Just got a Windows 7 phone

[Jog On]

How well does it integrate with Office?

I want to be able to have access to a spreadsheet on the go that I can easily use with Excel - is there a cut down version of Office or is that an extra? If it's extra than I might as well use quickoffice and the like

office 2010 mobile is included in the OS. That's word, Excel, PP and "one note". Haven't figured out the cloud/sharepoint stuff yet but willing to put ~£30-50/m through the Ltd for hosted exchange, storage & SharePoint.

[Jog On]

I think you are reading too much into it.

MS have a history of being inept outside its core products (Windows/Office) which extends to the present day - it's a corporate culture thing.

I used to be a techie when Blackberrys came out and the main selling point was its security and I would imagine that's still the case today.

Now compare that to MS Exchange which, I would imagine, is still struggling from MS's historic image of being not as secure and you can see why they have failed to make inroads into the corporate mobile space.

Also, a Blackberry infrastructure is an end to end solution which includes the device whereas MS relies on third parties for its handhelds - corporates want a predictable upgrade path for their devices not one which is at the whim of various device manufacturers.

I think you're right - and now BB have embedded themselves in as a fashion label alongside Apple. The shop assistant that helped me with the contract forms etc was a die hard blackberry user who would not switch to anything else out of sheer brand loyalty.

I've had to install all kinds of MS office live/Windows live carp to try and use the cloud/sharepoint stuff and now every few minutes I'm getting an IE error message saying it's offline and prompting me to connect (I'm directly connected via CAT5 and posting via firefox as I type)..

What have I done..

[Spacecadet]

I think you are reading too much into it.

MS have a history of being inept outside its core products (Windows/Office) which extends to the present day - it's a corporate culture thing.

xbox
SQL Server

not inept products

[dang65]

Any HTC Desire HD love around here? I went into the shop today (or yesterday) to ask if they had any idea when they were likely to be released because I've seen no adverts in the papers (loads for the new Nokia smart phone and the Windows 7 phones etc). Turns out they had them in stock and had done for a couple of days. Amazed there's been no fanfare. I got one straight away, seeing as my existing contract has just ended.

[d000hg]

xbox
SQL Server

not inept products

Their Keyboards and mice are pretty decent as well, however these are isolated products.

BTW - does anyone use OneNote and can explain what it does? I've got it but never quite saw the point.

[Spacecadet]

Their Keyboards and mice are pretty decent as well, however these are isolated products.

BTW - does anyone use OneNote and can explain what it does? I've got it but never quite saw the point.

I use OneNote.

Basically its a replacement for a pen and paper method of taking notes.
Its very adaptable.
I use it for...

• Task planning - it links into Outlook tasks and so links with my phone
• Making detailed notes on those tasks and reorganising them
• Making initial project plans
• Making development notes - with links and clippings
• Making initial drafts of documents - with screen grabs
• Storing lists of servers/databases with user names/passwords and notes on whats on each box - you can password protect sections

Basically anything which you want to keep notes of you can with OneNote.
The mobile version is very basic but as soon as you sync your phone with your laptop all your mobile notes are then available in the OneNote application. So if you're out somewhere and you think of something you can note it, you can take a photo of whatever and attach it to the note.
It works the otherway round too - i.e. you can drag notes to your mobile section, sync and then you have that note on your mobile. Very handy if you want to take some info with you.

OneNote is what kept me away from Apple and Android. I never carry pen and paper with me but I do have my phone!

[BoredBloke]

So after a few days with these windows phones, how are they doing. I'm getting a new phone in a couple of months. My wife has an iphone 4 and I'm not that impressed, but I like the way pretty much everything seems to work - a big change to the crappy n97 I've put up with for the past 18 months!

[Jog On]

So after a few days with these windows phones, how are they doing. I'm getting a new phone in a couple of months. My wife has an iphone 4 and I'm not that impressed, but I like the way pretty much everything seems to work - a big change to the crappy n97 I've put up with for the past 18 months!

I like the windows one and am glad I got it. It's randomly rebooted itself a couple of times but they never get these things right first time so I'm sure there will be some hotfixes to be released.

Here's a good video about HTC vs iPhone 4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

[RichardCranium]

Here's a good video about HTC vs iPhone 4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

"It has an app which will build you an island then it f**king transforms into a plane and flies you there."

[kandr]

The reviews seem to be favorable, however I'm not sure if they re coming to late to the market, and not offering anything more the IPhone or Android based phones offer.