Enter The Dawn Of The 7th Window!!

Microsoft, one of the leading manufactures who has for years, continuously blessed us with their diverse versions of their operating system available for both mobile and the personal computer, released one of their most prominent and frankly the best iteration of their mobile platform, its dubbed as the Windows phone 7, in the year 2011.  In April 19^th of the year 2000, Microsoft first released their mobile operating system which carried the name pocket pc 2000 or Rapier and was complemented by a stylus. In this era, this was a very revolutionary achievement because it allowed individuals to access the features of a personal computer having direct access to their documents on the go in an effective node of control. However, those of you mature folks who are reading this article must have a feeling of nostalgia, albeit, still contemplating in your mind ‘’I can’t believe we used to used pocket pc 2000.” This is understandable, considering the new technological consolidations which time has blessed us with, such as new and more enticing operating systems being emerged i.e. Google’s Android OS, Apples IOS, Nokia’s Symbian and Meego platforms, and the recently introduced Windows phone 7, all of these combined with powerful hardware and horsepower. On a further note, Microsoft has continued to introduce various versions of their mobile operating system each endowed with newer, useful and mitigated features enabling us to maintain our productivity and also not diminishing our entertainment.

Furthermore, since the introduction of the Goggle android OS and the colourful attributes of Nokia’s Symbian platform, Microsoft has been continuously facing competition, and as a result, their sales declined due to a drastically decrease in demand. For this reason being, Microsoft developed new ideas and strategies, allowing them to relinquish the windows mobile platform, and create the newly revamped Windows Phone 7. Windows phone 7 offers a huge curriculum of new features which it’s predecessors was not able to bring to the plate.

These are: The ability to work on a capacitive touch screen bringing fought to a smoother experience and overall accessibility to features. Previous pocket pc’s and Windows mobile phones all contained a resistive screen, which needed to be operated by a stylus to get the best of the phone. Capacitive phones are more user friendly and very responsive because they generate movements by reading the heat emanating from the body part which you are using to control the phone, due to its composition of electrodes. Thus, this provides users of Windows phone 7, to access their features with speed, responsiveness and overall majesty, without the use of a maddening stylus.

Windows pocket pc and Windows mobile in conjunction, were known for their dull user interface, especially as it pertained to media playback. In Windows phone 7 however, things get a little heated up. The user interface is very colourful, playful, well organized, and filled with very sexy and refreshing animations in the shape of tabs. Features can be easily accessed by the simplest movements of the hand. In addition, since Windows Phone 7 is also designed for work, editing documents and other forms of productivity, can be done with the utmost exquisite tastes, relinquishing the existence of boredom.

Window’s Phone 7 offers greater forms of entertainment thanks to the combination with the eminent Microsoft Zune software. I am sure many of you have heard about this. By doing so, Microsoft has offered phones operating their Windows phone 7 software the ability to play high resolution videos, combined with all the enriching capabilities of enjoying music in a very uncompromising and amazingly, truly exquisite way. In addition, the software comes bundled with the Internet Explorer 8, offering features akin to the desktop version. Thus, individuals will be able to visit any website from the comforts of their mobile smartphone, enjoying rich web features allowing you to fully fuel your web bone. However, flash implementation is transparent, mainly due to the fact that the Adobe flash is unsupported.

 So, for all the individuals who likes a thrill and wish to embrace the power of the windows phone 7, take a look at the following phones!!

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The HTC 7 Trophy!!

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, October

Size	Dimensions	118.5 x 61.5 x 12 mm
	Weight	140 g

Display	Type	S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches
		- Gorilla Glass display - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Multi-touch input method

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality
		- Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancement

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	8 GB storage, 576 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 32
	EDGE	Class 32
	3G	HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p, check quality
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.1
		- MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player - MP4/WMV9 player - Organizer - Microsoft office document viewer/editor - Facebook integration - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 435 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 6 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)

HTC 7 Mozart!!

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 2100
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, October

Size	Dimensions	119 x 60.2 x 11.9 mm
	Weight	130 g

Display	Type	S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
		- Gorilla Glass display - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Multi-touch input method

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality
		- SRS and Dolby Mobile sound enhancement

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	8 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 32
	EDGE	Class 32
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, Xenon flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes, 720p, check quality
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.1
		- MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player - Organizer - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 435 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 6 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)

HTC 7 Surround!!

