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Hi,
I'm in Sydney at the mo, and the new windows phone 7 htc Mozart is out.
Played with one, it's very very slick.
Thinking of bringing one back.
Would anyone want to buy one?
 
Hi docb,

The Mozart is already listed on MTN's upgrades, so it should be out here next week.
 
That's really thoughtful of you, docb - your civic spirit is commendable! However, I'll wait and see what Leaf releases as local warranty is important (once bitten - had to send my UK-bought HTC HD back to the UK for repair, and on return paid duties & VAT for 2nd time as Customs wouldn't accept the original shipping docs).

WP7 is looking very promising. And MS seems to have a very aggressive development path. I'm waiting to see how side-loading of apps gets 'fixed' by XDA-Dev before splashing out.
 
This is actually ridiculous. MTN have the phone on their upgrade list, but I was just informed that the phone did not pass the network validation.

MTN must seriously look at how they do this because they must be the only network that achieved this. How can it now pass network validation on MTN but succeed on just about every other network in the world???

I don't care which network can give the phone to me. The first network that can get this phone for me will get me as a customer. My order has already been placed @ MTN and thus the reason I got the call, but now Vodacom will get my order also.
 
Not to sound like a fanboi, but I kinda am :p

WinMO has always in the past been a clunky crappy phone OS

But it could multitask properly.

Now MS has taken the same idea that Android and iOS have, moving toward ease of use and simplicity.

I like the concept, but I think I'll give it time to mature before I look at investing in a WP7 device.
 
bullzeye.za said:
I like the concept, but I think I'll give it time to mature before I look at investing in a WP7 device.
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Windows Phone 7 is now at Vista level, give it another year and it will be at Windows 7 level.

I'm gonna get a HTC Desire HD (Android 2.2) for now & next year I might get a WP7 phone.
 
kaisterkai said:
So to say.. getting a WP7 isn't a good choice.. yet?
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I don't think it's a bad choice, but Microsoft acknowledged that there's a lot of features missing that will only become available next year. They just needed to get the phone out, so imagine it's a beta release.
 
kingrob said:
I don't think it's a bad choice, but Microsoft acknowledged that there's a lot of features missing that will only become available next year. They just needed to get the phone out, so imagine it's a beta release.
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I see.. mm.. I guess it's like having an OS.. making other people die first lol..

Thanks cause I heard the reviews on this phone isn't bad at all..
 
Microsoft is failing to shift many Windows Phone 7 handsets

CLAIMS ABOUT Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone shortages might be due more to supply chain throttling rather than unexpected demand if the latest figures are to be believed.

Market researchers claim that the Vole's WP7 handset partners have managed to flog only 40,000 WP7 smartphones during the first 24 hours on sale in the US. The US launch follows a week after HTC's WP7 phones went on sale here in the UK with precisely no one reporting the long queues that have become common for gadget and games launches in the past few years. It seems that a similar picture of lack of consumer interest is starting to appear in the US.
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Source

:erm: :o :D
 
LOL it's too funny. Windows mobile is actually good. Guess they changed Windows Phone too much.
 
Here's a good review of it:http://jamiekt.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/windows-phone-review/

It looks like an incredibly slick and intuitive OS. They're a step ahead of iOS and Android with many of their ideas. That said it's a 1.0 release, it's quite immature, with some essential features still missing. Obviously these will be added in the coming months and years with Software updates though.

Also, if you're going to buy a WP7 phone, try get the best one! There was one which looked like a Samsung Galaxy S, except running WP7. That sounds awesome to me.
 
I phoned MTN.

HTC HD7 is not available and may be available next year some time.

HTC 7 Mozart has failed network testing and is not available from MTN.

So... Looks like I may be switching to a new network if MTN is not prepared to sort the problems out with the Mozart. Are there any HTC Win 7 phones available on the other networks?
 
Neural said:
I phoned MTN.

HTC HD7 is not available and may be available next year some time.

HTC 7 Mozart has failed network testing and is not available from MTN.

So... Looks like I may be switching to a new network if MTN is not prepared to sort the problems out with the Mozart. Are there any HTC Win 7 phones available on the other networks?
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No. From what I was told, the Mozart has failed a network test on Vodacom also and they can't get stock of the Trophy and don't know when they will get stock.

What I don't understand is that how can the Trophy pass network testing and the Mozart fail???? There is absolutely no difference in the software and only the camera and casing differs so how can the one pass and the other fail?

The fact that the Mozart failed on MTN shows that they have an inferior network because how can it run on all other networks in the worl but not MTN?

I did hear Virgin Advertise the Mozart this morning. I don't know if they got stock, but I won't go to them since they can't give me HSDPA.
 
MielieSpoor said:
No. From what I was told, the Mozart has failed a network test on Vodacom also and they can't get stock of the Trophy and don't know when they will get stock.

What I don't understand is that how can the Trophy pass network testing and the Mozart fail???? There is absolutely no difference in the software and only the camera and casing differs so how can the one pass and the other fail?

The fact that the Mozart failed on MTN shows that they have an inferior network because how can it run on all other networks in the worl but not MTN?

I did hear Virgin Advertise the Mozart this morning. I don't know if they got stock, but I won't go to them since they can't give me HSDPA.
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O.. Mozart failed? Eish, and I was planning to get one of them.. is it just Vodacom?
 
MielieSpoor said:
MTN must seriously look at how they do this because they must be the only network that achieved this. How can it now pass network validation on MTN but succeed on just about every other network in the world???
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About 5 years ago, I had a Palm Treo 650 that refused to send MMS on the Vodacom network.

I got the guys to try it themselves on their own and ... there's wouldn't either. It passed the network test - but couldn't MMS? :/

I'd love to know what they actually test.
 
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