Staff Choices: Windows Phone 7 Devices

Never earlier has a new mobile Os platform launched with so many devices to choose from--not Android, non WebOS and certainly not the iPhone. Yet, on the otherhand, never have the differences between the device selection seem to be so...small-scale.

Seeing every bit I won't be able to get a device with Winodws Phone 7 on my dear Sprint till sometime in jump 2022, I take to go with a second U.Due south. carrier to tide me over (and make this job easier).

And so which will it be? AT&T with their 3 phones (the Samsung Focus, HTC Surround, and LG Quantum) or T-Mobile with the HD7 (and eventually Dell Venue Pro)?

Read subsequently the jump for which device I'm going with and why. Of class, this is all assuming I exercise restraint and don't get a few of them, what with Google Voice (GoVoice) possible on the platform.

T-Mobile HD7 $199

I judge technically this article's pb epitome spoiled the surprise.

Yeah, once they announced it would take 16GB of storage, the HTC HD7 became my commencement selection. That and lets face it, T-Mobile'southward plans are cheaper than AT&Ts, making them the Sprint-of-the-GSM-world in my volume.

When in NYC for the launch, Phil and I got to play extensively with the HD7 and I retrieve nosotros're both quite impressed with it. To refresh, here are the specs:

16GB Storage
4.3" 480x800 screen
1230mah bombardment
576MB RAM
Kickstand
Dolby Sound
5MP camera
1GHz Snapdragon

Certain, on paper it looks like the HD2.1 and I won't even dispute that fact. Nevertheless, when using information technology with the Windows Telephone vii OS, it merely....works.

I've already been using an EVO for a few months, so the HD7 is just an extension of that experience except I expect it to exist ameliorate, since typing in WP7 is then, and then mch better than Android.

Watching Netflix on it with that 4.3" screen and kickstand was just fantastic. The speed, the size, the feel in the manus all piece of work for me. And knowing I won't be raped past T-Mobile (fifty-fifty if they accept that 5GB cap) makes me feel amend.

Runner Up: Samsung Focus on AT&T $199

What can I say? I'k a sucker for Super AMOLED screens and how svelte this phone was in New York City. For me, this device was all about the thinness, lack of weight and that gorgeous screen. Oh, plus that whole ability to add together more storage memory is a great selling point also.

Slap-up size, neat screen and just looks sharp. I may try to take hold of 1 of these as well.

Dart 7 Pro: The CDMA backup

Yup, when Dart finally gets their lineup ready, I'll be probably first in line for this guy. After my Touch Pro 2 review, why would anyone doubt my devotion to this design? Spring can't come up fast enough...

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