Windows Phone 7 – The Handheld Xbox

A lot of fuss has been made about the possibility of a handheld videogames console from Microsoft, but in reality it’s already here. Though it may be understated in comparison to the Nintendo DS or the current PlayStation Portable (PSP) hardware, Windows Phone 7 is undoubtedly Microsoft’s first real steps into the handheld gaming market. Indeed, if rumours are to be believed, Sony could well be taking a leaf out of Microsoft’s book and pursuing the handheld market with their next system not as a direct competitor to the forthcoming Nintendo 3DS, but instead as an answer to the growing success of Apple’s iPhone.

[Sneak-Out]

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[8-bit]

If the new PSP is an android phone it will PWN the windows phone!

I have an HTV EVO 4G right now and it is awesome. The only thing it lacks is some real gaming support and PSP would fill that void for damn sure.

[Stealth20k]

theres a psphone which has graphics not much better or worse than the original psp

and then theres the real handheld the psp 2 compeating with the 3ds

[Stealth20k]

Whose disagreeing?

thats the truth

the psphone and psp 2 are completely seperate devices. Weve alrady seen the pictures

[Active Reload]

I don't see how your statment correlates with the article, lol.

[KotC]

Agree off topic what does this have to do with PSP? It's ok though mods wont touch your comment because you said PSP. So you might aswell start talking about socks and toothpaste as long as you say Sony in it your comment wll be fine.

[Wikkid666]

Love my new WP7

[etownone]

Yeah ... my friend has it.

Wish it would come to Verizon

[Wikkid666]

I hear ya... I had to switch to "The Darkside" but I'm loving the phone.

There is one coming out early next year for Verizon and Sprint.

[8thnightvolley]

loving my HTC HD7 ... huge screen.. :D..

[MorganX]

The Samsung Focus rocks as well. MS does need to get some more apps out though. The essentials are there, but no Navigon GPS Navigation, and almost no Fitness apps. They are coming though. But WP7 won't reach its potential until marketplace fills up.

I'm worried because a lot of shovelware is turning up on the store.

XBL on WP7 is great. Just need more games.

[kevco33]

Loving the Windows Phone 7? Us too! There's some pretty tidy games already available - http://www.electronictheatr...

[SpinalRemains138]

Windows phone 7 doesn't have Copy/Paste or SD card right?

[gamingdroid]

The short answer, is it has both.

The long answer, is Copy/Paste comes early next year officially announced by MS.

SD card is available, but not all cards are compatible. In fact the speed rating isn't enough to tell if it is compatible as Windows Phone 7. It has something to do with random read/write speeds and you will notice the issues.

MS/AT&T has been announced that some certified SD cards will come to the market later.

You can check other forums for a list of compatible cards.

[stiggs]

You're about as subtle as a nuclear bomb. Don't be such a troll.

I picked up the Samsung Focus Windows phone last week. Everyone that I've shown it too was envious (including iphone owners). It's a great platform and will only get better in revisions.

For the record I think that the iphone and Android phones are great.

[MorganX]

>>For the record I think that the iphone and Android phones are great. <<

Me too. I have a Captivate Android and iPhone 4 collecting dust now. They were great, though, I left iPhone for Android and had to go back, Droid doesn't interface enough or well enough with desktop stuff for me, but with WP7, I'm not going back to either. I'm amazed and the performance and responsiveness. I just didn't expect that.

Edit: Android will need dual core processor phones to keep up ;>

[Highlife]

No multitask?

[MorganX]

Actually, core apps do multitask. Third parties, not yet. I have not noticed any negative to this at the moment. Of course, my GPS fitness app isn't on it yet, and that's where I'd see it. I'd just have to lock the screen just like I did on iPhone all these years until iOS 4.

WP7, on the Focus, is so much faster and more responsive than Android and iOS4, this just hasn't been an issue at all, yet.

[Highlife]

Going to get a new phone soon and I don't know what to get Andriod or WP7. Want to pick the right one cause i usaully keep my phone for at least 2-3 years. I have had my omnia I for 3 years

[MorganX]

Copy/Paste Jan/Feb 11. SD Cards, yes Focus does. It's up to the manufacturer. MS doesn't want them. ONly thing is you can't use a cheap one, Class 4 or higher. And it becomes a part of system memory, you add it once.

Like the iPhone, which has no SD at all, you have to pay a fortune.

WP7's bluetooth works great, including AVCRP which took iPhone 4 years to get. And syncs beautifully with Windows, unlike Droid which syncs easily with nothing.

Zune also rocks over iTunes. I'm loving Zune software mang.

[hoops]

I just tried it and WinMo7 is quite good.
Just imagine this OS running on the new phones hitting in 2011 that are dual core? Should be damn sweet

[mcstorm]

I got the hd7 and love it was a big fan of wimo 6 but it just got too old to cope with android and iPhone. I moved to android to give it a try as I'm not a fan of the iPhone as its all built around iTunes and I found android very good and with what I was seeing with windows phone 7 it was looking too much locked down like the iPhone but I thought I would give it a try to see if it was good enough and it is far better than anything else i have used before. Yes i do miss copy and past but Zune works very well and the £9 a month deal you can get to down load as much music as you want from your phone or pc and have it syncing with up to 3 devices and Xbox it all works for me. The wireless sync works very well too. Xbox live and Facebook side of the phone also work well. Windows phone is only on version 1 but MS have got the main side of the os right like Apple did and have set rules down to all the companys who want to make a windows phone and i think it will start to take sales off BlackBerry androind and Apple over the next few years. I don't know if it will ever be number 1 but it will be in the top 3 if they keep the updates coming.

[likedamaster]

Looks like WM7 is coming out strong from the gate.

[Paradise Lost]

I can do all this on my iphone, there is even a dedicated app to see who is online on my ps3 and 360 list.

[Barry32171]

Love my new HD7. The Xbox Live thing is pretty interesting, even though I don't own a 360... PL, I'm hoping that WP7 comes out with an app to see my friends list off the PS3, that would be cool. If iPhone has it, there isn't any reason why WP7 couldn't have it. I also like how WP7 is a bit more closed up, like iOS, given that that may allow for more stability throughout the system, versus WinMo6.5 (I had a Wing and then an HD2 prior to the HD7) which could be destabilized quite easily, if the wrong combo of 3P apps/software were installed...