After 2 weeks of reviewing this beast, today would be the last day of the #Maxis10 reviewers programme for HTC HD7 and man…. I cant believe ill be apart from this wicked beast.
Its only 2 weeks but i can really feel that the phone is part of my life. All my calendars, MS Doc and Excel documents, One note, pictures and etc are all synchronized to the cloud server and can be accessed on the PC. Its been such a breeze especially for work as i don’t need to bring a pen drive and lunge on external hard disk for my stuff. x
Not only that, my contacts are always updated, saved and sync and in events such as my phone ran out of juice, all i have to do was to go to Windows Live portal and i can browse all my contacts there and then.
My online social life? Its been nothing more than hell of an experience. Facebook integration, Awesome twitter application and full featured Flickr account allows me to stay updated and interact with my homies out there yo.
These are some examples of how this phone really made an impact in my life. The phone is an all rounder and did as what it was advertised. But of course like every phone out there, it still falls short of glory. No, not because the phone sucks but because its a new Operating System, not mature yet and still picking up.
Several unique features that got the crowd go wild and made my life easier is THE plus point on why you should get the phone.
- Unique UI. I am pretty sure the interface will make your Fruit phone peeps and others alike just go gaga over it. Its not something useful but it surely is something to hit the next chick at your local club joint!
- Integration – Almost everything you can think off that needs backup are integrated to the cloud portal : Windows Live. You name it, its there.
- Xbox Live – Gamers behold. Here’s your future gaming platform = CrossPlatform Gaming system. With this, you can sync all your gameplays, scores and interact with other gamers either from your PC, XBox 360 or even on your WINDOWS PHONE 7.
- SLEEK AND FAST. How many of you Android users wanted to make a quick call for something urgent and flip out your phone only to realize your phone has exceed the RAM limit and 
wallahhhh… you cant press a single button at all… oh wait.. Windows Phone 7? IT NEVER HAPPENS!
- Find my phone! What?! Yes, Windows Phone 7 has the ability to track your phone down and provide you with its location regardless of what SIM card you use. Normal aint it? The best part is, it allows you to lock the phone and send a “Please Return” message with a speical ringtone to alert people around it. Oh yeah, you can even erase all your data in case you are going to say Goodbye to it. All can be done via Windows Live. Now this is what i call… SECURITY!
I have to admit, despite awesome features like this, the phone still falls short of glory in certain aspect. Maybe the saying is true : There’s nothing perfect in this world.
In terms of functionality, heavy task users like me would expect to load a website in the background, listening to music and play some games all at once. Unfortunately, Multitasking is missing in WP7. To me this feature is important but i still do see some light in the absence of it. Android has this feature and overdoing it results in RAM Overkill thus rendering the phone ‘paralyzed’ making me unable to make or receive any calls!
The second problem of course does not lie on Windows Phone 7, but the phone itself HTC. The most common problem people face with HTC is the camera and in this case, PINK HINGE. Its quite serious especially in low light, the whole frame will turn to pink and if you use flash, your photos will be very feminine! Other than that, the camera still take good 5MP pictures. More details here : http://tinyurl.com/2esf6ms
Low Light w/ Flash
Good Lighting w/o flash.
Other than that, are just small flaws that are ALL correctable by firmware updates. For example copy-paste, Internet tethering, more settings and options.. These features are all correctable and assuming Microsoft is really serious in making WP7 into a WONDER PHONE, then really, with software UPDATES, this will beat Android and Iphone in no time.
Considering Android appeals to me at the moment because of the availability of features like Multitask, Internet tethering and copy paste, I am sure, i will soon move to Microsoft because i still have some soft spot for it.
So the golden question is : Will HTC HD7 gets my sim card in the end?
YES!
Ill keep the phone alongside my Android. Android maybe good in terms of multitasking, but once you fill your RAM out, i just wanna cry. I cant make or receive calls and everything is basically …… NOT RESPONDING. And that’s just where HD7 steps in.. It never fails to make or receive any calls. Oh no please.. don’t get me started on Iphone.
Although Windows Phone 7 has a long way to go, but for Microsoft to be able to pull something that’s a strong contender to Iphone and what more Android, I think its worth the buy. Microsoft will continue to roll out updates that will address issues like copy paste and it will be a bang for the bucks. Seriously, not even Iphone can beat this anymore. My 2 favorite OS ?
Android and WINDOWS PHONE 7
p.s : Here are more pictures to let you guys see the pros and cons of the camera. The camera actually performs really well but i think the programmer suck in programming the algorithm for White Balance settings.
Here’s a shot at Paddington Gardens MV.
WB: Landscape, No flash, Metering Average and 5MP.
WB: Auto,No flash, Metering Average and 5MP. = PINK HINGE
CONCLUSION? I need a software updates from HTC!!!!
We were all just amazed at how fast he was doing it. 
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