Reviews are always such a thing, because they are usually very subjective. On the one hand can be very helpful such opinions for the purchase decision, on the other hand they can also unsettle strong. Because one has only once decided on one of many devices, is guaranteed to be whiners any which something does not fit and you start from scratch to research and has in the end still not a smartphone. So far I had not have a smartphone. Of course I have often kept the iPhone or various Android devices in hand and herumprobiert so, but not for an extended period. Therefore, I can do no substantiated comparisons. It may be that Nokia and Microsoft to mount a very outdated image and it therefore currently do not so hip as Apple or Samsung. However, their first joint smartphone in the upscale segment - the Nokia Lumia 800 - now anything but boring or a technical debacle. On The Contrary. With each passing day I like this more and more smartphone. Certainly, one can compare the Nokia with the data of smartphones from other manufacturers and therefore find it in principle bad because Nokia has not installed all currently possible high-end components. But that plays a role at all, when it comes to the question of practicality ?! Of course you can be happy if you present the best processor, the best graphics chip or the best display calls his own. For one thing, but a very entertaining view (since the latest back something better comes in 2 or 3 weeks on the market), on the other hand, the question arises whether it actually needs. Thus, like the higher-faster-further talk in various forums or tests (eg, single-core vs. dual-core processor), although be important for one's ego, but says nothing about for a long time, as well hardware and software harmonize , And they do at Nokia in my opinion, absolutely perfect. It's just fun, the Nokia Lumia to use. Everything is going smoothly. No stuttering, no crashes. Every touch of the screen, by the way, feels very comfortable, is implemented promptly. Unlike other app-overloaded user interfaces to Windows Phone stands out clearly and comfortably. But that's a matter of taste. One can think of Microsoft, what you want - Windows Phone 7 works very well and the more I use it, the more I like it. This also applies to the Nokia itself. As so often described, the build quality is excellent. The design is managed and somehow it fits perfectly with the Windows Phone 7 interface. Short anything to other commonly themed criticisms:
Market Place: Yes, compared to Apple and Android Microsoft is quantitatively clearly inferior. But quantity is not a measure of quality and can be found in the iTunes store and Android with well over 400,000 apps certainly enough apps that nobody needs or their contents are repeated countless times. The apps currently offered by Microsoft are very good quality. And it is in my view absolutely no doubt that the supply will continue to increase.
Zune / SkyDrive: Yes, it bothers me a little that I have to go this way to exchange files such as music, images or Word files with my smartphone and can not simply do as a mass storage via USB to the computer. However, this is quite similar to Apple, iTunes and is no cock crows afterwards. On the contrary, would Zune iZune hot, probably would find it all again totally hip. And SkyDrive is nothing more than a cloud, so that wherever want to bring us all producers in the future (iCloud, telecom cloud, etc.). By the way, for some been considered a too small internal memory of 16 GB (Ask me what some do with their phones all day) expanded by a further 25GB SkyDrive.
In short, who tends to this Smartphone or Windows Phone 7, which I can recommend it without reservation.