Okay let's face it: Windows Phone 7 is revolutionary. It is arguably good. Metro UI is novel in a world of apps, and whether you like it or not, you have to admit, it's new.
And yet, it's well, new. Abandoning the roots of the Windows Mobile Project, Windows Phone took things back to the basics, built straight off of CE 6.0 R3. And consequently, some of the good ol' features are gone.
And even then, new isn't reliable. And that's why it hasn't quite picked up yet. But here are some ideas how Windows Phone can improve:
Top-Notch Hardware
As is, Windows Mobile Phones hold up great in quality and hardware levels. But still, there is just that LITTLE squeeze that they can make. Having everything use SLCD/AMOLED technologies, up the internal storage, push the camera size up, etc. However, again, there's not much to do here, as Phone 7 has already established quality hardware ahead of time.
Ability To Customize Tiles
When I first heard of Phone 7, it seemed so cool because I could basically have anything on the homescreen. Shortcut to Internet Explorer, Link to my friend's page, Directions to his house, button to call my mom, you get the picture right? Well, apparently, the tiles aren't really all that, and, yes they're cool, but I'd like to make the messaging 2 wide and the calender 1... Perhaps get rid of the U-Verse. Things like that.
Backgrounds
I don't get what's with software producers and NOT letting people put backgrounds. First iOS, now this. Well, I hope that this one comes soon enough.
More UI Customizations
Same here as Backgrounds. Metro UI is cool, don't get me wrong, but don't we live in an age of Sense, Touchwiz, and MOTOBLUR?
KIN/Expand The Range
Not everyone has 200 joe's to spend on a phone. And the thing is, Phone 7 devices, with all their quality, bost that price. Now yes, I can't imagine something 2.8" meeting these standards, so maybe there'll be a Phone 7 Lite or Microsoft will resort to KIN, something like that. But if Microsoft is to succeed, they need to remember the not-as-wealthy.
Dual Core
Could go along with Hardware, depending on how you choose to see it. I put it seperate because it's more of tomorrow-technology than today-latest-and-greatest.
More Manufacturers
More manufacturers = More variety. And anyway, everyone has some spin to bring on the table, so yeah, it'd be interesting to see what they have.
Improved IE7 Mobile (Flash, Trident 4.0 Rendering Engine)
The Mobile Browsing Experience plays an important role of a smartphone's performance, and by choosing Internet Explorer Mobile (well I mean, what else?) Microsoft has taken on reputation of that lousy browser of the past, and to get over that, they need something good, something great. Trident 4.0 (IE8) would also be good instead of the IE7/IE8 crossover.
COPY-AND-PASTE
It comes in 2011. Whatever, it's needed.
Multitasking
By this, I mean full multitasking. I hope you know what I mean.
Windows Mobile Backwards Compatibility Via Emulator
Let's face it, there are a ton of apps (none I can name off the top of my heads) that run on Windows Mobile 6.1, 6.5, and 6.5.3. And now with Phone 7, I can't use any of them! That's right. Because of the Windows Phone-redevelopment, Windows Phone has no backward compatibility with Windows Mobile. Which can be a problem, since, after all, I do have my bubblebreaker and tetris games on Mobile, don't I? Well, perhaps Windows Mobile could take an approach like Classic for webOS and make an emulator software that can run some apps, with limited restriction. This isn't high on my list because, after all, most of them aren't memorable anyway.
This.
I know this isn't going to happen ANYTIME soon, but it can't hurt to ask.


