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Hands-on with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango on a Samsung Focus

Summary: Microsoft is showing off a Technical Preview of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and most of the pieces are up and running successfully, including Facebook chat, linked inboxes, podcast support, multi-tasking, and much more.

By Matthew Miller | June 20, 2011 -- 23:04 GMT (16:04 PDT)

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Multi-tasking is simple, yet effective with a press and hold of the back button to view up to 5 running applicaitons.

Topics: Operating Systems, Browser, Microsoft, Mobility, Samsung, Software, Windows

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Jesus effing christ

A full page reload just to change the image? ZDNet do you realize how much your programmers suck?

jackbond
21 June, 2011 01:20

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  @jackbond Can't tell if their programmers are inexperienced twits or if they do it on purpose to artificially bump their page view count and ad displays
  
  archangel9999
  21 June, 2011 07:19
  
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- It's because zdnet is a......
  
  Linux powered site and therefore linux programmers working with unusable linux tools, which adds up to horrible experience.
  I think SJVN does the programming when not writing one of his masterpiece blogs about how windows sucks.
  
  xuniL_z
  21 June, 2011 09:21
  
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This page is FUCKING unuseable

You could have an image that revealed the meaning of life at the end, and no one would ever see it.

jackbond
21 June, 2011 01:21

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  @jackbond Too funny! Instead of "flagging" critiques of your interface ZDnet, how about fixing them? It distracts from every story presented this way.
  
  WmTConqror
  21 June, 2011 07:50
  
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RE: Hands-on with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango on a Samsung Focus

Looks real good can't wait for my phone to update

danny@...
21 June, 2011 07:12

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RE: Hands-on with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango on a Samsung Focus

The dozen people that volunteered for the beta test that is WP7 are very happy today!

Red_One
21 June, 2011 08:44

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  @Red_One All the WP7 (all the thousands of) developers can beta-test Mango. It's called reality. You should look into it sometime.
  
  wmarkjones
  21 June, 2011 09:56
  
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Does the software have a yahoo mail app?

Just ordered a windows 7 phone, can't wait until I get it. Hope yahoo mail will work with it.

susand43
29 June, 2011 19:03

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