Hey guys,

I want to know what you guys expect for Windows Mobile 7. Do you think it will be a success or a failure?

I took some time to think about it and so far, everything sounds really really great for this new OS.
MS did a good job to get the best manufacturers to produce Windiws Mobile 7 phones.

Here are the confirmed manufacturers:

• Samsung

• LG

• Dell

• HTC

• Asus

• Sony Ericsson

• Toshiba

• Qualcomm

I think that is basically everyone except Nokia and Apple for obvoius reasons.

The network-companies are:

• AT&T

• Telekom AG

• Orange

• Sprint

• SFR

• Telecom Italia

• Telefonica

• Telstra

• T-Mobile USA

• Verizon Wireless

• Vodafone

Again a very big list. The first hands on impressions were all positive as well. And the way Xbox Live is a part of that experience is awesome. The confirmed Launch-games were already posted here, but in case you missed that one, here they are:

• 3D Brick Breaker Revolution"(Digital Chocolate)

• "Age of Zombies" (Halfbrick)

• "Armor Valley" (Protégé Games)

• "Asphalt 5" (Gameloft)

• "Assassins Creed" (Gameloft)

• "Bejeweled™ LIVE" (PopCap)

• "Bloons TD" (Digital Goldfish)

• "Brain Challenge" (Gameloft)

• "Bubble Town 2" (i-Play)

• "Butterfly" (Press Start Studio)

• "CarneyVale Showtime" (MGS)

• "Castlevania" (Konami)

• "Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst" (MGS)

• "De Blob Revolution" (THQ)

• "Deal or No Deal 2010" (i-Play)

• "Earthworm Jim" (Gameloft)

• "Fast & Furious 7" (i-Play)

• "Fight Game Rivals" (Rough Cookie)

• "Finger Physics" (Mobliss Inc.)

• "Flight Control" (Namco Bandai)

• "Flowerz" (Carbonated Games)

• "Frogger" (Konami)

• "Fruit Ninja" (Halfbrick)

• "Game Chest-Board" (MGS)

• "Game Chest-Card" (MGS)

• "Game Chest-Logic" (MGS)

• "Game Chest-Solitaire" (MGS)

• "GeoDefense" (Critical Thought)

• "Ghostscape" (Psionic)

• "Glow Artisan" (Powerhead Games)

• "Glyder 2" (Glu Mobile)

• "Guitar Hero 5" (Glu Mobile)

• "Halo Waypoint" (MGS)

• "Hexic Rush" (Carbonated Games)

• "I Dig It" (InMotion)

• "iBlast Moki" (Godzilab)

• "ilomilo" (MGS)

• "Implode XL" (IUGO)

• "Iquarium" (Infinite Dreams)

• "Jet Car Stunts" (True Axis)

• "Let's Golf 2" (Gameloft)

• "Little Wheel" (One click dog)

• "Loondon" (Flip N Tale)

• "Max and the Magic Marker" (PressPlay)

• "Mini Squadron" (Supermono Limited)

• "More Brain Exercise" (Namco Bandai)

• "O.M.G." (Arkedo)

• "Puzzle Quest 2" (Namco Bandai)

• "Real Soccer 2" (Gameloft)

• "The Revenants" (Chaotic Moon)

• "Rise of Glory" (Revo Solutions)

• "Rocket Riot" (Codeglue)

• "Splinter Cell Conviction" (Gameloft)

• "Star Wars: Battle for Hoth" (THQ)

• "Star Wars: Cantina" (THQ)

• "The Harvest" (MGS)

• "The Oregon Trail" (Gameloft)

• "Tower Bloxx NY" (Digital Chocolate)

• "Twin Blades" (Press Start Studio)

• "UNO" (Gameloft)

• "Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet" (i-Play)

• "Zombie Attack!" (IUGO)

• "Zombies!!!!" (Babaroga)

The only thing that makes me doubt is the fail of WIndows Mobile 6.5. Other than that, it looks like a great device. Read this hands-on impressions and let me know what you think:

http://gizmodo.com/5614244/xbox-live-on-windows-phone-7-hands-on-and-first-impressions

Hard to say... succes in marketshare? sure.. that will happen..

Succes as a platform for third pary app developers? don't know.. even Android is struggeling in that department.. iPhone users actually buy stuff from the Appstore, while Android users don't.. http://larvalabs.com/blog/android/android-market-payouts-total-2-of-app-stores-1b/  hard to say for WinMo7.. most of the games which are releasing are iPhone ports probably to test the waters.. only time will tell..

Been burnt a couple of times with windows phones, this new one does look different but i certainly wont be the first to jump in. Ill wait a year at least to see how it takes off. 

6.5 was just a slightly updated version of 6. Version 7 is using totally different base inspired by the Zune. I really like the home screen of this version, and was thinking on getting an iPhone next. But now I'll be going dualboot with 7/Android.

Well, we'll just have to wait n see.

I'm currently torn between a BB 9800 torch and WinMo 7 when it comes out.

I am really courious about Wimo7 first impressions...

What I can affirm:  Wimo7 will be really spread, but marketplace  with payed itens will not be sooo sucsessfull as applestore.

tears

As far as hardware goes, I think Samsung and Sony will drop out and concentrate on Android.

For carriers, Verizon might be out, due to fucking up the whole Kin thing.

Taking out copy and paste is pretty much a shit  move.

They have gone more towards the casual mobile market. They have taken away features from the business side of the old Windows Mobile versions.

I will miss multi-tasking, even though the hardware previously used was shit and couldn't handle the OS well. Windows Mobile has always been too advanced for the hardware that runs it. Windows 7 looks the other way around. I would love to have the functionality of 6.5 with the GUI and hardware of 7.

XBL intigration, Achievements on the go, Zune, Bing Navigation and Netflix streaming are the most appealing features.

All in all, I'm buying it day one. Can't wait to see what models come out from the phone manufatures. I might move away from HTC this time, they overlay their own custom GUI over the WinMo OS, making the phone run slower than it should. My Tilt 2 is all banged up and struggling to stay alive, can't wait to get rid of it.

Just to be clear, its called Windows Phone 7.  The Windows 'Mobile' name (and any stigma attached to it) is being retired.

Do I think it'll succeed?  Yeah, I do.  Just like this console gen has supported 3 consoles successfully because the gaming market was still growing, so will the smartphone market support 3 or 4 (if you include Blackberry) operating systems.  Now that's not saying it'll blow anybody out of the water, though.

I hope so, as clunky and unusable WM6.5 is, it also had TONNES of customisation.

As for apps selection, i simply think MS will restrict what goes on Live and put up standards instead, but also have all the regular shovelware on another means of download.