Wozniak Praises 'Beautiful' Windows Phone

judgecorp writes "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has praised the user interface of Microsoft's Windows Phone, saying that aspects of its user interface are more 'beautiful' than comparable sides to the iPhone. The comments, in a New Domain, follow on from a comment by Forrester boss George Colony who blogged that Apple would decline in the post-Jobs era. Both pieces have kicked off the kind of online argument you would expect."

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Re:Windows Phone 7

[DrXym]

WP7 phones do look very sleek and if you were new to smart phones you'd probably be enthralled by all the fancy graphics and whizzy effects. However if you come from Android land you'd quickly find it superficial. Android allows interactive widgets, folders, shortcuts to apps and users, multiple desktops, interactive wallpapers and all the rest. You can even customize which app you use for browsing, dialling, inputting characters and pretty much anything if you wish. It does all this from a simple attractive user interface.

Windows Phone is a pale imitation by comparison. You get tiles, some which show non-interactive information and you can rearrange them in a vertical list. Oh and set your screensaver wallpaper. Otherwise what you get is what you're given with little other customization possible.

It's pretty weak and reflects the OS as a whole. It's probably fine if you don't know any better but if you do then the flaws become apparent very quickly.