“One of the limitations of Windows Phone 7 is, that Microsoft’s new mobile OS isn’t supporting user removable flash memory like microSD cards, as supported by Windows Mobile, but Windows Phone 7 uses embedded memory like Apple’s iPhone does…However, even if Windows Phone 7 isn’t featuring a customer swappable flash memory, it seems that some handset manufactures are using micro SD cards anyway.”

Even though Microsoft has mandated non-swappable storage, you can still upgrade a WP7 device’s storage capacity if it has a MicroSD slot – if you don’t mind having to factory-reset your phone. the::unwired.net takes a stab at the process, and though it’s not as trouble-free as it could be, Arne shows that it can be done.

“One of the limitations of Windows Phone 7 is, that Microsoft’s new mobile OS isn’t supporting user removable flash memory like microSD cards, as supported by Windows Mobile, but Windows Phone 7 uses embedded memory like Apple’s iPhone does…However, even if Windows Phone 7 isn’t featuring a customer swappable flash memory, it seems that some handset manufactures are using micro SD cards anyway.”

Even though Microsoft has mandated non-swappable storage, you can still upgrade a WP7 device’s storage capacity if it has a MicroSD slot – if you don’t mind having to factory-reset your phone. the::unwired.net takes a stab at the process, and though it’s not as trouble-free as it could be, Arne shows that it can be done.

“One of the limitations of Windows Phone 7 is, that Microsoft’s new mobile OS isn’t supporting user removable flash memory like microSD cards, as supported by Windows Mobile, but Windows Phone 7 uses embedded memory like Apple’s iPhone does…However, even if Windows Phone 7 isn’t featuring a customer swappable flash memory, it seems that some handset manufactures are using micro SD cards anyway.”

Even though Microsoft has mandated non-swappable storage, you can still upgrade a WP7 device’s storage capacity if it has a MicroSD slot – if you don’t mind having to factory-reset your phone. the::unwired.net takes a stab at the process, and though it’s not as trouble-free as it could be, Arne shows that it can be done.

“One of the limitations of Windows Phone 7 is, that Microsoft’s new mobile OS isn’t supporting user removable flash memory like microSD cards, as supported by Windows Mobile, but Windows Phone 7 uses embedded memory like Apple’s iPhone does…However, even if Windows Phone 7 isn’t featuring a customer swappable flash memory, it seems that some handset manufactures are using micro SD cards anyway.”

Even though Microsoft has mandated non-swappable storage, you can still upgrade a WP7 device’s storage capacity if it has a MicroSD slot – if you don’t mind having to factory-reset your phone. the::unwired.net takes a stab at the process, and though it’s not as trouble-free as it could be, Arne shows that it can be done.

“Microsoft deserves a lot of credit for rebooting its mobile OS. It’s all too rare for a company to admit that its existing product isn’t good enough and be willing to bite the bullet and start over. You just wish they hadn’t taken so long to come to that conclusion.”

Rojas, the founder of Engadget and current co-founder of gdgt, has seen a lot of gadgets come and go in his time, so when he speaks about an OS, it’s worth reading. He’s quite impressed with the Windows Phone 7 OS in general, especially the amount of polish it has for a 1.0 product, but correctly pegs the developer story (APPS, APPS, APPS!) and the marketing as being real challenges for Microsoft. Read his article and sound off.

“Microsoft deserves a lot of credit for rebooting its mobile OS. It’s all too rare for a company to admit that its existing product isn’t good enough and be willing to bite the bullet and start over. You just wish they hadn’t taken so long to come to that conclusion.”

Rojas, the founder of Engadget and current co-founder of gdgt, has seen a lot of gadgets come and go in his time, so when he speaks about an OS, it’s worth reading. He’s quite impressed with the Windows Phone 7 OS in general, especially the amount of polish it has for a 1.0 product, but correctly pegs the developer story (APPS, APPS, APPS!) and the marketing as being real challenges for Microsoft. Read his article and sound off.

“Microsoft deserves a lot of credit for rebooting its mobile OS. It’s all too rare for a company to admit that its existing product isn’t good enough and be willing to bite the bullet and start over. You just wish they hadn’t taken so long to come to that conclusion.”

Rojas, the founder of Engadget and current co-founder of gdgt, has seen a lot of gadgets come and go in his time, so when he speaks about an OS, it’s worth reading. He’s quite impressed with the Windows Phone 7 OS in general, especially the amount of polish it has for a 1.0 product, but correctly pegs the developer story (APPS, APPS, APPS!) and the marketing as being real challenges for Microsoft. Read his article and sound off.

The phone instantly becomes “yours”. Familiar faces and places pop up on the home screen and the user interface is easy to understand and simple to navigate. The experience isn’t broken or mis-matched – apps are lovely to use. We looked at the eBay app and simply clicked on a listing we found – it was for a car. Clicking into it we found that the background changed to that car picture and all the thumbnails were displayed in a familiar Windows Phone way. It was seamless, there was no

fragmentation and the Windows Marketplace was beautiful to look at. The browsing experience, something which wasn’t even mentioned today, was so, so quick. Updates will be rolled out automatically and too all Windows Phone 7 devices, no matter what make, model or network.

The market is saturated. Android and iPhone owners will probably remain loyal and will buy more Android and iPhone devices. Microsoft still have a few things to fix – the copy and paste update will be coming next year and we wanted to see Twitter integrated into the OS. Microsoft had to come out today with a strong line of handsets and an equally strong operating system. To be honest, based on what I’ve seen, I think they did just that.


Read on and add your comments. Follow us on twitter too.

The phone instantly becomes “yours”. Familiar faces and places pop up on the home screen and the user interface is easy to understand and simple to navigate. The experience isn’t broken or mis-matched – apps are lovely to use. We looked at the eBay app and simply clicked on a listing we found – it was for a car. Clicking into it we found that the background changed to that car picture and all the thumbnails were displayed in a familiar Windows Phone way. It was seamless, there was no

fragmentation and the Windows Marketplace was beautiful to look at. The browsing experience, something which wasn’t even mentioned today, was so, so quick. Updates will be rolled out automatically and too all Windows Phone 7 devices, no matter what make, model or network.

The market is saturated. Android and iPhone owners will probably remain loyal and will buy more Android and iPhone devices. Microsoft still have a few things to fix – the copy and paste update will be coming next year and we wanted to see Twitter integrated into the OS. Microsoft had to come out today with a strong line of handsets and an equally strong operating system. To be honest, based on what I’ve seen, I think they did just that.


Read on and add your comments. Follow us on twitter too.