BS. iPhone OS v2.0 was step along the way. There was a legitimate departure point of 1.0 and destination of 3.0. Windows Mobile 6.5 is just a coat of paint on top of Windows Mobile 6.0 which is actually older than the iPhone and should therefore be MORE mature, not less. Microsoft literally has nothing to contribute to this conversation. They generate heat but no light.

I stopped using Microsoft products in 1999 and have not looked back. Since then sometimes people would recommend a Microsoft product to me and I would just say “why?” and nobody has been able to give me an answer for that. They used to say “because everybody uses it” but I have not even heard that gem in a while. Why? Just blank stares.

Consider that it takes about 20 hours to upgrade a Windows XP box to Windows 7 following Microsoft’s instructions, and you lose all of your installed apps and have to restore your documents from a backup. But you can buy a new Mac and import your Windows XP system into Fusion or Parallels (which cost less than Windows 7) in an hour or so, and keep your apps and documents where they are within your XP system. What is wrong with this picture? Shouldn’t it be easier to go from NT 5.1 (XP) to NT 6.1 (7) than it is to go from NT 5.1 to Mac OS 10.6?

The funny thing is that Microsoft is moving so slowly that many of us are saying “they’re dead” and their apologists are saying “they’re only sleeping” but I’m telling you, that is an ex-Microsoft. It is over. When their response to 2.5 years of iPhone is Windows Mobile 6.5? C’mon c’mon c’mon.