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I think it will be pretty good, despite whatever shens you have seen.

Any good links or info I can put here would be great. Must be reputable and allegedly accurate.
 
Well ill take anything.

Mostly interested in predictions and leaks, but ill take rumors

Im hoping it will eventually be a seamless extension of my desktop.
 
Engadget had a rumor article a few days ago stating that the UI would be very Zune HD like but would no feature multi-tasking. I'm not sure how I feel about that second thing. Either way I'm looking forward to next week and I hope they show off a good amount, and not just talk about what to expect.
 
Wow, no multitasking!? how will i ever live w/o multitasking on a 3" device.

Sike, but seriously multitasking isn't critical. In fact I imagine the cost to the battery (ie. running more apps at once causes the battery to drain faster) isnt worth it.
 
Almost everyone who has an ifone doesn't care that their units do not multitask. I'm thinking with the new crop of processors like the Snapdragon, starting new programs will be much faster... Besides, the only program that doesn't load instantaneously for me is google maps.
 
I'm kind of getting bored with my iPhone 3G and waiting for WinMo 7 to drop. It looks promising from what I've read so far.
 
entropism said:
Funny, it's probably the 2nd most rampant complaint, next to the craptastic network it's on.
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The network is a given... The biggest complaint I heard from my 4 friends was no MMS until very recently. That's my biggest frame of reference. Though, to be fair, I would not classify them as very tech savvy.
 
lathode said:
I wonder if it's going to be decent or crap like other WinMo versions.
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Most of the older WinMo versions were just updates on the previous ones so not much has changed in a while really. WinMo 7 is more of a fresh start than we have seen since what? WM5?
 
While I'm very eager for WinMo 7 to arrive, I am still quite happy with my hacked Omnia running 6.5.
 
Rune75 said:
Almost everyone who has an ifone doesn't care that their units do not multitask. I'm thinking with the new crop of processors like the Snapdragon, starting new programs will be much faster... Besides, the only program that doesn't load instantaneously for me is google maps.
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Yes, but the iPhone has a completely icon-based OS. When you start dealing with devices with customizable widget-based homescreens, for example, multitasking becomes much more important. Without multitasking, 3rd party homescreen widgets wouldn't work on my Motorola Droid. Neither would 3rd party homescreen replacements.
 
No Multi-tasking on a WM OS? Hard to believe... unless they completely want to abandon enterprise market, which I doubt. Proper threading is one of the key reasons for why we support WM as a platform at all... despite multiple other issues.
 
coolie_d said:
Yes, but the iPhone has a completely icon-based OS. When you start dealing with devices with customizable widget-based homescreens, for example, multitasking becomes much more important. Without multitasking, 3rd party homescreen widgets wouldn't work on my Motorola Droid. Neither would 3rd party homescreen replacements.
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That's odd, I have widgets on my jailbroken iphone's desktop but I haven't bothered to enable multitasking. I'll let them know they shouldn't be working ;)
 
Wow, it really does look awesome. Looks like they took the Zune HD platform and did a cycle of roids. Can't wait for it to be released. Zune and Xbox Live? I'm sold.
 
I just hope the resolution limitation is not low like the zune HD (i.e. 480x272), but judging from the demoed UI the OS seem to cater towards a low resolution screen.

I really want and hope for MS to aim really high with standard specifications (tegra 2?) and at least sport a 800x480 screen. Preferably, the UI is resolution independent with a minimum resolution of 800x480.

Also, I'm hoping the standards aren't super strict, so companies like HTC can still add improvements like multiple microphones for noise cancellation (this should be made standard), speaker mode like the TP2, etc.

HOLY ****! I think I see a front facing camera on the prototype!!!

Also, the screen does seem pretty high res.

checkout this demo
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/wi.../15/windows-phone-7-series-show-and-tell.aspx
 
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Honestly, I am impressed with WM7 just as much as I was with Windows 7. And, when I thought Windows 7 was going to be bad until I tried the Beta then the RC, they completely changed my mind. And, now Windows Mobi-- I mean, Windows Phone Series 7, definitely changed my mind on how much potential this mobile OS has.

