Monday, March 11, 2013

Windows Observations Continue @ Disney

First the good news. The Microsoft Surface Pro has proven to be a big winner with me. Other then some difficulty using it in crowded places like airports and airplanes it has worked as I had anticipated. Once you have some space, like at the resort (and of course at home or at work) there is not much that you cannot accomplish with this tablet. For example while sitting at the resort having my morning coffee in the lounge I was able to remote into work and complete two (2) work orders,write this article, browse my pictures from yesterday, read the newspapers via an app and simply surf the internet as we tried to decide what Disney park to hit first.

Now the not so good news. The Windows phone does a lot of things OK. The only thing truly exceptional with it at this point is it's excellent integration with Microsoft Office, Skydrive and Sharepoint. Once you get past this there is work that need's to be done by both Microsoft and their phone manufactures.  If you recall I reported that the phone on day 1 lost it's cellular connection twice and had to be restarted to reestablish it. Yesterday it failed to connect to the internet at least 5 or 6 times. I had to restart the phone on most of these occasions to reestablish the connection. Very strange. The camera is weak in performance. It can take several moments for the shutter to work, even when using the physical shutter button. The Facebook and FourSquare apps are not as neatly developed as their counterparts on Apple or Android. Everything in these apps seem to take longer then what is necessary with Apple and Android phones. This must change if Microsoft truly wants to get a piece of the consumer smartphone pie.

Well the testing continues and I must head out to the parks.

Have a magical day. 

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