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Despite being the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak is known to use products from competing brands and publicly speak and praise them as he sees fit. So when he was asked about Windows Phone 7 by A New Domain, he did not hesitate to speak his mind.


As anyone would guess, Woz finds Windows Phone to be visually a lot superior to Android, going as far as saying that there is no contest between the two. He seemed to be especially in love with the transition animations and the simplicity of the UI, which makes it immediately apparent to the user what they have to do next. In comparison, he thinks that the Android UI is a lot more complex and requires prior knowledge on part of the user.

Woz went as far as saying that he thinks Microsoft hired someone from Apple to design certain apps and that Steve Jobs may have been reincarnated at Microsoft as some things Microsoft is doing with Windows Phone reminds him of great Apple products.

It’s not all rosy, though. Woz said that the lack of quality apps is a drawback for Microsoft’s OS. He also wishes that Windows Phone had better voice integration like Android or iOS for searching or typing. But that does not seem to bother him much as he did mention that he carries his Windows Phone everywhere these days.

As for which Windows Phone he uses, Woz was not clear on that but he talked about using a Nokia Lumia phone, which means it’s probably the Lumia 900. He was also using a Motorola DROID RAZR at the time of the interview (and we already know he has a Galaxy Nexus) along with his two iPhones, one on Verizon and the other on AT&T, which he says are his main phones.

You can listen to the full audio interview in the source link below. Don’t forget to catch one of his comments below the article.

Source


http://blog.gsmarena.com/stev[....]tiful-than-android/#more-31754
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Posted: 2012-04-29 22:39:47
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The visual looks are almost same of android and iOS. same icon type moving top to bottom or left to right.... etc.... but windows phones are looks to me different from these (although I haven't used one yet). So beside iOS, windows will be perfect to pleasure for eyes.
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Posted: 2012-04-29 22:57:33
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He is right about WP being more easy to use. But, thats what makes it so much more boring.
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Posted: 2012-04-29 23:03:12
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And boring it is
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Posted: 2012-04-29 23:09:32
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I love boring stuff
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Posted: 2012-04-29 23:41:00
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Not boring to me at all. Too much eye candy is not needed
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Posted: 2012-04-29 23:55:19
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It is not about being eye candy or not ( even tho they try to make it eye candy with their pink or blue or red and so on tiles), but given a choice to customise it to your own needs and liking
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Posted: 2012-04-30 00:17:10
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I find WP7's interface to be very novel and minimalist, almost stoic.

But because it's so stylized, I can also see it getting old after a while.
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Posted: 2012-04-30 00:18:28
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I just love it's ease of use,fluidity & it does everything I need a phone to do. Love the live tiles,love the email much better than Android & apps are a plenty & alot of really excellent useful ones. Face Book is integrated beautifully into the OS no apps needed. Internet Explorer is a great experience too. Although some features are not included now they will be soon such as SD card support etc. My Lumia 710 which in many ways is as good as the 800 for cheaper.


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Posted: 2012-04-30 00:22:07
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They are in no way similar.

WindowsPhone rely's on side navigation for more data to be displayed. Tiles are NOT static icons: BB, iOS, Android,S60, Anna, and just about EVERY feature phone that ever existed (S40 and SEUI as well).

That said having the tiles being 1 bold colour WILL get old very fast ... and I'm not surprised M$ didn't think to update the Tile theme before using it in Windows 8.

Wozniak is all over the place ... next few months he may favor BB10 ... its news but its just how he feels at the present time. Great guy to talk to and very intelligent.
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Posted: 2012-04-30 05:41:18
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