Comments on: What Microsoft needs to fix for Windows Mobile 7

By: Ernest Adams

Ernest Adams — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:43:00 +0000

Totally agree with octaxgeek & CC — don’t drop the stylus!

I gave up finger painting when I was about 6. After that I learned to use a pencil, which is really a superior mechanism for writing.

On-screen keyboards for fingers suck. All of them — yes, every last one of them. They take up too much screen space, they’re inaccurate, they’re slow, they’re bouncy. A small well-designed stylus keyboard is far superior.

By: CC

CC — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:24:11 +0000

I agree with you, Octaxgeek. You can change the interface so it doesn’t require the stylus when operating the phone as a phone, but in many cases when it comes to applications, the stylus is handier and speedier than the fingers. The iPhone in comparison feels primitive and clumsy in its UI when typing a note.

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By: octaxgeek

octaxgeek — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:28:24 +0000

The phone features should be one-handed, but please do not drop the stylus. I use my Pocket PC to input information, and the FITALY softkeyboard and stylus is the best way to input text… don’t take my stylus away, I need it for Contacts, Notes, Word, etc. In general, if every program is designed for a thumb, then you won’t be able to fit as much on the screen either, which means a lot more scrolling. I want to fit as much information on each screen as possible and make entering data as fast as possible, don’t sell me out for a little flash in the pan.

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By: Volker

Volker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:48:19 +0000

I completely agree, Microsoft should had dropped the stylus a long time ago. When you use the stylus you need both hands, that makes it incredible ackward to use a phone. A phone should always be able to be used with 1 hand only and without the need to push extra buttons. Windows Mobile is terrible with his small icons, and missing features. But there is hope, gladly as with any Windows OS you can install anything on top. Spb Shell basically is what Win7 should had being. So for Winmo users, install SPB Shell and you got even something better then a iphone. Its worth every penny:
http://www.spbsoftware.com/products/mobileshell/