My experiment with Windows Mobile 6.1 continues but I am typing this update on my iPod Touch. Why? To be honest, even though WM is OK as an Operating System, it's dog slow. I realize speed is hardware dependent but I am running the OS on an approved WM device so it should perform.
I like that the WM interface is so configurable; I like that I'm not tied to a specific App store; I like how the OS exposes everything to an enterprising programmer.
But, all the low level access in the world isn't any good if buttons don't react when you click on them or applications take minutes to load or exit.
The iPod keyboard on the iPod is superb. The SPB keyboard on the WM is nice but, again, slow to react. And some of the keys are located oddly for a mobile device. For instance, the / key requires going down two levels.
But, then there's the other side of the coin. I was looking for an app to see the wifi channels in use in the area and all the apps to do it had been removed from the Apple app store. I ended up using an app on the WM.
As much as I like the user experience of using the iPod, I am chafing under the Big Brother-esque feeling of everything everything having to be Apple aproved before I'm allowed to have it.
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