We’ve already got hands on with the HTC HD7 at Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 launch event, but that’s not enough for us. No. We went out and procured a HTC HD7 of our very own to play with outside the confines of a sweaty press event. Wanna see it coming out of its carton? Read on for the photos.
Stephen Fry rocked up in support of Windows Phone 7 at the Microsoft launch today. The first thing he said? That he isn’t being paid. Fry said, when talking about what he thought about Windows Phone 7: “What joy there is heaven when a sinner repenteth – Microsoft forgot that even the greyest number cruncher is a human being first, and that their experience is based on feeling and on emotion.”
The first thing that strikes you about the HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 device, just like its Android counterpart the HTC Desire HD, is its screen. It is 4.3”, which gives you a good bit of extra width on the standard smartphone size. What exaggerates the size of the HTC HD7 screen though is its design, and although it’s not quite as sleek as the HTC Desire HD, when it’s in your hand it still feels like you’re holding nothing but screen. Read on for more of our first look here with our HTC HD7 review: first impressions.
The closest relative of the HTC Mozart Windows Phone 7 smartphone announced by HTC today is probably the HTC Desire. The HTC 7 Mozart has got 8GB of internal storage, but the shell of this device matches up to the specs it packs.
Vodafone will not be offering any Windows Phone 7 devices on PAYG, despite having the lower-specced HTC 7 Trophy. A spoekesperson said: “We will not be launching any Windows Phone 7 devices on PAYG at launch, but it’s something we hope to bring in in the future.”
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Windows Phone 7 is not even in the hands of customers for another ten days, and Microsoft has already announced the first update to the Windows Phone 7 operating system. The first update to Windows Phone 7 will be coming in early 2011, bringing the key feature that’s missing from Windows Phone 7, cut and paste.
How important is it that Microsoft brings this small but vital feature to Windows Phone 7?
At today’s Windows Phone 7 launch, Microsoft has announced that EA will be on Windows Phone 7, including the Sims. EA will be integrated into the gaming hub, and available through Xbox Live.
What EA game do you most want to see on the Windows Phone 7 platform?
Today we’ve seen HTC launch the HTC HD7, the Windows Phone 7 equivalent to the hotly anticipated HTC Desire HD. But which do you think is better? Have the nifty transitions and live tiles of the Windows Phone 7 home screen seduced you into cancelling your HTC Desire HD pre-order in favour of the HTC HD7, or are you sticking to the Froyo powered HTC Desire HD? You tell us…
