[Windows Phone 7 General] LJKelley:
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20100318/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-copy-paste-eventually/

Windows Phone 7 is a complete rebuild. You can't expect them to have everything the iPhone has taken 3 years to make in a year.

Windows Phone 7 has alot more than the iPhone from day one including Apps, App store, Xbox Live, Netflix, Exchange Push etc...

Flash will come, Adobe is working on it.

Copy & Paste will come...

Obviously some of you will never like Windows Phone 7, you are to much of a geek. You want a confusing OS.

The fact is consumers want ease.

The #1 complaint has always been about the slugish nature of Windows Mobile when all the apps get loaded and started. This OS will get rid of that. All the Android phones at the T-Mobile stores are sluggish for the same reason, people have played with them to death. You will still have push notfication and plugins such as Pandora that will play in the background. Can a single person tell me one app that can't fall into these instances and where you absolutely need multitasking?

As for one Marketplace, that makes financial sense. It also makes sense for Zune, as Microsoft doesn't want you to hack the phone or mess with Zune as it has contractal obligations to keep the DRM working for the subscription model. Just as it keeps the Xbox locked down. And makes even more sense as movies move to the mobile platforms. Don't expect Android to get a huge music subscription option or too much mobile video without DRM and changes to the storage model. Also, Android has the Google Market by default and I guarantee most do not unlock the option to sideload.

As for removal of apps. Apple can do it. Google can do it on Android (unless you root/hack) and Windows Mobile has had it since day one. There was much discussion about this, and the mobile carriers demand it for the security of their network. And in a world of viruses and botnets, I can understand as a botnet would bring down a network so fast it wouldn't be funny. Apple have never used this option, as has any other company including Microsoft to my knowledge.

Sure I think it is stupid to have to wait for Copy & Paste, but I know it is being planned and I may even wait to buy a new phone until it is there.

And sure, SD cards are nice but I knew the moment Zune was promised that it would be iPhone and Zune like with locked storage.

But for me the pros outway the cons. Zune, Xbox, Netflix, Silverlight. I love the UI, and having played with the SDK the whole OS seems very promising. Its a very web based OS, sorta like WebOS but with the power of Silverlight. Add XNA for gaming and you will have the best mobile gaming experience together with a revolutianary interface that is more untiutive than any other OS.

A very interesting read is the "UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7 Series". The commitment to a UI that works naturally with touch and is focused on a panoramic experience that gives you easier access to data.

I was always afraid Microsoft would just do a better WM, and I'm so glad they decided to rethink everything. And yes, that does mean a start from scratch and somethings will go and somethings will have to wait to be implemented.