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Pocketnow does a visual comparison between iOS and Windows Phone apps

By
Sasu Kemppainen
– June 18, 2012Posted in: Apps, Media, News

Inspired by Steve Wozniak’s praise for Windows Phone’s visual style, Pocketnow has made an interesting visual comparison between some of the most popular iOS and Windows Phone apps. Same base apps on different platforms sure can look different!

ebay
imdb
opentable

time
facebook
newyorktimes


It all boils down to the OS’s visual design conventions. One could make the argument that iOS’s look is a bit more practical, keeping the battery info and clock always visible, but the consensus seems to be that apps on Windows Phone generally do look more beautiful. Check out the full gallery at Pocketnow and tell us what you think!

Source: Pocketnow

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Windows Phone 7 ekes out slim market share

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Steve Lesniewski
– May 8, 2012Posted in: News

Windows Phone 7 was the fourth top-selling smartphone operating system in the U.S.during the first quarter (Q1) of 2012. Rose-tinted glasses never worked so well.

According to NPD Group’s monthly Mobile Phone Track service, the Windows Phone 7 OS only eked out a 2 percent market share in Q1. The phone staggered in behind Google’s Android (61 percent), Apple’s iOS (29 percent) and Research In Motion’s Blackberry (5 percent).

According to Nielsen Company, Windows Phone 7 struggled to gain a foothold in the overall smartphone OS share, coming in behind even the now defunct Windows Mobile.

Another interesting pie chart on Windows Phone’s rise can be found after the jump.

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak finds Lumia 900 attractive, “sets the mark for user interface”

By
Vlad Micu
– May 1, 2012Posted in: News

Following a recent tweet about his adoration for the Lumia 900 Windows Phone, legendary geek and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak ended up having to clarify his statement after multiple tech websites had reported him stating the Lumia 900 to be his favorite. Alas, the iPhone won in that category, but Wozniak went on to clarify what he believes makes the Lumia 900 a standard setting phone:

“Wrong. iPhone is my favorite phone. I did give my opinion that the Windows 7 phone had superior visual appearance and operation cues that were also more attractive. In my opinion, it sets the mark for user interface. I would recommend it over my Android phones given that it doesn’t yet have the breadth of apps. I surmise that Microsoft hired someone from Apple and put money into having a role in the UI and appearance of some key apps. I also surmised that Steve Jobs might have been reincarnated at MS due to a lot of what I see and feel with this phone making me think of a lot of great Apple things.”

Source: The Report at aNewDomain.net (via WPCentral)

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