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Yesterday I waited in a long line1 and got a new HTC Trophy, which runs Windows Phone 7, from my longtime carrier, Verizon. My take on it is: it's a touchscreen smartphone that works. This quality distinguishes it from my previous phone, which ran Windows Mobile 6.1 and could barely browse.
Nice: customizable tiles optimize access to frequently-used applications, thumbnails that tell you something, good speed & UI generally. Plus, it isn't AT&T. :)
Less nice: I can't set an MP3 as a ringtone, at least not yet. The free versions of the Twitter & Facebook apps are a little klunky, but there are non-free apps out there now.
Say two former owners of Droids near me2, WinPhone 7 kicks Droid's butt for even simple tasks like email. Nyeh heh heh.
1Four. And a half. Hours. Yeah, I got a sweet deal on it. Shaddup. I was one of the last handful to get one that day. My old phone was starting to have trouble holding onto charge, so I wanted it badly.
2They may have reason to be biased, but that doesn't happen much in private.
Nice: customizable tiles optimize access to frequently-used applications, thumbnails that tell you something, good speed & UI generally. Plus, it isn't AT&T. :)
Less nice: I can't set an MP3 as a ringtone, at least not yet. The free versions of the Twitter & Facebook apps are a little klunky, but there are non-free apps out there now.
Say two former owners of Droids near me2, WinPhone 7 kicks Droid's butt for even simple tasks like email. Nyeh heh heh.
1Four. And a half. Hours. Yeah, I got a sweet deal on it. Shaddup. I was one of the last handful to get one that day. My old phone was starting to have trouble holding onto charge, so I wanted it badly.
2They may have reason to be biased, but that doesn't happen much in private.
