Not caring much for the future of WM
The lack of external storage is just one of the things that make WM7 look like a huge step backwards to me. Seriously, when was the last time you wanted LESS storage space on any Windows device?
Now Apple has created a solid operating system and hardware that operate very well with these limitations, and they have been doing it for years. Microsoft - not so much. Case in point - MSoft's App store, which ate 4 Apps shortly after I purchased them, and now won't let me download them. It's been 2 months since MSoft 'elevated' the issue to their "Sr. Specialists" who promptly did nothing and don't respond to my emails. When you look at the amoount of traffic the MSoft App store has compared to Apple's, there is no way they should be too busy to serve their Customers. But then again, MSoft doesn't really look at us as Customers, the phone companies are their Customers, and this is one reason I don't believe they will make the new OS a real success.
And everytime I look at the WM7 home screens, I want to cringe. They can't hold a candle to my current home screen in my HD2, which I had to IMPORT from Oz since AT&T didn't want this gem competing with, and beating hands down, the iPhone. thanks to HTC and CooCkie, I have the time, weather, call and phone status, my daily & weekly agenda, plus immediate shortcuts to my top 5 Apps, Top 5 Contacts, and more, plus one swipe access to 59 more! All against a lovely backdrop of my own choosing.
WM7 gives me what? Seven white on blue Icons - a link to XBox Live? Whahoo! But we dropped line-drawing icons years ago, and I don't care about XBox - I work for a living. I'll probably keep my HD2 as long as possible, and not consider moving to 7. When I feel obliged to move to a locked-down system, I will likely go with the more mature kid on the block - once they boost their display size that is.
Oh, and a note to MSoft, unless you get Google to offer seamless and fully functional support for WM, it faces a lot of negative pressure. I'm the only one at my own Company who uses WM, and everyone else has a much easier and better experience with their iPhones and Androids, syncing to our company mail, contacts and Calenders via Google Apps. If WM7 is supposed to be more 'fun' and approachable for a casual user than WM6, making it get along better with the non-MSoft world is going to be essential. Kind of like - Cut and Paste
MadSci
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Oh Lord! Do any of these people actually live with a WM phone? Do they troll the Help boards her or at XDA? Personally I have had about a dozen or more memory cards in my various WM Phones, and 4 have failed in the phone after many months of use. Irritating enough to have to buy a new one and rebuild the phone, but seriously, turning this into a Warrantee repair is going to lead to WM7 phones getting a reputation for early failures.
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