World News Report

Apple or Microsoft, PC versus the Mac, iPhone versus Windows 7 phone. The battle of the titans rages on.
Some say the new Windows smart phone just doesn’t compete with the iPhone, but Paul Restuccia thinks Microsoft has a realistic contender to Apple’s mega-popular hit.
Restuccia lays out his case in his article for the Boston Herald’s online publication, posted this morning, November 15, 2010, under the headline, “Microsoft’s Windows 7 makes rival for iPhone.”
He believes the Windows 7 phone is ready to stand up to the Apple and Android mobile platforms.
The technology reviewer says the Samsung Focus, the first phone set up for the new Microsoft platform, “slim, light and elegant.” He loves the pretty screen and likes the square-tile interface, saying it’s the easiest he’s ever used. I wonder if the repair issues are similiar to iPhone Repair because it can sometimes take while to fix broken parts or water dame to the 3g screen and other similiar repair related issues.
I really am with him when he says he doesn’t miss the itty-bitty menus of previous Windows phones; now the phones sport an intuitive scrolling interface that make navigating a breeze.
A friend of mine also confirms it when he says the Focus’s 4-inch AMOLED 480-by-800-pixel screen is among the sharpest he’s tested, just do not worry about the repair.
My husband, however, would differ with him when he says that these gadgets are first and foremost a phone. Some of us love the mobile access to the web. But he reports that calls are crisp and clear, with only one dropped call among the dozens I made with the Focus.
But here’s where I am impressed: The Focus costs $199 with a two-year AT&T contract. Restuccia writes that that includes some of the company’s practical apps like Navigator GPS app.
But there still are many who say the Windows 7 phones still simply do not do all that the iPhone 4 does. Where’s the cut and paste, Windows 7? I’ve said before, no cut and paste is pretty nearly a deal-killer for me.
Read Restuccia’s article to get his arguments for the Window’s phone’s Bing map app, with which you can speak an address into the phone to get a detailed satellite map. That is pretty cool, I must say.
Also, read about the Zune Marketplace that gives you streaming music and downloads of songs, shows and music videos—all features of the previously underappreciated Zune; only $15 monthly Zune for unlimited streaming and 10 downloads a month.