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Windows Phone: A Solid OS Missing the Hype

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There was no line outside circling the block. No employees handing out burritos to hungry patrons. No four-hour wait for a phone that I had already preordered.

This was launch day for Windows Phone 7. Fanfare was nowhere to be found. But inside the AT&T store was a device that boldly rethinks what a modern smartphone operating system should be like.

It just may be too late. If we lived in a different world Microsoft would take another six months and work out the bugs from what really feels like a beta OS. But they don’t have that luxury. In fact, Windows Phone 7 comes about two years behind the rest of the smartphone makers who scurried to start adding iPhone-esque features to their devices.

What I believe separates Windows Phone from the Droid line and others is that it is not another imitation of the iPhone. Yes there is a browser and apps, but the interface is reinvented. The live tiles are easy to glance at, flick and peruse. Continue reading →

An Extreme Makeover for Windows Phones

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Say goodbye to Windows Mobile (many will say good riddance). Microsoft tossed the whole thing in the Atlantic with this week’s introduction of Windows Phone Series 7.

Despite its unfortunate name this new mobile operating system may actually hold some promise for resurrecting Microsoft in the mobile space.  For a company often criticized for it’s failure to innovate, Microsoft looks like it really got it this time.

However, Redmond may have to fight the too-little-too-late feeling from many consumers. Apple, Google and Palm all have mature operating systems with a couple of years’ worth head start. Android releases a new device hourly and has won the hearts of most major phone manufacturers an many users with a deepening collection of apps. Palm has developed a core group of followers. And we don’t even need to go into Apple’s success. Continue reading →