[cubeboy]

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/05/microsoft-unve...

A bit clearer information. I've had one now for a while and I do enjoy the phone. It seems slightly limited but hopefully Mango will push it further, and we'll see tighter integration with Windows 8 next year. Zune software looks better than iTunes, but some of its configs are lacking. The current phone is probably between the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, but you don't have that feeling of App Silos, however I use the Facebook integration less and less. I think I will be leaning towards iPhone 5 instead though, as the apps are significantly lacking in this phone (and app development API/SDK access is terrible). Marketplace needs a big overhaul and move to something different than an App Store mimic.

The worst feature is Bing Maps. Last night I typed in location X and it said not available. So I typed in located X suburb Y and it still said it could not find it. So I typed in location X suburb Y and state Z. It then relocates to the centre of the state Z and points out that state Z is here.

[GoldenMonkey]

So we're waiting until October for limited backgrounding and an integrated sms, facebook, and messenger experience? Yeah, I can see ppl holding off on iOS and android upgrades for this;) Seriously, win7 is so unbaked it can't even connect to a hidden wifi network. And with this fall release they are not going to be at parity with last year's OS's. They have continued to loss market share. They need to leapfrog the competition:(

[cubeboy]

I wouldn't say the wait is optional, more financially restricted(2 year contract).

Is your Win7 experience a personal one though? I haven't yet required to connect to a hidden wifi network. And now that cut-and-paste has arrived, I have used it all of twice.

I'm always of the state of mind that the differences between Android, Iphone, and Win7 aren't that big; I wouldn't say that win7 is unbaked any of those phones, except when it comes to apps, and iPhone always wins.

I just hate being an Apple user. I want to have an iPhone with out the Apple fanboy stigma