'Tom's' Does WinPhone 7.5: Comprehensive Review after A Month's Experience ...
>> The Windows Phone 7.5 Review, A Month-Long Experience
Andrew Ku
Tom's Hardware
April 12, 2012
tomshardware.com 
Table of contents
1. More Than A Month With Windows Phone 7.5
2. History And Home Screen
3. The Basics: Navigation And Bing Searches
4. Bing Services: Local Scout, Music, Vision, Speech
5. Page Orientation: Portrait And Lanscape
6. Keyboard Layout And Text Input
7. Touch Gestures And Multitasking
8. Internet Explorer, Email, And Calendar
9. Maintaining Contacts, Calling, And Messaging
10. Multimedia: Music, Videos, And Pictures
11. Document Management In Mobile Office
12. Marketplace And Xbox Live
13. Syncing: Windows And Mac
14. Apps: Room To Grow, But Most Bases Covered
15. Windows Phone 7: A Solid Mobile Operating System
After a long string of clumsy mobile releases, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 strikes us as one of the better designs to pass through our labs. After more than a month of using the latest build on a Nokia Lumia 800, we think WP7 deserves consideration.
After several unsuccessful mobile offerings, Microsoft has released Windows Phone 7 (WP7). With 71% of smartphone owners using either an Android or iPhone device, according to Nielsen, it might not seem like Microsoft's new mobile operating system stands much of a chance. However, quite a few companies have announced their support for WP7, and we believe the WP7 is worth watching. ... <Snip> ... For the folks considering a smartphone with WP7, accepting and growing accustomed to a very different Microsoft-driven ecosystem will probably represent the biggest change. Indeed, for most of the crew at Tom's Hardware, much experience with Android- and iOS-based devices has colored our expectations of mobility. Consequently, I made sure to take my time getting used to WP7 before writing this review, making Nokia's Lumia 800 my personal smartphone for the last month and a half. After acclimating to Windows Phone 7, I'm convinced that anyone shopping for a new phone should at least consider Microsoft's mobile operating system as a viable environment on the right piece of hardware. ... <SNIP Big Rest: See Full Text at Link Above> ###
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