In General, Microsoft got a lot of things with Windows phone 7, and now has a solid basis to build up its mobile platform. However, not all sunshine and roses. The operating system has its annoyances and lacking in some areas. I understand that Microsoft had some sacrifices to meet the deadline, the launch, but we're talking about some basic fundamental features that would have put them more in step with the competition from the port.
There is so much I love Windows phone 7, even things that stuck in my craw. As promised, here are the top five things I would like to see come to the platform in the next update. I don't include a few of the obvious--copy and paste and more apps--because they come, but it is important to be sure. That said, let's get with the list.
Third-party multitasking
It is good that I can listen to music via Zune, go work in a different app, and still control the player from the status bar. It would be even better if I can even do it with SLACKER, last.FM or some other app (last.FM is part of CBS Interactive, which also publishes CNET.com.) For now, you need to keep these producers apps open to use and interact with them.--If you switch to another app, you're almost done.
Currently part of the Microsoft solution multitasking developers to use their notification system to alert users to any updates, even if the program is not running, and to allow apps to save his seat when another application is running in the foreground. OK, except for apps not always save their place and they may be time to load. And really, the fact that I can also easily check my email while listening to SLACKER is pretty ridiculous nowadays.
Microsoft's Charlie Kindel said at an early stage, Zdnet's Mary-Jo Foley firm would offer more multitasking support "as things like battery life, network utilization and improve application predictability for Windows phone platform," but Microsoft has to remedy the situation as soon as possible. An Android app switcher can also be a great.
The lack of universal search
This goes back to the apps menu. I got some grief from readers during my technical preview of Windows phone 7 when I said I am not sold in the Start screen and app menu layout. Start screen? I've moved. Customization capabilities, you can add as many or as few trays as you like. However, I have still problems with the long list of apps.
It's not that I am lazy and hate scrolling. I'm getting there is part of how we use touch-screen smartphones. I only say that there are more effective ways of doing things.
Windows phone 7 apps that I've seen have been very promising in the quality and the market continues to grow on a weekly basis. I already have downloaded at least a dozen apps for Samsung focus, and when you add them to the core apps, the list is already long. Add universal search could easily solve that problem and you can also search for e-mail, contacts, music and other content from anywhere on your phone.
As I said in my previous post, contextual Search works well, but why not extend these awesome search capabilities to the entire system?
Limited landscape support
During the event at the Windows phone 7, I check out LG Quantum. I slid open the keyboard and marked the start screen does not switch from portrait to landscape mode, like most smartphones. I thought it might have been a glitch, but no, there is a real thing. Landscape does not work in all situations.
It works for most of the things you would like it--messages, video and images, browsers, and games. But it is not going to go on maps, music player, start screen.
Part of the reason Microsoft did this because it said that user testing showed that customers actually rotate the phone only to write messages, but otherwise, use your phone in portrait mode. This may be the case, but once you start using Quantum devices, HTC and HTC HD7 which Surround begging to be used in landscape mode (the latter two have bliss understands), wouldn't you want to optimize the system for this?
Depending of the Zune software
I'll take the Zune desktop client of Exchange ActiveSync on a daily basis, but I am not the only option for syncing music, videos, podcasts and photos to a Windows phone 7 device. It would be nice to be able to drag and drop files from your computer to your phone, but it's not as a unit when you are connected and there is no USB storage mode.
Because software Zune syncs only by the aforesaid contents, if you have an Outlook account not connected via Exchange ActiveSync, you'll need to download Hotmail Outlook connector software to get the contacts and calendar in the cloud so they will sync to your phone.
Limited social integration
When it comes to social networks go, Windows phone 7 is really only fully integrated with Facebook now. You cannot attach contacts from Twitter, Flickr, MySpace and the like. There is an official Twitter app, but I think it needs some fine-tuning that it takes too long to load and does not provide for any notifications. I can also upload photos to Twitter from the picture the hub. In General, this can be useful for some people, but I use several of these services often for my work and private life, so it has been a bit of a frustrating experience to have easy access to them.
So there you have it folks, gripes--a list of some of my top with Windows phone 7. Of course, there are a number of issues that I did not pick up, such as the lack of full turn-by-turn navigation, no tethering support, lack of a uniform in-box, no ringtones and others, but these are some of the larger items I wanted to see addressed rather quickly. Your needs may differ from mine, however, so Please share your thoughts with me in the comments section below.
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