To the OP, don't mind the morons. The article you linked to was spot on. I think it was one of the comments on that article that said they felt like MS lost a year by deciding to move to the NT kernel (not that it wasn't needed ultimately).
And while I'm happy with Windows Phone overall, I'm sort of astounded at the amount of tiny things they didn't change and, in a couple cases, went backwards. No orientation lock, no separate ring volumes, calendar is completely unchanged with no week view, xbox videos can't be purchased on device, can't even be [I]played[/I] on device, no built-in turn by turn navigation, no IE favorites or tabs syncing... I was also glad to see the article mention the almost total lack of synergy between Windows 8 and WP8.
I love Windows Phone and have no intention of switching to anything else, but man it's depressing that our OS of choice is STILL playing catch up to its competitors.
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