Yesterday I published part one of my hands on review with Windows Phone 7, and this isn’t like the early hands on where people played with one at a Microsoft event, I got the Redmond giant to send me a phone so I could give you all a real understanding of the OS and what to expect should you get a Windows Phone for yourself. In this review you can click on any of the images to view them full size.
While the unboxing was a bit of a disappointment, setting up the phone certainly was not. From switching the phone on I had a working handset in about 1 minute flat! It was a simple case of choosing about three or four options, signing in with my Windows Live ID (it’s just as easy to set up Google services) and you’re done. This is the least painful set up experience I’ve ever had with a phone and it’s a very far cry from Apple’s insistence on using their iTunes software to activate your phone.
logging into Facebook on the phone is just as simple and it’s a pleasure to see an option in the final OS to only show contacts in your main contacts list that appear in another list. My list of Facebook friends and acquaintances goes on and on and just the sight of that in my phone contacts made me feel queasy.
So setup is a breeze but what’s the OS like generally? I’ll talk about specific apps in later parts of this review but I’m delighted to say that Windows Phone is a joy to use. It’s intuitive (almost, I’ll come to this in a bit) and very fast and responsive. In fact it could easily be said it’s almost too responsive and I have frequently found myself grateful for the back button as my thumb or finger slipped over an icon I didn’t mean to hit.
You can read the full version of this review with photos at Windows7news.
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Yawn! Wake me up when you actually write something with info in it.
Looks like you fell asleep before you finished reading.
And if you need someone to wake you up, ask your mommy..
“Unboxing” “Facebook” “Setup was a breeze”.
Any other stupid meaningless catch phrases?
Waste of bandwidth.
This series of articles is above your reading level.
It is really convenient to use Windows Phone 7.