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You can't get that experience with Android. I have my phone set with Cortana always on. I can STILL use my Lumia 1020 and even my 950 for 100% hands-free functionality in any situation. I can tell you that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get anything NEAR the experience. PAUL THURROTT EVERNOTE VS ONENOTE WINDOWSI have followed Paul Thurrott 's suggestions, and other suggestions found on Windows central. PAUL THURROTT EVERNOTE VS ONENOTE ANDROIDI have an Android phone exclusively to test out just how much like a Windows phone experience I can get. Let's be honest, no one really needs a $1000 smartphone What lies ahead? Especially when the device we spend $1000 for this year will be used to surf the web, listen to music, watch videos, message friends and take pictures just like the device we spent $1000 for last year. As someone in tune with the tech industry and immersed in this world I contend we could get along just fine without catering to the annual ritual of spending hundreds of dollars for an incremental step in device evolution at the behest of tech companies in their quest for more profits. I believe that that urge in most cases is driven by want rather than actual need, however. I know that the tech industry and many of our own internal motivations convince us that we need the latest and smartest devices to participate in the modern age of mobile computing. I'm not trying to convince anyone to switch to or hold onto a sinking ship. I'm also aware that the lack of some apps on Windows Mobile is a barrier to certain jobs. Would an iPhone or Android phone do things better? I'm convinced that yes, they would, but they're not Windows phone. ![]() But for what most of what most people do most of the time: surf the web, watch videos, interact on Facebook and Twitter, email, message and more, even in its declining state, Windows phone still does the job. And many apps like my favorite News program and other advertised apps are missing. Apps that my wife and I need for our small business are also missing. Now I am painfully aware that many apps many people use, like my banking app, is no longer available on Windows Mobile. And those apps that are most used, like Facebook, Instagram, and others, are found on Windows phones (for now). So statistically most people are not heavy app users. And statistically, most people only use six top apps 90-percent of the time. But as a Windows phone user who is using a three-year-old device what I, and perhaps most of us, need and want are very different things. I'm a techie so of course, I want the latest and greatest tech. Windows Phone 8.1 improved upon and took away from the Windows Phone 8 experience. My Ode to Windows Phone 8 Do we really need top of the line smartphones? I'm still here, however, because I still prefer Live Tiles (I know there are Android skins), the platform still works for me, for now, and the cost of getting what I want, a Galaxy Note 9 at $1000, is more than I can justify paying right now. ![]() PAUL THURROTT EVERNOTE VS ONENOTE WINDOWS 10Windows 10 Mobile with the addition of hamburger menus and eradication of the large fonts and the carousel aesthetics all but killed the beauty of the OS that drew me in. ![]() ![]() When Windows Phone 8.1 brought welcome additions like Cortana to the mix, while ditching the power of the Me Tile and more, the "progress" was bittersweet. The person-focused Messaging Hub which provided a continuous conversation stream centered around a person even when I switched from a text messaging to Facebook Messenger was a joy. I enjoyed posting to social media from the Me Tile and the aesthetic and social network integration of the Photos Hub. I loved interacting with Facebook friends directly from the People Hub as if FB and Twitter we part of the OS. It wasn't until Windows Phone 7.5 and the "massive" HTC Titan that Live Tiles, Hubs, the OS level integration of social media platforms, the UI fluidity and more won me over to Windows Phone. ![]()
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