Windows Phone might not be as popular as Apple iOS, but it is gaining in popularity. We compare some features available in the iOS versus the Windows Phone.

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Apple
iOS
vs
Windows
Phone
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2. iOS vs Windows Phone
Windows Phone Marketplace reached a new milestone last week,
cracking 60,000 apps barrier. Windows Phone was launched in October
2010 with 1000 apps. Apple iOS App Store on the other hand has more
than 500,000 apps.
Windows Phone was seen as iPhone killer before it launched in October
2010, though soon after its arrival, most said that it will be dead very
soon. Neither of two has happened, Windows Phone might not be as
popular as Apple iOS but it is gaining in popularity. More and more
developers are creating apps for Windows Phone. In this post, we
compare some features available in the iOS and the Windows Phone.
Let’s get started.
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3. Start Screen and Live tiles
With Windows Phone, Microsoft brought a few
new concepts to the table. Instead of a non-
customizable Start screen as on the iPhone,
Windows Phone uses rectangular “live tiles,” a
cross-breed of widgets and application icons.
The live tiles link to an application, but they also
display live information on the Start screen.
Winner: Windows Phone
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4. No-fica-ons
Apple’s iOS and Windows Phone are both a bit boring
when it comes to the homescreen, but Apple has
attempted to rectify this by adding notifications to the
homescreen and lock screen. When you get a
notification, a message will pop up at the top of the
screen. If it is a message or a tweet, Facebook message
or SMS, a preview will show up. Just tap on it to head
straight to the app. You can also pull the notification bar
down from the top to view all of your notifications.
Notifications on Windows Phone work through the live
tiles interface of the operating system. When you get a
new text message, email, Facebook message or are
mentioned in a Twitter feed, it’ll pop up on the live tile.
Winner: iOS
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5. Office
and
Produc-vity
Windows Phone has Office, the iPhone doesn’t.
That’s all there is to it. Windows Phone come
with mobile Office, which features editing,
viewing, creation, syncing and sharing of Word,
Excel and OneNote documents and viewing of
PowerPoint presentations. Hands down, the
Windows Phone does mobile Office best. You
can get third-party apps on other platforms, but
the experience won’t be nearly as intuitive or
functional.
Winner: Windows Phone
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6. Cloud
Service
and
Market
The iOS and Windows Phone both have their
associated cloud services and marketplaces for
downloading apps, games, music and podcasts.
With the iPhone, you can sync your contacts and
other files via MobileMe. You purchase songs and
podcasts through iTunes and apps through the
App Store. With Windows Phone, the experience
comes through the Windows Live suite, which
includes your SkyDrive, Windows Live Messenger
and Windows Live Mail (Hotmail). You purchase
games, music and apps through the Marketplace
Winner: No clear winner
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7. Over
the
Air
Update
With the latest version of iOS, you can update the firmware over the air,
and sync everything up to your computer via Wi-Fi, including iTunes.
Microsoft only allows the smaller updates over-the-air, but the larger
ones have to be performed through Zune. This is apparently to prevent
people downloading huge chunks of data through the network.
Winner: iOS
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8. Conclusion
There you had it, we compared some basic features of the two mobile
operating systems. We are not giving any final verdict, continue the
debate in comments below.
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