#phone7

Anch'io, come altri blogger, son stato coinvolto dagli amici di Microsoft ed Hagakure, nella maratona di prova del nuovo Phone7, il sistema operativo di Microsoft. Un paio di settimane in cui ho avuto modo di conoscere e provare Phone7 a bordo di un Optimus 7, uno smartphone del valore di circa 350€

Come sapete sono un utente iPhone dal 2007 ma "ateo" in confronto ai fan Apple e sempre abbastanza critico da poter riconoscere limiti e pregi (e comunque abbastanza folle da spendere oltre 500€ per un *cellulare*). Ad ogni modo, anche a causa di confronti con amici più esperti e smanettoni di me, avevo aspettative abbastanza elevate nei confronti di Phone7.

Salto a piedi pari l'elenco delle caratteristiche (in Rete ne trovate quante ne volete) per dedicarmi alle mie impressioni.

La prima cosa che salta agli occhi è la nuova interfaccia, finalmente semplice, pulita ed essenziale. Ogni funzione è intuitiva e facilmente raggiungibile (anche in mano a mio padre!). A livello estetico la scelta dei quadratoni è discutibile, ma se la gioca alla pari con gli altri S.O.

Di base ha tutte le funzionalità necessarie all'utente medio. Browsing e navigazione fanno bene il loro dovere. Ho poi scaricato diverse App gratuite e qualche demo giocabile dal Market Windows. La scelta del tutto schermo, Facebook e Twitter su tutte, non mi ha convinto, disorienta molto in prima battuta.

L'integrazione con XBox Live è ottima (e non poteva essere diversamente). Mi piacerebbe capire come sfrutta su Mobile i vari profil XBox Live, ossia i relativi punteggi, classifiche, rete di contatti e quant'altro.

L'Optimus 7 è un buon telefono, un po' "ciccio" rispetto agli ultimi che ho avuto in mano.

In sintesi credo che si tratti di un buon software, con una dotazione di base completa e con la possibilità di essere personalizzato secondo esigenze e necessità proprie. Il Market è chiaramente limitato rispetto ad Android e App Store, occorrerà vedere quanto sarà in grado di riproporre app disponibili altrove e lanciarne di nuove.

The news on July 26 is great reach the electricity to reveal recently the interface control to WindowsPhone7 of Microsoft will not limit greatly and reach electric innovation, the intersection of WindowsPhone and 7 mobile phone the element that incorporated into some HTC Sense interface.

WindowsPhone7 operating system of new generation of Microsoft will be listed on about October of this year, WindowsPhone 7 will make greater adjustment compared with past mobile phone, among them include limiting manufacturer's adjustment quantity to user interface of the mobile phone. This, for some mobile phone manufacturers, it may be a trouble.

Reach the electricity among them and greatly, but this company seems not to feel depressed because of these regulations of Microsoft. The self-defining user interface HTCSense of this company is expected to continue existing, even if Microsoft will represent and does not allow to revise the boundary plane of WindowsPhone7. It is reported in soon in first batch of Windows Phone 7 mobile phone that sell October, the element that incorporated into some HTC Sense interface its.

Great to reach electricity users and experience and design executives of group Drew and Palestine nurse Ford (DrewBamford) Show: "Microsoft has already experienced closer control to the core of WindowsPhone 7, but we will still keep innovation. " He reveal the intersection of new edition and Sense that introduce soon reach electricity and greatly the solution at Windows Phone 6.5 apparatus has very much loud differences at present. But present Sense employs integration with Windows Phone 6.5 platforms of most cores. Ford, nurse of Palestine, says: "The core that we can not replace too much Windows Phone is experienced, but we will supplement him. "

Before this, great to reach electricity, claim, increase some contents to WindowsPhone7. In addition seem great to reach electricity, plan to use the intersection of valley and mobile phone of system, Android of song, take same method too. Show, the valley song plans to adjust the interface of Android too, but this will not produce the trouble according to Ford, nurse of Palestine.

Okay, maybe it's not so hidden, but it is important and I fancy extravagant titles.

I am primarily a "windows guy" which, based on my tag cloud here alone, should be fairly obvious. The exception to that is my iPhone, for about the last two years. I love the thing for all of the reasons anyone does, and loathe it for the same (Apple and their puritanical ways, mostly).

Also, Windows Mobile sucks and I never cared much for Android's culture; they're a level of geek that, frankly, I find more annoying than intriguing. Sure, we could get into a long "Droid Does"-style pissing match, but at the end of the day I just appreciate my iPhone's elegance over the competition's offerings. It's not about brand loyalty.

Well, that and jail-breaking pretty much evens the feature playing field.

Anyway, enter Windows Phone 7. Microsoft suddenly went from their paltry Mobile 6 offerings to the most beautiful mobile device I have ever seen. Everyone knew they were going to introduce a Zune Phone, but I'm not sure anyone was prepared for the level of awesome unveiled. I had several gushy paragraphs here about just how fawesome it is, but the editor in me threatened to fire me.

So I'm getting Phone 7, right? Surely that's happening. Well...

You see, this isn't the same as the Gadget Wars of the Decade Past. There's more at stake. A lot more, like the seven home screen pages of iPhone apps I have. Many free, some cheap, some not so much, none of which can come with me. This is a very new problem in the world of mobile devices, one increasingly analogous to that of switching to a new operating system. Because, well, you are doing that now.

Like PC's in past decades, we've (quite suddenly) moved from looking at the technical details and capabilities of a phone to what Religion it runs. Switching from one to another calls for just about the same level of commitment, too. Sure, there will be a number of app equivalents on Phone 7; something to replace Tweetie, Pandora, Maps, BeejiveIM, Foursquare, Facebook, and all that. The core applications will be okay, but there will be casualties. My iPhone has all but replaced my DS as my mobile gaming platform of choice, something I never really noticed happening. Sure, Live Anywhere is likely to kick ass, but I'm going to miss Plants vs Zombies, Call of Duty: Zombies, Chinatown Wars...

Also, there's something you should know, something that further complicates this problem of investment.