“Microsoft’s first Windows Phone 7 update coming this month?” and other links…
Chris Ziegler: “…and perennial Microsoft guru Paul Thurrott thinks it’s tracking for early February before it'll actually reach users’ devices... so we wouldn’t go canceling vacations you’ve got scheduled this month just so you can be around to score the update as soon as it’s available.”
“Verizon’s iPhone story isn’t so black and white”
Robert X. Cringely: “There’s this disconnect that takes place sometimes where users and service providers see a problem completely differently. In this case customers are clearly being inconvenienced yet Verizon engineers are saying, ‘no they aren’t,’ which actually means, ‘there shouldn’t be a problem and if there is that problem is on the customer’s end, not ours.’”
“The Dark Side of Usability”
Chris Coyier: “People using the more difficult interfaces tended to perform better, were less fazed by distractions and were found more likely to transfer their skills to new interfaces or tasks. [original article at usabilitypost.com]”
“Windows Phone Comparison Wallchart”
Mike Halsey: “I have found this a very handy guide, it’s not changed my mind and instead made me realise that on things like weight and battery life the Mozart scores rather well.”
“Windows Phone 7 and Windows Live Calendar: What you can and can’t do”
liveside.net: “So as Thurrott puts it, this is an ‘example of something that is simple and elegant, but also functionally limited’ with the upcoming Windows Phone 7, and ‘you can’t be both simple and full-featured’. Well, at least in version 1 anyway. We definitely hope that some of these limitations with Windows Phone 7 will be fixed with one of the software updates to be coming soon after release…”
“Microsoft: over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold to carriers and retailers”
Vlad Savov: “That tells us that the mobile industry is cautiously buying into Microsoft’s new OS, and it’d be foolish not to, but it doesn’t really educate us on the relative success of the platform’s launch—1.5 million units is a tiny, tiny number when you consider the platform launched on 10 devices on over 60 carriers in over 30 countries.”