[Windows Phone 7 General] ROCOAFZ:
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A decent Messaging app? None exist on WP7.

http://windowsphonereview.com/app/facebook-chat/

Oh and

http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/windows-mobile-platform/articles/102360.aspx

Note they were way back in January, where have u been?

Send Video you take with yout phone via email or MMS? Does not exist on WP7.

Might have us on this one but picture messagins is really easy. As for video, carries in the us have such a low cap anyway

Video Chat out the back camera to show someone something via the phone? Does not exist on WP7.

Layar? Sorry!

Skype (Free Voice to Skype users over WiFi or 3G on Android, PLUS IM)? Sorry.

http://www.wp7connect.com/2011/04/13/skype-app-announced-at-mix11/

A Facebook Application with Chat that updates in the background? Not on WP7 (no Multitasking). Twitter, nope. Mind as well grab my Vibrant, 90% chance everything is there, on WP7 I have to look at dots going across the screen before it magically appears!

A Twitter/FB app with Notifications for Direct Messages, Replies, Comments, etc.? Not on WP7.

http://mobilitydigest.com/beezz-wp7-twitter-app-gets-live-tile-and-toast-notifications/

and look up FIM once again

Voice-Guided Turn by Turn Navigation? Pay $9.99/mo to T-Mobile (No thanks, my HD2 can even do that, not WP7).

This one is good and FREE

http://wmpoweruser.com/a-to-b-turn-by-turn-navigation-for-wp7/

Visual Voice Mail? Not on WP7. Had to deactivate my T-Mobile VVM because I was getting spammed by the encoded SMS in WP7. I have everyone calling me on my Vibrant now because I hate having to dial in to get though 5 voice mails, otherwise the icon/notification never disappears on WP7... Annoying...

http://thesociablegeek.com/2011/02/07/wp7-minuteepisode-viiivisual-voicemail/

WiFi Calling? Not on WP7.

Never used wifi calling but i bet google voice does it... if not skype will be coming.

http://www.wpcentral.com/wp7-google-voice-clients-–-review-roundup

DLNA? I guess you can get that on WP7 if you have an LG phone!

Yes WP7 supports it. Just depends on the manufacturer

Pandora? WhatsApp? Not on WP7...

Use slacker radio, it's way better then pandora. btw pandora never worked on wm6.5 wvga anyway... their app was all messed up.

An IE Equivalent to Chrome to Phone? Nope...

Why? IE on Wp7 is SOOO Fast!

Tethering... Hopefully you have a Samsung phone and can hack it in.

On samsung it's not a hack. On others like HTC yes you have too. Welcome to what carriers want. Iphone you have to jailbreak for free tethering.

You can call me names all you want, but either you're blinded by bias or you use your phone like a dumbphone, in which case I'd want to know why you're wasting so much money on a smartphone data plan when a Feature Phone can do just as much if not more than this OS can at the moment.

Also, the Browser is fast but it chokes repeatedly on a ton of sites. Elements missing on the site, and some pages load and then go to a blank screen. It's almost unusable in conjunction with Twitter/Facebook for following tech blogs like Engadget/WMPowerUser/etc.

Lies! I go to wmpoweruser all the time. Also both of those sites have apps in the marketplace.

The OS was RTM'd beta quality. Not even the marketplace could function without crashing. It's still basically beta quality because the platform is only half complete given all the APIs that are missing form it at the moment. You can do more on a feature phone with J2ME as a developer than you can on WP7 at the moment. There is no question whether or not this is an incomplete smartphone platform at the moment. It's woefully incomplete.

API's aren't missing and after mix11 this month their will be a ton opened up to developers. (Including sockets needed by IM+ and skype. Also looky at this..

http://windows8beta.com/2011/05/iphoneios-to-wp7-api-mapping-tool-released

If stating the obvious is ridiculous, then I'm happily ridiculous. And yes, it should be ridiculed until Microsoft updates it and updates their roadmap to ensure that users do not have to wait a year for simple Quality-Of-Life updates and stock applications that put it on par with the competition.

Even after Mango, they will still be behind, and Google and Apple obviously aren't standing still (and neither will RIM/HP).Windows phone has already surpasses RIMM in Sales

This OS has promise, but it's full of rubbish at the moment.

I don't need to forum battle with anyone. I use it every day, and I use alternatives as well. I have no choice, this OS can't get half the **** I need done on its own...

At least it's doubles as a semi-decent media player (Zune), if you have a headset cause the speakers on this HD7 are shameful compared to my Vibrant, but at home it's more useful to use my Vibrant with AllShare than to fiddle with Zune on the HD7. It sounds better, it 3x louder than the HD7 and any music on my HD7 plus more is on my PC. If I really wanna party I just use my XBox 360 with my Surround Sound system :P[/QUOTE]

Just to add for the buisness user.. My surround does great and i'm an IT Admin. Exchange 2010 is supported with the default config. Great for viewing word excel and powerpoint. reading news, watching netflix at work over 3G! ;) and emailing staff since it connects with our GAL.