Hyping the obvious

I find it amusing that Matthew Miller points out that during his year with various Windows Phone 7 devices he hasn’t experienced a reset yet.

Well, duh! That is hardly surprising, nor impressive, given that WP7 has so far been little more than a feature phone, with no multitasking; if WP7 wouldn’t be rock solid even under those conditions then that would truly be an impressive feat of crappy engineering, wouldn’t it? But I guess WP7 fans just need something to rave about, what with the lack of other basic functionality.

And for the record, my iPhone 4 hasn’t had a single reset in the 9 months I have owned the phone. So what’s his point?

Rather, that still begs the question: what’s the point of WP7? Why would anyone bother with WP7 at all instead of an iPhone if you’re OK with a “walled garden”, or something like the Samsung Galaxy S2 (which is my current device) if you want a truly powerful and customizable phone? That’s the question that WP7 fans still have not been able to answer, beyond their loud yet empty and nonsensical hyping of the platform.