overall, its like havin the iphone when it was first released but without some of the apps. phone designed for younger mass-market appeal (like games and movies). truthfully, i dont see the attraction to movies on such a small screen with no bass. and im not into games - got enough things in life to keep me busy, dont need to waste time on stupid stuff.
so, not really for the business person yet (just like the first iphone). well see when the first bug fix release shows up.
live tiles are cool and save time because i can see how many new messages received since i last checkd. also, weather shows on main screen rather than have to open it. scrolling and stuff is very good, kybd is as good as iphone.
surprises
the browser is quite good (except the problem discussed below)
unplug the audio adapter in the car and the music stops (just like iphone)
zune is WAY better than any of the other music apps for windows mobile, i like it so much i installed it everywhere. sorta an itunes for pc's
wireless sync from phone to pc is nice
adding 8g sd card forced a re-install/re-config of everything, but its nice to have the extra room
no lost calls yet due to performance problems where, in wm6.5, i couldnt get the phone to answer in time
integration with google and hotmail brings calendar and contacts too! i can see all my calendars finally.
heres a short list of the things that im missing:
cut/paste
traffic app
cant delete multiple txt msgs
email is black on white, cant change to white on black like txt msgs
previous windows mobile apps do not work - forget it. i no, seems stupid
even microsoft myphone which claimed to be the next new thing, doesnt work! wierd
headset has the same audio profile as phone which means that when i crank the audio to play through my sound system, the audio prompts in the bt headset are so loud it distorts. u can decide if this is a bug or not
no easy way to turn off 3g, battery life sucks, cant make it through the day
broken
browser doesn't handle overlays right. for example, i cant login to traffic.com because the login overlay keeps popping off the screen.
also, phone via headphones is broken. theres an echo canceler that isnt tuned right so you lose half of what the person is saying. true if using headset supplied or via bt headset (not sure anyone but me actually uses the phone part based on the forums and online comments) audio in handset is fine but illegal in ca when driving :p
i have had the marketplace crash on me a few times. annoying thing is that it just wont run until reboot. so, dont hit too many buttons at once or itll cost ya a reboot.
overall grade B
UPDATE 11/24
No Flash (common microsoft!)
Can't play .mov files or mpeg files either
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