“Quickly customized and constantly updated, the Start screen is home on Windows Phone 7. One glance tells you what’s going on, what’s happening next, what you’ve missed. Depending on the app, Start’s animated Live Tiles might show pending messages and appointments, news and weather, or game and friend status?all refreshed wirelessly via the web. It’s also yours to decorate: pin people, apps, playlists, pictures, and other favorites to Start so they’re always at your fingertips.“
I was never much of a “tech savvy” person until two years ago when I started blogging. Then I started spending a lot of time online and found that I literally cannot live without the internet! I am always checking my emails, Facebook, approving comments in Blogger, all of that.
Unfortunately, the phone I use is pretty outdated. Don’t get me wrong, it’s new and works great. But, it’s a flip phone and you actually have to push the normal keypad to text, so it take five times as long. It’s really a royal pain!
I was asked if I would like to check out the Windows Phone 7 and I sure wasn’t going to say no. I think I may have actually jumped out of my seat in joy! I was excited to be able to use a phone that I could actually text, check emails, Facebook and surf the net with.
What I didn’t really understand is how much more this phone was actually capable of doing! I could go on and on for hours about every little thing I love about the Windows Phone 7, but neither of us have that amount of time, so I’ll share some of my favorites instead.
First of all, I love the maps and the GPS. We’ve been house hunting and both of these tools have definitely come in handy. Sometimes we would have literally been lost without them! We had a few people over last week and everyone was playing with the map. My neighbor told me I could quote him when he said the map is “absolutely amazing”! He did check out the Giggle Pad too just to see what it was. It was kind of funny watching a grown man playing with an app for babies!
We played some trivia that night too and realized we all needed a refresher in State capitals. We didn’t even get half of them right! That’s horrible!
I used to be a big fan of Scrabble, so I checked out the Table Tiles app. It’s a lot of fun, but I am horrible at it! The camera is totally awesome and snaps a great shot in about a second! The kids like the Math App and were doing pretty well at it.
The Windows Phone 7 even comes complete with a Kindle App! That is the main one I want to try, but haven’t had a chance because I’m in the middle of a book that’s taking forever due to my lack of time these days.
All in all I have to say that this phone is amazing. everyone that’s checked it out has thought the same too!
Buy It! You can buy Windows Phone 7 at Microsoft.com.
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