First of all let me start by saying that I love my windows phone 7. It?s somehow interesting going with a fledgling OS, to see it develop into a beautiful masterpiece and It feels you are involved with the development process.
With the upcoming Mango release it will almost be certain to put the OS on another level. We will see two big updates this year and Microsoft seem to be very serious about developing this OS.
What set?s this OS apart from other phones is firstly the live tiles, they are amazing. I am running a HTC HD7 with the larger screen which compliments this OS like no other phone.
My partner has the I Phone 4, and IOS to me seems very boring when comparing them, though I can?t take it away from Apple, they do what they do and it works.
Sent using my HTC HD7
So where do I feel Microsoft are going wrong:-
Advertising
Have you ever seen an Advert on TV for the WP7, I Haven?t but I see I phone all this time, there adds are simple but effective. People have to know it?s there to buy it. Microsoft spent millions on development but then they don?t seem to spend that much on advertising the product. I feel the I Phone is more of a fashion accessory which is down to marketing, simple!
Customization
Ok so you can?t really customize an I Phone that much, but a windows phone it?s even less. You only have a few themes, rubbish ring-tones and like the I Phone you cannot use it as a USB device, WHY?? This is the single main reason phone shops recommend Android because you pretty much do anything with them, and this is what Microsoft has to understand. As the live tiles look great, you would perhaps not choose to change them, you would not want to make the tiles smaller for example because you would not be able to read the notifications, but I would really like to be able to change the standard live tiles i.e., MMS, Phone, Explorer and email to a tile with more animation, I mean these tiles are simply boring with flat colors. I understand that Mango will allow you to have custom ring-tones, which is a big step in the right direction. You have to remember everybody wants to customize there phone, especially people who work in the phone industry. Perhaps Microsoft should employ a company to investigate why phone sales assistants do not recommend WP7, then, they would know where they are going wrong. Theses are the people who sell the OS to the public after all.
Games
I really don?t see the fascination in some of the games in XBOX, I mean most of them are simple and rubbish, why cant there be more games like Assassin's Creed, Need for Speed etc, instead we have doodle jump. There is no ability to play multiplayer via wifi like the I phone has either. I may be wrong here because I am not much of a gamer!
APPS
Okay so Windows Phone 7 has not been out that long and the app list is growing. I find allot of the apps are rubbish and don?t work like they should, you can find this yourself if you read the reviews. There should be a quality control checks to see if some apps are worth putting on the Market Place to start with. Of course I am aware that with all OS apps, there are good and bad ones, but there seem to be more bad ones with WP7; these days it all about the apps. We could do with more high street shops, banks and other major companies releasing apps for the Market place, this would push WP7 up the pecking order.
It sounds like I hate my phone, but I don?t, I think it?s fantastic and let?s be far, the OS has been out for a very short period and already it is kicking butt with the big guns. Anyone reading this who is thinking about changing or getting a WP7, please do, you won?t be disappointed. I can?t wait to see what Mango brings to the party, the integration of Twitter, live messenger and facebook chat is massive, oh and Skype eventually. The Bing search with voice commands with the scout. Multi tasking, which has been done really well, it adds a different dimension to the phone. They say Mango has 500 features, I can?t wait to see what they are, and I will be playing with my phone for weeks. Lets hope we can eventually personalize our phones, come on Microsoft, don?t shoot yourselves in the foot for basic reasons.
With the upcoming Mango release it will almost be certain to put the OS on another level. We will see two big updates this year and Microsoft seem to be very serious about developing this OS.
What set?s this OS apart from other phones is firstly the live tiles, they are amazing. I am running a HTC HD7 with the larger screen which compliments this OS like no other phone.
My partner has the I Phone 4, and IOS to me seems very boring when comparing them, though I can?t take it away from Apple, they do what they do and it works.
Sent using my HTC HD7
So where do I feel Microsoft are going wrong:-
Advertising
Have you ever seen an Advert on TV for the WP7, I Haven?t but I see I phone all this time, there adds are simple but effective. People have to know it?s there to buy it. Microsoft spent millions on development but then they don?t seem to spend that much on advertising the product. I feel the I Phone is more of a fashion accessory which is down to marketing, simple!
Customization
Ok so you can?t really customize an I Phone that much, but a windows phone it?s even less. You only have a few themes, rubbish ring-tones and like the I Phone you cannot use it as a USB device, WHY?? This is the single main reason phone shops recommend Android because you pretty much do anything with them, and this is what Microsoft has to understand. As the live tiles look great, you would perhaps not choose to change them, you would not want to make the tiles smaller for example because you would not be able to read the notifications, but I would really like to be able to change the standard live tiles i.e., MMS, Phone, Explorer and email to a tile with more animation, I mean these tiles are simply boring with flat colors. I understand that Mango will allow you to have custom ring-tones, which is a big step in the right direction. You have to remember everybody wants to customize there phone, especially people who work in the phone industry. Perhaps Microsoft should employ a company to investigate why phone sales assistants do not recommend WP7, then, they would know where they are going wrong. Theses are the people who sell the OS to the public after all.
Games
I really don?t see the fascination in some of the games in XBOX, I mean most of them are simple and rubbish, why cant there be more games like Assassin's Creed, Need for Speed etc, instead we have doodle jump. There is no ability to play multiplayer via wifi like the I phone has either. I may be wrong here because I am not much of a gamer!
APPS
Okay so Windows Phone 7 has not been out that long and the app list is growing. I find allot of the apps are rubbish and don?t work like they should, you can find this yourself if you read the reviews. There should be a quality control checks to see if some apps are worth putting on the Market Place to start with. Of course I am aware that with all OS apps, there are good and bad ones, but there seem to be more bad ones with WP7; these days it all about the apps. We could do with more high street shops, banks and other major companies releasing apps for the Market place, this would push WP7 up the pecking order.
It sounds like I hate my phone, but I don?t, I think it?s fantastic and let?s be far, the OS has been out for a very short period and already it is kicking butt with the big guns. Anyone reading this who is thinking about changing or getting a WP7, please do, you won?t be disappointed. I can?t wait to see what Mango brings to the party, the integration of Twitter, live messenger and facebook chat is massive, oh and Skype eventually. The Bing search with voice commands with the scout. Multi tasking, which has been done really well, it adds a different dimension to the phone. They say Mango has 500 features, I can?t wait to see what they are, and I will be playing with my phone for weeks. Lets hope we can eventually personalize our phones, come on Microsoft, don?t shoot yourselves in the foot for basic reasons.
lol relax buddy.
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