Windows Phone 7 OS review: From scratch

08 October 2010
A modern smartphone OS needs to be balanced with excellent cloud services and draw on the cutting edge of software. The Windows Phone 7 OS is nothing like Win Mobile. The new UI is trendy, with a magazine look, and is incredibly...

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  • Anonymous
  • TqC
  • 09 Oct 2010

The_Guy, 09 Oct 2010They're doing an apple. Pretty interface but really limited... moreObviously microsoft needs some time to catch up Ios. So are other Os. Still WM7 is a step up fr window mobile. S^3 is still same like interface on n95

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    • The_Guy
    • 2GT
    • 09 Oct 2010

    They're doing an apple. Pretty interface but really limited functions that are basic functions of most smartphones today.

    They're doing an apple. Only one problem. Its 2010, not 2007.

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      • Anonymous
      • PUK
      • 09 Oct 2010

      When i read the name MS WinPhone v7 i thought the v stood for version 7 now i realise it means v for Vista. Run were all gonna die. LoL.

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        • Anonymous
        • TqC
        • 09 Oct 2010

        [deleted post]this sounds like my first gen iphone. Microsoft is following ios approach. I am using iph4 now and flash is only thing left out for good. Flash on my n97 was nightmare

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          • Anonymous
          • TqC
          • 09 Oct 2010

          trapped.in.symbian, 09 Oct 2010aghhhhh, even symbian is just better than this MS crap... ... moresymbian will nvr understand mobile OS concept. It should be roubust n light. Winmo6.5 and S^3 are very similar. More u put in more lag appears. If u want like usb host u will use laptop. Ios and android will still be king. Winmo is following wheras s^3 is sinking.

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            • trapped.in.symbian
            • Khs
            • 09 Oct 2010

            aghhhhh, even symbian is just better than this MS crap...
            very dissapointing microsoft

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              • Captain Kid
              • t7X
              • 09 Oct 2010

              So Windows Phone 7 is just all about cool aesthetics.

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                • Jackson
                • PUK
                • 09 Oct 2010

                MS NEW WMo7 OS IS MORE FEATURED THAN FIRST APPEARS.
                Apparently if you want to do Copy & Paste in Word with WMo7 then you just txt your request to the MS-angels in the cloud and they do it for you. How cool is that! Another new CLOUD feature from MS. Beats Apples. LoL.

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                  • lazeeboy
                  • Rxc
                  • 09 Oct 2010

                  No Bluetooth file transfers, no USB mass storage mode, no memory card support, no copy paste, no music player equalizer... features that my old school, non-smartphone sony ericsson Z770i & G502 have. WTF!!!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • mD6
                    • 09 Oct 2010

                    No Bluetooth file transfer ! you must be kidding ! damn ittt

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                      • Xis
                      • YTL
                      • 09 Oct 2010

                      No multitasking!! I almost laugh out loud but then i realize it's not at all funny. Even the iphone4 which can barely make calls can multitask.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Rt%
                        • 09 Oct 2010

                        no copy and paste!no dvix!no memory! what the heck r u serious?
                        can't be i hope the final os or future update will solve all that because I was waiting the the samsung or LG units with winmo 7.

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                          • Jimmy Jones
                          • PUK
                          • 09 Oct 2010

                          As a WM6.1 user i am agast at no copy paste and limited Office Word Excel apps. I was holding out for so much more. Now i've gotta go and get an Android fone to update. I gotta do it fast before Android realize they can stop their research and development work because Apple and Microsoft stopped the clock back 2 years ago and mass user expectation is apparently so low for what a SMART fone needs to do. GSMArena even lowers its expectations so low that they use 5 year old fone bencmarks to compare WM7 against. Hey everyone lets lift the game.
                          On Monday the 11th at the MS WM7 launch it might show that GSMArena have sold it short reviewing a crappy earlier beta-lite vers of WM7.

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                            • Ali Abdulla
                            • 3LB
                            • 09 Oct 2010

                            wow, just wow, i agree, for the first time im welling to say iphone is even better, i mean of all the companies, i didnt such limitness comes form microsoft :S

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Mtr
                              • 09 Oct 2010

                              Why are there no iPhone fans bashing this? It's more ridiculous than the first iPhone and it should be expensive as well. Could this be... the iPhone killer? Actually, I'd rather buy an iPhone than this, and I never even liked the iPhone.

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                                • nicksti
                                • 4mD
                                • 09 Oct 2010

                                I love it. IT is not perfect, but it is something different.

                                The thing I love most about it is the hubs. I like that all the information is tied into the screen that you are in. So you are not launching sub menus or sub processes to do things.

                                I am buying the most affordable WP7 phone at the end of the year.

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                                  • 3Mx
                                  • 09 Oct 2010

                                  that's great to see microsoft offers less than apple did with iOS 2 lol :D

                                  where is bluetooth technology and the all other smartphone features that people blame apple not supporting till iOS 4 ?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Rn@
                                    • 09 Oct 2010

                                    WOW! Way to blow it Microsoft...I was confused at what phone to buy in the coming holidays u just made my choice a lot easier.How could u not have something so simple as bluetooth transfer? What were u guys really thinking, no multitasking? and u guys having one of the best office out there,didnt include copy n past .So you didnt think ppl would hav wanted that main function from the begining? How sad. Until u step up Il be riding Symbian and Android.Apple may have gotten away with these things but I dont think there'll be a 2nd time around 4 another company.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • G2G
                                      • 09 Oct 2010

                                      It's soooo stxpid!! All these drawbacks worked for Apple three years ago when they introduced the iphone with it's capacitive touchscreen and snazzy UI!! Hey, MS! It's 2010!!! Lol! You are 3 years too late Microsoft!! Maybe WP8 will have time-travel capabilities so that you can go back and try to introduce this piece of sh!t OS!!

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                                        • addicted2088
                                        • tE%
                                        • 09 Oct 2010

                                        What compels these guys to put in such limitations? Just what are they trying to prove? They put up such high hardware requirements, and can't even provide full multitasking? The biggest reason I buy a smartphone is because of the multitasking, and if that isn't there, it's just silly.

                                        Gotta face it, Symbian and Anroid are the best.