Ed Hansberry
10-26-2010, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/reviews/2010/10/windows-phone-7-the-ars-review.ars' target='_blank'>http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/re...-ars-review.ars</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Windows Mobile was a solid performer in the old smartphone world, but it never moved into the new, post-iPhone smartphone world. Windows Mobile 6.5, released in May 2009, was a half-hearted attempt to bring the system up-to-date with a finger-friendly home screen and Start menu-type-thing, but the interface was crudely grafted on and plainly unsatisfactory. This wasn't finger-friendly, consumer-friendly, modern smartphone software, and everyone knew it. It didn't halt Windows Mobile's marketshare slide, much less turn it around. If Microsoft wanted to remain a player in the smartphone market, something would have to change. Windows Phone 7 is that change."</em></p><p>Ars Technica has done a detailed <em>18 page review</em> of Microsoft's latest foray into the mobile phone space. If you have any questions about the platform, this review is likely to answer it!</p>