http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/ Engadget Comments for Windows Phone 7 Series' cutting room floor is an extravaganza of bright colors and chunky fonts http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
However, it's pretty exactly the same as what we've got in the end, except all the features that is *impossible* to implement.

1. Large Photos:
There is no way (or would be a waste of CPU) to tell where the face is in a photograph. Even with automatic face detection, there will be chances that a photo has a lot of faces in it. Also, unless the contact uses Facebook, Outlook photos won’t stretch that large.

2. Different Font Weight for First and Last Name:
There is no way to tell if there's first and last name unless Outlook can tell if it's a person. And there's no way it can tell if it's a person. Would it "FACEbook", "BANKofamerica" or "TIMEOUTnewyork"? There's just no way to tell. Cut.

Take all of that out, what you get is the final design.

If Engadget love themes so much, let's see how many of the editors actually skin their Mac OS or Windows first. I doubt anyone moves beyond wallpaper, and perhaps the color of the windows, at most.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
As long as I can change that jarring blue to a jarring red, I should be fine, with my sunglasses on.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
With Vista and Windows 7 being really so much more improved on the grounds of theming, it's really a shame that they didn't make their mobile OS match. It's really not that hard of a feature to do, the Palm homebrew community figured it out in a month or two. Unfortunately, I doubt Windows Phone 7 is going to be as open and accessible for that type of hacking as webOS is.]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
"not even WM6.5 allows advanced skinning anyway"

Sense UI, SPB Mobile Shell, TouchWiz, Point UI, Adrokidd. i'd say all those are pretty advanced skins for WM6.5]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
Like iPhone, you probably just need to jailbreak it. Like Android, you probably just need to root it. Like WebOS, you probably just need to jailbreak it. Like Windows, you probably just need WindowBlinds to overwrite some system DLLs. Like Mac OS, you probably just need to hack it.

No systems mentioned above comes with theming that is more than switching wallpapers and colors. Only Android lets you switch the home screen.]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 18th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 18th 2010 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
so focussing on theming and investing much money into it would be spent money on the wrong things. it's better that they focused on making one theme RIGHT than just say "you could switch them if you don't like them".]]>Mar 18th 2010 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 18th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
Honestly, the amount of skinning and themeing you can do with current WInMo and ANdroid phones is plenty. It's usually how far the developers take it. Once you dive in a little, you'll realize there's way too much. Way too much as in way too many things you can do that will slow your phone to a crawl....]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
Awesome, yes, but also more proof that WinPhone7 was never intended with business users in mind. Look at those flashy colors? I really hope this means that WinMo6.5 will become WinPhone7Classic for people who still want cabs, true multitasking, and copy-paste.]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/This one in particular is here: http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/CL14

watch every blog make a news story about every singlle PPT in the coming days in hope to get linked back by engadget...traffic/hits FTW]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/the cake is a.....]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
But with cake I can CUT a slice anywhere I want, or pick up one slice from the kitchen and MOVE it to the den and PASTE it down onto the coffee table.

Looks can be deceiving...]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/not so sublime there.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
Cake or death?]]>Mar 18th 2010 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/I like them to in quake.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
I made the mistake of getting an iPhone back in Oct. '09. It's faster and prettier, but as far as useability goes it lacks. Now Microsoft is dumping down their phone OS below the iPhone!

My next phone will be an Android or Ill just go back to Win 6.5 on the Tilt - I want a mobile device that does what I want it to do, not tells me what to do with it. ]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Congrats, dude. You just won the non sequitur comment of the day award.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
lol... "dumping down"]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
(I personally wanted them to be separate, typing a paper is very rare on a mobile device even with the 800x480 screens)]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 18th 2010 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
You're right.. I think light/dark plus 4 "accent colors" is really really weak. Even Vista and Windows 7 gave us a color picker to let us theme.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
gosh, where is the engadget w/o WP7S button?

[/sarcasm]
]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
See what happens when other people (microsoft) do something notable (WP7S) guys? There are tons of posts about those things too!]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
I was going to say "I see what you did there", but then I realized you simplified it and dumbed it down as much as Microsoft dumbed down WMP7S]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
I see what you did there.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
They really ought to be. It's the Windows way.

But what do I know, the Windows way doesn't involve copy/paste anymore. Damn patents and capacitive screens...

As for this UI, I like it but I don't think it's pretty enough. I hope they make it shiny and add translucency and transparency like they did to 6.5 between announcement and launch. The main face of 6.5 is nice-looking with these elements. I think their ideas of background imagery should be used more pervasively than just for media hubs.. I don't use a lock screen so I'd love to see some life behind my start screen.

Speaking of Start Screen, we know the tiles are too big. Maximum 8 to fit without scrolling? Fail.. why don
t we get the option to have 3 across? Not every tile is going to be surfacing a lot of text.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Because 'People don't do that']]>Mar 17th 2010 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
P.S.: With so many WP7 articles, Engadget still hasn't mention that WP7 will support Divx natively.

http://gizmodo.com/5493823/surprise-windows-phone-7-has-native-divx-support]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
Steve Jobs did say the iPhone was 5 years ahead of any other phone when he first introduced it.

Apparently, Microsoft believed him. ]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/I guess the boys at Microsoft are LOST fans!]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
I for one like that they are concentrating on making this as rock solid of a base OS as they can (by removing things like copy and paste for now).

You only have 1 chance to make a first impression and this is why palm is in a bad position now. You can always add the less used features later but you can't fix core problems as easily.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
These were the only things lacking on WM6.5x after HTC gave us the UX tuning.]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/
But, sadly, Android took the lead, and who knows how much better it will get by the time WP7S arrives... I'm already impressed by how far along Android came without much competition (only iPhone).]]>Mar 17th 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 18th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/Mar 17th 2010 11:52PM