sistawendy: me in my suffraget costume raising a finger in front of the Vogue (oh yeah)
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.

Date: 2011-05-31 04:26 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] schmi.livejournal.com
Say two former owners of Droids near me2, WinPhone 7 kicks Droid's butt for even simple tasks like email.
How so?

Date: 2011-05-31 04:31 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] sistawendy.livejournal.com
Said a fellow in my group (and now a former neighbor too!), email on their Droids wouldn't sync.

Date: 2011-05-31 04:33 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] schmi.livejournal.com
To Exchange or gmail? Cos gmail works just fine! Exchange has never worked and I never bothered with it cos I didn't want to get work email on my phone anyway.

Date: 2011-05-31 04:35 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] sistawendy.livejournal.com
I don't know, but Exchange is more likely. I guess I'm a tool, because I like getting work mail on my phone. It's saved my butt any number of times.

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