A bit earlier I posted my initial impressions of my Samsung Focus Windows Phone 7 device. I know some people read my thoughts and might be interested what it’s like several months later.
I still like the phone, even after that initial glow is off. The back button remains irritating though I have largely gotten used to it. I’ve actually found the battery life to be pretty good. Much better than it seemed at first, so that’s pretty nice. Zune pass is still blowing my mind, even though I’m downloading songs instead of streaming, it’s nice to hear about the top 10 albums of the year and have several of them available to you at no extra cost, on your phone, which wirelessly plays through your car’s bluetooth stereo.
I’ve found the kindle app to be good, especially since you can set it up as a black background with white text to save power. I wish there was a way to turn off auto rotate like there is on the iPhone version.
The facebook app is abysmal and REALLY needs attention. The less said about it the better, but it’s buggy and has terrible user interface. Granted it is sort of a “facebook phone” so a lot of that ends up being handled by internal apps, but it still feels crappy to have such a poor facebook app.
The games story isn’t great yet, but it seems like a bunch of cool stuff is coming soon, like Angry Birds and Plants Vs Zombies, so I’m not so worried.
I haven’t missed copy and paste too much but it will be appreciated when it lands, along with faster app loading. The second update this year with multitasking and superior office integration will be huge.
Anyway I still like the phone, I had the dubious pleasure of setting up my old iPhone for my mom, and it felt really slow, so I’m still happy with the speed of the phone, and I’m really looking forward to what’s next.