The interface is clean and simple, straight to the point. Much of everything is intuitive and easy to get to. There are no flashy, rounded icons or a busy background screen. Only thing I've seen so far on Engadget is that the web browser needs a bit of polish and improvement on speed, but other than that everything about WPS7 is great.

Color me impressed Microsoft, changed my mind again.
 
I guess I'm in the minority but I wasn't too impressed with the hands-on videos that Engadget posted. The UI seems a little slow and clunky still, and the stupid animations between screens just seem like they take forever. Yes, the iPhone has animations between screens, but they take just fractions of a second instead of well over a second between screens. I do like the way they've integrated all of the social networking stuff in one place, and I would probably like the gaming section if I owned an XBox, but I don't.
 
I am very impressed with WM7, as long as they pull off background multi tasking for apps properly it will be fantastic. I hope the HD2 I'm going to dump ATT for soon will get an update for it.

The simple UI is great too. Could be a little more pretty but eh, nice to see it getting easier finally. Just a blast of icons always pissed me off about the iPhone and imitators.
 
Its official and Im really not impressed. Looks like android it is from here on out. No multitasking? No custom UIs? Fuck that. For the standard user it looks decent. But I touch facebook maybe once a month, never bothered with live, never bothered with twitter or xbox live, etc. I actually LIKED the old today screen, and have TF3D disabled on my touch diamond. So not really interested.
 
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Its official and Im really not impressed. Looks like android it is from here on out. No multitasking? No custom UIs? Fuck that. For the standard user it looks decent. But I touch facebook maybe once a month, never bothered with live, never bothered with twitter or xbox live, etc. I actually LIKED the old today screen, and have TF3D disabled on my touch diamond. So not really interested.
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To each his own. Bottom line is that most people don't care about all of that. This UI is customizable though but in a unique way. You can completely change its function without ripping it apart. Custom UIs are nice but they KILL app development.
 
big nice looking text, thats the reason i might think about updating.
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Im confused how do people know it has "no multitasking", was it advertised in the press release? (doubtful)

Multitasking is the future of phones, how they could not include that im not so sure?
 
Inu said:
Im confused how do people know it has "no multitasking", was it advertised in the press release? (doubtful)

Multitasking is the future of phones, how they could not include that im not so sure?
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Nothing hard for or against multitasking yet. However I could see them running most of what we do now for multitasking in the background.

As long as the app remembers where I was in it when I re open it I am fine without full blown multitasking. For some programs though having that would be very nice. With the hubs pulling all of the data I have a feeling it will be somewhat like the iPhone with background processes running and able to run at once with limited actual multitasking.

I dont want to have to exit my email just to find and open instant messenger or something like that but we shall see.
 
Ripskin said:
I dont want to have to exit my email just to find and open instant messenger or something like that but we shall see.
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You're thinking app-centric. That's not how this phone works. Within the email workflow IM would be a task. The iPhone is APP centric. This 7 Series is WORKFLOW centric.
 
Looks like a lot of wasted space in the UI. Funny how they have the UI expand outside of the phone image making you think you can see more. Then when you look at the phone you see partial writting on the edge of the screen that you have to scroll to, while there's a ton of empty space at the top. The home screen looks pretty stupid as well. huge blocks taking up a lot of space and empty space around 2 edges so you have to scroll down to get to other common things. I do like the fonts and simple look though, just needs to use the screen better.
 
heatlesssun said:
You're thinking app-centric. That's not how this phone works. Within the email workflow IM would be a task. The iPhone is APP centric. This 7 Series is WORKFLOW centric.
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Correct, just expressing what I don't want to see happening (like the iPhone). Being able to have all of my data pooled easily or switch from one to the other (multi tasking like WM can now) would keep most users very happy.
 
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