[Windows Phone 7 General] Ineedtoys:
Keep up at the back. Your list is way out of date. Most of what you list has been fixed in Mango, which is now the minimum build for a WP& phone. Maybe you should take a look at

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/start/whats-new-in-windows-phone.aspx.

Let's put a few things right:

No custom ring tones (nor any downloaded ones in market place).

Not true.

Exchange support overly difficult (I still can’t make it work) and not supported by all Exchange servers.

YMMV. EAS support is much improved with Mango. I've found it the easiest to set up and best intergetaed of any platfrom.

No voice guidance in maps application.

True for Bing maps, but 3rd party apps will give you full voice-guidance.

Navigation option in maps application only appears if ‘Browser and Search’ regional setting is set to US.

Not true.

Quick access to the camera still needs to be quicker.

YMMV.I've find one of the quickest for standby-to shoot of any comparable phone (excluding latest gen One X and 080 etc.). Camera from standby hard button is a bonus on WP.

Camera settings not persisted between invocations of the application.

Not true.

Live tiles concept not taken far enough – better/more information could be displayed, more tiles should be ‘live’.

YMMV. Live tile animation support much improved in Mango.

‘Application List’ (alternative to the main screen) provides a poor user experience.

YMMV.I find it quite efficient. Mango automatically puts A-Z shortcuts in when the list gets long which makes access much quicker.

.com button on keyboard doesn’t provide options for common domain extensions based on regional settings.

True, but geographical boundaries of domains went out of the window years ago so. I find the .com a waste of a keyspace

Search, Windows and Back buttons are too easy to activate during games if they are capacitive buttons. Games should disable Search/Windows during play time to correct this, but usually don’t.

Not a WP issue. That's down to the application developer and manufacturer not Microsoft, and applies equally to all other OS. If it's a problem, choose a phione that has physical buttons.

Search from within maps application is flaky.

True - Bing is crap, but that's Bing's fault not WP7's though.

Primarily touch based input – not great for txting without looking at the screen, not as fast as a hardware keyboard.

Manufacturer, not WP issue.

No multi-tasking for third party applications (rumoured to appear one day, possibly by the end of the year).

Not true.

No favourite/frequently used contacts (only recent contacts, and only about eight of those in total with four visible at a time).

Not true. You can greate Groups to appear at the top of the list, and pin any Group or contactto the Home screen.

No direct twitter integration.

Not true.

Share option from browser doesn’t integration with other applications (Twitter/Facebook etc.), limited to SMS and email.

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No copy and paste.

Not true.

No tethering.

Not true.

Wireless Sync – limited to one wireless network, only starts sync after ten minutes of AC charging, pops-up Zune application on PC, may not cope with multiple windows profile on PC.

YMMV.Backup data sync is always supposed to be low priority. I find it a good thing that it waits 15 minutes after being on a charger. I'd find it much more annoying for if it kicked in as soon as my network was range when I need to do an quick task on my phone.

No hardware mute button (or single tap mute button on lock screen).

Not applicable. How many touch screen mobiles have a hardware mute button? If you're on a call the Phone app and single tap mute screen will be in the foregorund

Text messaging based on conversations. Not brilliant if you prefer an inbox/outbox style arrangement, or want to easily delete messages after reading.

YMMV. WP7 is designed to be contact and people based. You can press and hold on any message to delete.

Problems with profile images disappearing from contacts (usually when contacts updated in Windows Live).

YMMV.Not had any issue but I don't manage my contacts in Windows Live (it's enough to keep them in order in Google, Exchange and Facebook)

‘One time’ alarms don’t get deleted when dismissed, rather they get turned off and left in the application list.

YMMV. I find that useful in case I want to use it again.

Problems syncing pictures from phone to PC (for many but not all users, especially those with HTC devices). Other media or in other directions work fine.

YMMV. Not had any issue.

Best experience requires a data plan.

Not a WP7 issue. The same applies to all smartphones.

No ability to discover MAC address on device (for adding device to MAC address filtered wireless networks).

Not true. Its under Settings / About

No ability to restrict cellular connections/location service by application. System settings are all or nothing.

Not true. Apps ask for permission when installing.

No unified inbox for email.

Not true.