[Windows Phone 7 General] LJKelley:
Torrents or large uploads or downloads should not take place on a device, its bad for the network. That being said, I think Zune or App Marketplace downloads will continue in the background, as will email. I do see your point, but there is a reason carriers charge $60 for netbooks/computers to have internet but only $30 for smartphones. But obviously WP7 is not for you, I could have told you that day one when it was announced. There is no reason for you to stick around. As nobody is gonna torrent on their phone. However, that being said. The Hubs are constantly internet connected (provided you have data access and enable constant connection). I would imagine one could code a plugin that would download 3rd party movies from say Blockbuster OnDemand in the background of the media hub. However I doubt Microsoft will easily approve these apps, especially if they border on torrents. Remember, anything intergrated in the Hubs can continue to access the internet even when the hub is not in view.

As for Apps, they are said to pause, so your GPS app would resume when you get back into it. As for fix time, it should be less than 30 secs, closer to 10 secs. As its a hotfix (already has location in memory).

What other phones have you used that allow more and are not complex for users? Android is pretty easy at first glance, but to get everything YOU want you have to do complex tasks such as 3rd party markets or rooting etc..

Argueable Windows Mobile has always been the best pocket computer, I always found it is the most powerful, but that power did create complexity.

This was sink or swim for Microsoft. If they had released Photon or similar (as I guess you suggest) the press would have burned them. The whole WM interface could never be made touch friendly enough without looking like a clown. Sure they would still have had you, and some corporate customers but overall I think it would have spelled the end of the platform.

And sure WebOS in some areas is better (Multitasking, Copy & Paste from day one) but Palm isn't doing any better for. #1 for limiting developers but #2 because the devices are STILL SLUGGISH. Why do you think they gave TWICE the amount of RAM in the new Pre Plus on Verizon?

Obviously you will prefer WM6.5 and Android. And you are entitled to your opinion, but to join XDA just so you can constantly diss WP7 is immature.

I think Microsoft made the best decision with WP7, and I hope we see copy & paste soon.

I personally am against multitasking on smartphones. In fact, my best WM experiences have occured after I made the X always close apps. If I need one to stay open (such as Pandora) I just don't close it but leave it open while I do other stuff. But WP7 solves that in that Pandora will still playing by plugging into the Zune Hub. IMs, SMS, Twitter, Facebook can all have push notifcations.

As for root file access... I only use that now for documents and to run Android for fun on my HTC Touch Pro 2. Will I miss. I don't think so, there is still Office, there will be a way to access documents of email or having them on the phone. But it will be a more secure phone and for me Zune (I own a Zune HD) and Xbox are more than enough to outweight any negatives.

Let me know when Zune or Xbox quality media/gaming experiences come to WM6.5 or Android.