Comments on: Leaked Windows Phone 7 Architecture guide reveal more OS info

By: Max

Max — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:28:56 +0000

WinMo has been able to sync with Hotmail/Contacts/Calendar for many years, way before Android was even on the map.

By: Lennard

Lennard — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:33:36 +0000

I think they made a good decision in getting it out to market, even if they don't have all the features they because the longer they wait is the more they loose consumer and developer mindshare

By: Lennard

Lennard — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:28:22 +0000

yeah thats what I was saying to create a tool that the user can use to re-inject their shipped certificate into the cooked ROM before they flash.

By: Kalif

Kalif — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:07:59 +0000

Because it is not a quick fix, that indicates it will take a long time for Microsoft to add those features back into WP7. They want to rush it to market, and fix it some time later.

By: Lennard

Lennard — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:48:15 +0000

I think I understand what you're trying to say, but I still think you're missing somethings and just talking without actually understanding. there are things you need to understand. it's not an easy task to bring advanced things from your thoughts and put it in code and have it work the way it worked in your thoughts. it takes time, patiences and a lot of trial and error.
they have said there are things they wanted to put in the OS but the time to market wouldn't allow them to do so without setting the release back. I would love to see the KIN style drag and drop (copy and paste) come to WP7

you're like one of those spectators at a sports match who boos a player for messing up as if you could of done a better job than the player.

I personally don't find WP7 as an iphone clone, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

By: special

special — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:01:47 +0000

what did u expect? it is iphone clone after all lol :- ( …. They get thumbs up for requiring better hardware but they mess it up by making a slacking os. Makes me feel like the mobile world is in a state of idiocracy. all they had to do was hide the advance feature from the lazy/nontech/impatinnt people. They did the same thing with the bing/live search app…took away features for some bs eyecandy.

By: Kalif

Kalif — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:45:12 +0000

"Hardware tied to a Genuine Windows Phone certificate"

"the device will be more or less useless without a Windows Live ID"

Some people criticized me for describing WP7 as a "walled garden". Sorry folks, but that's what it is. Today's information makes that plain as day. In some ways, even more locked-in than iPhone.

By: Lennard

Lennard — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:15:02 +0000

maybe so, but there's a posibility that might be overcomed:
each person can dump their ROM…take note of their certificate…then we use that to crack the certificate scheme. there must be a master key.
or create a tool that injects the user's shipped certificate into the cooked ROM before the user flashes the device with the cooked ROM.
or we could remove the whole genuine certificate scheme from the ROM itself.
or something that I can't think of right now.

By: mighty

mighty — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:37:23 +0000

Genuine certificate ?? aaaargh

This means no cooked ROMs ?

By: GP007

GP007 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:37:18 +0000

Doesn't that cert just tie your LiveID to the device? So as long as the cert can be placed in a cooked ROM so that it matches up with the LiveID + deviceID it should be fine? There should also be a way to transfer it and your files to a new phone I expect. So for those who have a WP7 device now and want to get a new one a year from now, maybe using a full MyPhone backup and transfer to a new device? I'm sure it's probably not as bad as it sounds.