Apple vs. Microsoft: a Tale of Two Mobile Updates

snydeq writes "The latest mobile updates from Apple and Microsoft provide a stark contrast, one emblematic of the differences between the two companies, InfoWorld's Ted Samson writes. Militantly on time, Apple's iOS 4.3 update offers significant new functionality, total disregard for what Apple considers outdated systems, and mandated silencing of user complaints. Microsoft, meanwhile, has finally managed to push out an alleged February update to a subset of users, along with a lamentation about having to deal with handset and carrier fragmentation."

Re:Windows Phone 7

[Manip]

My completely redesigned do you mean copied the original iPhone down to the finer detail, including lack of clipboard?

Precision

[kirkb]

On the one hand, you have Apple, which quietly rolled out iOS 4.3 with the precision of a Swiss watch. The update came a day earlier than expected, in fact.
For a watch, that's pretty crappy precision ;)

Re:Precision

[Anonymous Coward]

It might have been an iPhone alarm clock app

Re:Windows Phone 7

[Anonymous Coward]

Not that I think WP7 doesn't deserve some praise... but /. really needs a filter to prevent ACs and UIDs > 1,600,000 from getting 1st-2nd-3rd post on articles.

Re:Windows Phone 7

[Seumas]

Whenever people refer to it as WP7, I momentarily get excited and wonder if Word Perfect has finally returned.

Re:Windows Phone 7

[plalonde2]

You mean more like the Newton interface ;-)