uses different kinds of transportation as from train to bus, bus to subway, subway to train. With a map and directions,...
MrVamosMuchachos: Nice idea. You could take some ideas from the application “SBB”. It is the public transport app from switzerland. [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
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