[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuckooznest:
WP7 is great!

I love my Samsung Focus. My only other smart phone was the Fuze, so I can't make any comparisons between WP7 and other platforms (though I have played with Android, iOS, and BlackBerry phones). WP7 is leaps and bounds better than WM6.x though. If it weren't for cooked ROMs from talented chefs here to make the phone tolerable to use, I would have ditched the Fuze long ago. When WP7 launched, my 2-year contract was up, and I went out that first week to buy the Focus and haven't looked back.

Things WP7 simply does better than WM6.x (or things I haven't seen mentioned in this thread):

- So much more finger-friendly, and the 3 hardware buttons are fantastic. I do not miss trying to hit the tiny x in the corner to close a window or app, nor the tiny Start button. The Sense UI on the Fuze was OK, but holds no candle to WP7.

- There is no multi-tasking, but I do not miss it. Hitting the back button or the Start button to transition to other apps is seamless and quick. WP7 seems to manage memory and processes much better. I've had problems with memory leaks and apps that won't close properly on the Fuze and had to reset often. I've restarted the Focus maybe 4 times in the month I've had it because of Marketplace freezes (umm, MS, fix that please!). I would not mind an app switcher (a history of opened apps), and better app state keeping, however.

- Marketplace: I've loaded more apps on the Focus in 1 month than I had in 2 years on the Fuze. And live-tile notification of app updates? Awesome!

- Live Tiles: I think they have potential to do more, but seeing updates at a glance is very convenient (I love how new email counts tick up), the animated tiles keep the home page fun to look at, and the size of the tiles makes hitting them with the thumb error-proof.

- Zune: I listen to a lot of podcasts, and the Zune integration and wireless sync make downloading and managing podcasts a no-brainer.

- UI: It is pretty, fast, smooth, modern, purposeful, and just a delight. The onscreen keyboard is fantastic. The Fuze of course had a slide-out keyboard, and I also installed Swype which made the onscreen keyboard tolerable. But in landscape mode and with the intuitive auto-correct, I type as fast if not faster on the Focus than I did with the hardware keyboard on the Fuze.

- Phone: I was really frustrated with how the Fuze blanked the screen when it was up to my ear, but would not wake when I moved it away wanting to access the keypad unless I clicked a button. It made logging into various voicemail accounts and accessing vm menus painful. It could've just been me or my particular ROM though. Anyway, WP7 does it properly and I couldn't be happier. Running an app while on a call also works great. I love the little toast banner that overlays the app for me to tap and easily switch back to the call.

- OS: Tweaking the OS on the Fuze was fun for a minute, but got old very quickly. I love the simplicity of WP7. It does just about everything I need and want out of the box, and the Settings are simple and in one place. It lets me just use the phone instead of having to wrestle with it. I would not mind a bit more customization, like custom ringtones and some things that others have mentioned, but I'm confident these will come.

I could go on, but to put it simply, I'm a fan.