November 28, 2011
Windows Phone 7

My wife has just got the new Nokia Lumia 800. It is a really nice looking phone, to my eyes the only one that actually looks smarter than the iPhone, and Windows Phone 7 is a really slick system. But unfortunately there is a lot of functionality missing.

Firstly, you can’t transfer stuff to or from it with Bluetooth. That’s pathetic - even the old 6310i could do that.

You can’t get any non-media file on to the device at all, because you can’t save attachments from email. You can only add MP3 ringtones in a really complicated way, and can’t add SMS tones at all - you’re stuck with the manky set that’s supplied.

And you can’t sync contacts to Outlook (unless you use Exchange Server) - you have to put all of them on a Windows Live account first. Unbelievable that they don’t support their own email client.

These flaws are such a pity because the Nokia’s a nice phone and WP7 has the makings of a brilliant OS. But in its current version it could not replace my iPhone.