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, November

Size	Dimensions	119.7 x 61.5 x 13 mm
	Weight	165 g

Display	Type	Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches
		- Gorilla Glass display - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancement

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	16 GB storage, 448 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 32
	EDGE	Class 32
	3G	HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		- Digital compass - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - Facebook and Twitter integration - YouTube client - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer) - Voice memo - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1230 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 275 h (2G) / Up to 255 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 10 min (3G)

This phone is mainly targeted at the many music lovers out there in the universe. It comes equipped with a sliding out set of speakers allowing you to increase the range of your music, enticing individuals who share your passion. As can be seen, due the fact that it is a Windows 7 device, it is capable of giving you the full mind blowing experience of a Windows 7 device, packed with entertainment and productivity, and not omitting a full blown music phenomenon.

LG E900 Optimus 7!!

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, November

Size	Dimensions	125 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm
	Weight	157 g

Display	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches
		- Gorilla glass display - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	16GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p@24fps, check quality
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8650 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	No
		- Facebook integration - Digital compass - Microsoft office document viewer/editor - MP4/WMV player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Voice memo - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 330 h (2G) / Up to 330 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 6 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)

Misc	SAR US	0.59 W/kg (head)     0.63 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.94 W/kg (head)     1.47 W/kg (body)

LG C900 Optimus 7Q!!

Also known as LG Optimus Quantum

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - North America
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, October

Size	Dimensions	119.5 x 59.5 x 15.2 mm
	Weight	178 g

Display	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.5 inches
		- QWERTY keyboard - Gorilla glass display - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	16GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8650 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	No
		- Digital compass - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Voice memo - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 350 h
	Talk time	Up to 7 h



LG Quantum!!



General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, November

Size	Dimensions	119.5 x 59.5 x 15.2 mm
	Weight	176 g

Display	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.5 inches
		- QWERTY keyboard - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	16GB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	HSDPA, HSUPA
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8650 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	No
		- Digital compass - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Voice memo - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 350 h
	Talk time	Up to 6 h

Samsung I8700 Omnia 7!!

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, October

Size	Dimensions	122.4 x 64.2 x 11 mm
	Weight	138.2 g

Display	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
		- Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	8GB/16GB storage
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 12
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, image stabilization
	Video	Yes, 720p@25fps
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	No
		- Digital compass - Microsoft office document viewer/editor - MP4/WMV player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - Facebook integration - Organizer - Voice memo - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 390 h (2G) / Up to 330 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 5 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 10 min (3G)

Another masterpiece created by Samsung. If you haven’t noticed, this Windows Phone 7 device has a massive 4.0” capacitive screen, very prominent indeed. So if you’re the individual who loves big phones with a desirable screen and who has a strong infatuation with web browsing, look no further, this is your soul mate!!

HTC HD7!!

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 850 / 2100
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, October

Size	Dimensions	122 x 68 x 11.2 mm
	Weight	162 g

Display	Type	LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches
		- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality
		- Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancement

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	8GB (Europe) / 16GB (Asia), 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM
	Card slot	No

Data	GPRS	Class 32
	EDGE	Class 32
	3G	HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent)
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p, check quality
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		- Digital compass - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - Facebook and Twitter integration - YouTube client - Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer) - Voice memo - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1230 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 310 h (2G) / Up to 320 h (3G)

The HD7 akin to the Samsung I8700 Omnia 7, has a massive capacitive touch screen, however the HD7 supersedes the latter by 0.3 inches. Although not a significant difference, 0.3 inches will allow you to see more content on your smart device. So for individuals who loves to stand out and loves kicking it into cyberspace, this is also a treat for you.

Adding to the data, we would just like to allow, you the public to know, that our website http://www.mytechsngadgets.blogspot.com/ does not condone subjectivity. As such, we will display the various limitations of the Windows Phone 7 platform. They are as follows:

v  No Bluetooth file transfers

v  No USB mass storage mode

v  Internet Explorer 8 does not support Adobe flash or Silverlight

v  No Multitasking

v  No copying and pasting features

v  Limited third party applications available, due to the fact that’s a newly developed platform.

v  Music Player lacks Equalizer pre-sets

v  No system wide file manager

v  No handwriting recognition support

v  No divx/xvid support- the videos are transcoded into WMV files for accurate playback on the device, thanks to the Zune software. However, since there are many developers working abreast the Windows 7 platform, a descent video player might make its way to the platform in due time.

Please do not the preceding limitations to deter you from purchasing a Windows Phone 7. Always keep in mind that is a relatively new operating system, and as such many new consolidations can make its way to the platform.

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