Posts by Jim Coleman

OK....

You don't have to enable the facebook support if you don't want to, it's not obligatory by any means. Also, Zune is used primarily for media sync to your phone, so if you're using it for Business, you won't need Zune at all, except for doing OS updates, and let's face it, OS updates have to be handled by some piece of software or other, and it may as well be Zune, which is a well liked app.

For putting office files on your phone, there's sharepoint support, and coming soon is full Skydrive support too.

So put down your axe, switch off the grinder, and enjoy.

OMG

Tell me you're joking, no-one could possibly be that.....oh dear gods.

Correction

Windows 7 <> Windows Phone 7.

Please attempt accuracy, it saves you looking like an idiot

Relax...

Zune is infinitely better than iTunes, you needn't fear using it. It actually makes syncing media to your phone really, really easy. Pictures, video, music, podcasts, zune channels, the lot. It also performs phone backups and Wifi syncing, as well as pulling photos and videos off your phone into your libraries.

It's a lot more functional than direct USB mass storage.

For instance, if I drag an artist onto my phone icon, it doesn't just copy all the music by that artist onto the device. It also creates a sync object for the artist, which means if I buy new music by that artist, it will automatically get put onto the phone. That is the kind of grooviness Zune provides that mass storage does not.

Evidence?

You have, of course, evidence to back up your claim that Microsoft is bribing El Reg and requiring minimum scores? If not, STFU.

*here we go*

Just to correct you, the update DOES perform useful functions. It makes the update mechanism faster and more reliable, and it seems, from what users are saying, to fix some bugs and speed up the phone a bit.

There, corrected your post for you. Pleasure.

Erm...

No I am not implying anything about the old Windows Mobile. The new feature is the task switcher, which is a visual swipe-able screenshot-based system which is actually new. Multitasking is obviously not, nor is it missing from WP7.

You fail to understand...

WP7 already has multitasking, it's just that MS locked that down from 3rd party developers. Now they're going to allow it on a limited basis to apps that need it, such as IM and music streaming apps, and they're adding the interface to allow the switching. They always said they'd start out locked down for safety, then open up as required. Now they're doing that. So don't go all "we've had this for years", WP7 had the capability from the start, it's simply a question of who's allowed to use it. MS's approach is pragmatic.

Cheap?

Amazon are doing WP7 phones for 1 cent. Same as they do with Android.

MS

MS chose to concentrate on the consumer in the initial release, but included the Business Bits that were completed already. Policy support and full Skydrive support will come soon enough as they start to home in on the Business side more. Eventually we'll end up with an OS that's awesome for consumers (Zune / XBox integration) AND awesome for Business (full office, sharepoint, policies etc etc).

WP7 is a work in progress, but then so are iOS and Android.

Sheesh

It may be an entry-level device, but it's entry level in what is currently a premium spec. Hence why it's still expensive.

Having said that, I got an HD7 on PAYG for £360. The trophy will be cheaper than that.

Rubbish!

As the specs age, the price of the phones will drop and soon enough they'll become mid-tier and eventually budget phones, at which time they'll have full market penetration. The reason they started out with a high spec was so they didn't end up with the kind of performance disaster that is low-end Android phones. Oh, Angry Birds Lite, anyone?

Card Slot

It doesn't need a card slot - your average user doesn't actually want to keep swapping cards anyway, it's just a complication for tech nerds.

The iPhone and the Nexus S don't have card slots either, and they're both more expensive.

Yeah!

Yeah, because everyone who is liking WP7 has to be Steve Ballmer, obviously....

Come on, you MS haters can do way better than that, do try harder.

OK....

"The iphone sold in hundreds of thousands at launch"

OK. 80,000 WP7 phones have been sold in Germany since launch. In just a few days. In just one country. Go figure.

Actually...

...it is a genuine supply issue - various sources believe that at least in Samsung's case it is a lack of AMOLED screens.

What makes you think Microsoft are able to somehow magically prevent Samsung and HTC from shipping phones to Orange?

Apple can restrict supply because they control the manufacturing process. Microsoft just make the OS, so the same simply isn't true in this case.

And...

It's not just HTC with the problem either, Samsung can't get enough WP7 phones out the door either.