Oh, Microsoft, you were doing so, so well. You won me over, as soon as you announced Windows Phone 7 Series, you brought something shiny and new to the table, and you seriously impressed me. You showed off Xbox Live integration, and I bowed down at how awesome you were making the new OS. And then, you told us that Windows Phone 7 Series won’t have true multitasking, support for memory cards, and copy/paste, and all the faith you’d built up went bye-byes.
Honestly, I gave the iPhone hell for not having copy & paste, did you really think I’d let you off the hook for doing the exact same thing?
Now, I’ll be fair to Microsoft. According to IntoMobile, they say that copy & paste is only missing from this first release, implying it be seen in later builds. If that’s the case, then fair enough, but they really need to get it sorted out sooner, rather than later, because 7 Series is basically their big chance to give the competition a shoeing, and steal back the market share they’ve lost. They won’t do that if 7 Series isn’t the absolute best it can be, especially if the features it’s missing are things we take for granted, even on feature phones!
However, you have to wonder whether that is the case, because when they unveiled the Office features in Windows Phone 7 Series, they went so far as to say that people don’t want copy & paste, and instead, only use the phone to view documents, and not edit them. I’d love to see the research that suggests that, because I know at least one person (which would be me) who does want copy & paste. Of course, it’s not just about the lack of that one feature. What about memory cards? Microsoft have said it won’t support swappable memory cards, which is, again, something I consider to be bleedin’ stupid. Why can’t we use our own memory cards? Can’t we be trusted?
I can understand Microsoft blocking third party interfaces from sitting on top of Windows Phone 7 Series, to keep a consistent experience across phones, but really, why have they got such a thing against us being able to change our own memory cards? It’s things like this that have got current Windows Mobile power users up in arms, and I’ll be honest, I agree. The ability to fiddle, and install whatever I want, are two of the things I really love about Windows Mobile. I miss them a lot in 7 Series, so I suspect that I will be getting the HTC HD2 after all, because it’s everything I want in a phone.
And at the minute, despite having Xbox Live integration, Windows Phone 7 Series feels somewhat lacking to me. But hey, they may have got it up to the point where I’ll adopt it, after my contract on the HD2 runs out (yes, I’ve decided I’ll be getting one in the next couple of months).
Until then, if I got 7 Series when it first comes out, I’d be too annoyed about the things it doesn’t yet support…
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