Granted, I do bitch about Apple products a lot. But that doesn’t mean that I am some arrogant fanboy, Microsoft also has their flaws I just choose not to write about them, because they aren’t as funny. Except in this case, Windows Phone 7 Series.

First off, the name is just horrible, it’s so damn long and retarded. Yes, that’s the official name of the OS. It wasn’t enough calling it the Windows Phone 7. They had to add “Series” to the title. Can you just imagine, someone going in a store and asking “Do you guys have a Windows Phone 7 Series phone?” It’s extremely long and redundant. Microsoft already had “Windows Mobile” so why did they COMPLETELY abandon that?

Let’s get into the list of features, or therefore lack of. No multitasking, no Flash, no copy and paste, proprietary “app” store being the only way to get programs. Sound familiar? Oh yeah, Apple has the exact same reasons why I hate the iPhone so much. The only difference is that Apple eventually corrected some of their mistakes (not all, but some were corrected.) My current phone runs Windows Mobile 6.5.x and it works perfectly, it does everything. I can keep multiple programs open, so I can transfer information from one to the other without closing it. I can play flash games, and watch Youtube from the browser (perfect if someone emails you a link.) I have so many free 3rd party programs that it’s unbelievable. There are a lot of things that would have been rejected from the iPhone store such as: Google Latitude, Opera, TotalCommander, registry editor, special marketplace dedicated to freeware. It’s incredible. The Andriod has similar features, both are a really powerful OS.

So why the hell did Microsoft do this? To make the phone more user friendly. Makes sense right? Remove everything so that the user can only do basic things? I think it’s bullshit to remove some features like multitasking and copy and paste. It should be up to the user to decide whether they want the option or not. Just because Paul doesn’t need to copy a paragraph from the internet and email it to someone doesn’t mean I don’t need to.

The WinPho7Ser has some interesting features, like the Xbox integration. But I don’t give a shit about gaming on my phone. It seems that Microsoft really abandoned the business market of the WinMo days. It’s a shame really, I liked that OS. It’s time to make friends with Google I suppose.