http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/You, sir, need more faith in XDA.]]>May 24th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
I haven't been able to get a good phone to replace my vogue which is running WM 6.5.5 even though Sprint certainly hasn't released those updates - all thanks to XDA/ppcgeeks. I tried the Diamond - what a POS that was! I wanted the imagio that Verizon has but Sprint doesn't and I certainly would like an iPhone which ATT has but Sprint doesn't.

So be glad you have the HD2 - if you were on Sprint you'd have few choices. The EVO hardware looks great but until Android 2.3 comes out, I really have no use for it. Android 2.2 will be relatively OK but again that isn't available yet. WM 6.5 does all the business things I need a phone to do NOW so I envy you your HD2 as there is no hardware anything like it for Sprint running WM.]]>May 24th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
I would die for the HD2. Right now I run the TP2 as my primary device. Killer phone but I miss the extra horsepower and screen size. Another shout out to the geniuses over at XDA. I wouldn't be nearly as enthusiastic about WinMo without their work on custom ROM's. I love showing off ENERGYS ROM to my iPhone touting friends. Instant jealousy.]]>May 24th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/i could be wrong but i think thats possible]]>May 24th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
My Live ID is @xkloc.com so yes it can be anything.]]>May 24th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/Yes, it can. Its a user name made up from a email account and a password.]]>May 24th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
okay yeah i thought so, thanks for verification
i have a windows live email but it can be confusing to some who will think they -need- to have live or hotmail accounts]]>May 24th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
yah it was easier to understand back in the day when the login system was called Passport, before they rebranded and simplified things.]]>May 24th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
WP7 is the UI that I want in my next smartphone, can't wait for hardware to be available! ]]>May 24th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
Now to convince Sprint to get some great hardware like the HD2 or EVO with WP7 SOON instead of a year from now! I'm worried they are only going to carry LG bricks instead of something with a nice big display and slim design.

]]>May 24th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
Hmm. There was more LG Panther stuff showed with video:

http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/05/24/more-lg-panther-windows-phone-7-pictures/]]>May 24th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/Also: " iPhone OS 4.0 set to revolutionize the platform with multitasking"... lol. bold statement. multitasking was a predictable change and their implementation also has nothing revolutionary. BUT at least they are actually doing it, unlike WP7 (doesn't seem likely at the beginning)]]>May 24th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/WP7 has a solid level of multitasking right now and nothing that cant be full realized with a 3rd party app (ala Androids App Killer). It works the same as iPhone 4.0 except it lacks a task manager to see all the apps you have opened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFQwzgNVVlc]]>May 24th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/pretty cool video, I was not aware of this. It all looks very promising. Hopefully this functionality will be the same on the actual devices. The person who made the video seems to think this was only enabled in the emulator. Either way, good stuff]]>May 24th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
I want to see what comes out of HP. Sticking with Android for now.]]>May 24th 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
BecauseItsNotGoogle is right... the "apps list" isnt final yet, their will be a letter grid (just like their is for music and the like) to allow you fast access to your apps no matter where they are. I prefer this to the "Sea of Apps" approach that Apple uses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IOTrqlz4jo&feature=related
You can see the letter grid around second 55... you'll never be more than a couple clicks away from your app.]]>May 24th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
I will pick one up to try out for sure.]]>May 24th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/it could, copy and paste
i beg of you MS, put copy and paste in!!!!

but yeah :P
i do like the look of this, especially being all zune-ish
though, ill have to see how it stands up to the big G dog's droid 2.2]]>May 24th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/I know! Finally something that can really challenge the iPhone in ways Android can't. Competition is great for consumers.]]>May 24th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
Wow, a Microsoft fanboy on this site that's just as adamant as the worst iFan. I never thought I'd see that on Engadget....]]>May 24th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
I can't stand Bing. Search results are mediocre at best, UI is not as intuitive as Google. For a company that revolutionized personal computing and who's OS makes up 95% of the world's computers, I expect an experience that's UNQUESTIONABLY better than Google...not just ARGUABLY as good.]]>May 24th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/"... tidbits exposed"
"...bits exposed"

Subliminal message anyone?]]>May 24th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
"...testicles exposed to coworkers."

]]>May 24th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
And wait, you will need to.

I really hope they knock this one out of the park, because there are a ton of great concepts here, but I fear that (at least for the first couple generations) it's going to be too little, too late. All other OS manufacturers will have 3, 4, or more years of experience on their most recent OS. That is a HUUUUGE head start. Everyone had their panties in a bunch b/c iPhone didn't get copy/paste until 2008, but I bet it'll be 2012 before WP7 gets it. Multi-tasking, functional/unobtrusive notifications, a great touchscreen keyboard.... MS really is starting from scratch here. NONE of the competitors got it 100% right out of the box, and we'd be foolish to believe that MS will be the exception.

There's a TON of potential here, though. MS Office mobile 7 looks great! Zune already IS great! Bring over that Kin on-computer timeline/organization interface and add the ability to take calls and reorganize your phone's content from any computer, and you've got a compelling feature right there! XBOX Live mobile! For. The. Win!

There's so much to love, and there's obviously so much MS is bringing to the table that you CAN'T get with any other platform (see above), but there are also all of the drawbacks.

WP7 is a huge wildcard, right now. I have no doubt that it will be extremely popular in the long run, but I reeeeally don't think they'll be selling 10 million WP7 handsets in 2011. I hope I'm wrong though :-)]]>May 24th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
All they do is produce operating systems, productivity applications, web browsers, and video game consoles. And given their track record, it is inconceivable that they could ever come from behind and end up dominating the competition. It has just...never happened before.]]>May 24th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
LOL! 90% OS market share makes you irrelevant?

What's ice cream like in Bizzaro-World?]]>May 24th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/May 24th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/windows-phone-7-more-technical-tidbits-exposed/
The UI is exactly the same.]]>May 24th 2010 2:41PM