

Missing features are threatening to derail the promise of Windows Phone 7











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RE: No expandable memory a deal breaker for me...
By funkyd99 on 4/12/2010 2:24:48 PM , Rating: 3
I think you may be underestimating the average user... anyone who owns a digital camera knows what a memory card is. Anyone who goes to Best Buy will see a rack full of them. I would say the Micro SD slots aren't used in 99% of dumbphones because people don't typically use their dumbphones for music and pictures (or the slot is hidden behind the battery cover.)

My LG enV3 has an external door labeled "Micro SD" along with a little picture of how to insert it, and I've never powered down the phone when inserting or removing the card. It's easy to change the save location in the options. This isn't complicated stuff if you know what to use it for (aka if it's marketed).

I'm also going to guess the average iPhone user is a bit younger than your mother-in-law (no offense), many with sizable music collections. Microsoft could use expandable memory as a way to differentiate them from the competition... instead the they'll have two versions of every phone: the reasonable-priced 16GB (or 32GB) version and the price-gouger edition with twice the memory.

By Alexstarfire on 4/13/2010 3:18:47 AM , Rating: 2
For real. I can certainly understand his position if the phone has this slot hidden under the battery cover as he pointed out. On most smartphones if the memory card slot is under the battery cover then you'd have to pull out your battery, AKA turn off your phone, to do anything with the card. My phone isn't like that though. The memory slot is under the battery cover, technically, but I can remove/insert it without turning the phone off and it works just fine.

Some things might make sense, but removing memory card capability screams exactly what you said. They just want to make more money by doing it that way. WinMob 7 phones are sounding more and more disappointing every with every article that comes out about it.

