[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
I specifically said the iPhone 4S for a reason. It is the device I have.

The 16 GB version has an estimated replacement cost of $599 according to the acknowledgment letter that I had to sign with my company. Not sure what they would say it would be for 32 or 64. Based on the phone with new contract prices, I would think it would be $699 and $799. In any case, I don't need more than 16GB. 32 would be nice, since then I could have every song I own on it. But, I don't need every song all the time. I am capable of a little planning. Kind of crazy to charge $100 for 16 more GB or $200 for 48 more GB.

Windows Phone 7 syncs tasks with exchange just fine. It has since Mango.

Settings->Email Accounts->Outlook. Check Tasks. Now, go to Calendar. Slide to the to-do tab. Hey look there is tasks. Is ignorance really bliss? This is really old news.

Facebook chat, and Tango are on both. Skype will come. Microsoft owns it. Don't bother responding to the "will come." You already have replies to others on that for other things.

Apps launch in about the same time. GPS locks in about the same time. Both get a 3G signal. iPhone 4S supports 4G, but where will I find this. 4G will come, right.

Siri is cool, but is not that impressive. And I know I will not be using it for anything productive.

The iPhone apps don't launch any faster, which is kind of sad considering the Quantum is a first generation Windows Phone 7 device.

Today, on the Quantum, I did find it less than intuitive that I needed to sync my facebook account in order for it to include a newly added friend for Facebook Chat. But, it worked fine after that.

Pandora is a nice app. I used to use it on Windows Mobile 6.5. It wasn't officially released for VGA or WVGA, but I had it, just like tons of other people. I am sure it will come to Windows Phone 7. In the meantime, there is Zune Pass, iHeart Radio, the XM app and others. I understand that Pandora offers some cool features not found on other streaming services. But a random shuffle of a playlist works well too. You can use your laptop and go to Pandora and then buy the songs it finds. Songs are cheap. It's not the 90s when you would need to pay $10 to $15 to buy a CD for 1 good song.

Tried Bejiive. Never tried Trillian. I don't chat enough to care. Facebook chat and text messaging fully satisfy my chatting needs.

In any case, I have both. Either will satisfy most users needs. There are alot of similarities. And there are differences. But none of the differences will stop or even slow down most users from getting done what they need to get done.

How important is it to have every chat program. If your friends care that much to contact you, then maybe they can use a chat program that you have. When I need to contact my boss, I know that I can call, text, or email. Skype would not work, nor would facebook or Instant Messenger. Why? Because my boss does not use them.

Since I have both phones, I welcome any posts asking wondering if Windows Phone 7 has a way to accomplish something the iPhone can do. There are apps that don't exist, but there are viable alternatives. I have no doubt that there are some things that it can not do. But, then you need to decide how important those things are.