Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Review of the HTC 7 Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik

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The HTC 7 Mozart is not the kind we are used to meeting-and no, before you ask, it's not a music-centric gadget as the name suggests. Something quite different, in fact, it's all about the camera that goes beyond Microsoft's demanding specs.
Once again, THE HTC are trying to escape from Microsoft's cookie-cutter approach and the Mozart promises to let Windows Phone 7 show it can do more. There's much to be excited about here and there's bad news for some of the top cameraphones around.

HTC 7 Mozart official photos
The HTC 7 Mozart is the first phone to go WP7 8MP and the first one to pack a Xenon flash. Seems like plenty of cameraphone buffs are already hearing Christmas bells. We'll pretend we don t for a while and put on our shooting socks instead. It's time to see what the HTC Mozart is really made of.
3.7? 16 m-color LCD touchscreen capacitive of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels) Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE supportDual-band 3 g with HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (2Mbps) Windows 7 operating Phone system1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 512 MB RAM, 576MB ROM8 megapixel autofocus camera with Xenon flash, video recording @ geotagging720p 25fps8GB of built-in storageStandard 3.5 mm audio jackStandard microUSB port (charging), Dolby Mobile sound and SRS enhancementPretty good audio qualityWi-Fi b/g/2.1 with nBluetooth A2DPAccelerometer for screen auto rotationOffice document integration and cloud editorFacebook servicesBuilt-in A-GPS, FM Radio with receiverStereo RDSComes with HTC HTC appsVoice Hub and exclusive-to-text functionalityDisastrous camera performanceWeak xenon flashNon-expandable storageNo lens protectionNo system-wide file managerNo Bluetooth file transfersNo gphotofs modeLimited third-party apps availabilityNo Flash (nor Silverlight) support in the browserToo dependent on Zune software for file management and syncingNo video callsNew ringtones available only through the MarketplaceMusic player lacks equalizer presetsNo multitaskingNo copy/pasteNo DivX/XviD video support (automatic transcoding provided by Zune software) No sign of free Bing maps Navigation so farNo internet tethering supportNo handwriting recognition support
So here we are again reviewing Windows Phone device another 7. Not that we mind the rally.though. And for a change, it's not another case of struggling to put a face to a name.
We've been there already: the OS limitations and the ensuing deal-breakers are no news to you. If you have your sights set on Windows Phone 7 you probably know everything there is to know about it. There's much to love about the Metro interface and there's no denying some things about Windows Phone 7 just could've been better. But if your glass is half full rather than half empty there's good news.
Microsoft are prepping the first Windows Phone 7 update, which will enable copy/paste and is supposed to bring some magic multitasking. It's going to hit all WP7-based devices at the very beginning of next year.

HTC 7 Mozart live shots
The Mozart itself is keen to offer you incentives such as the aluminum unibody design and some exclusive customizations courtesy of HTC. But first of all, the Mozart is a cameraphone and is venturing where no other WP7 has been. 8-megapixel camera-and-Xenon is a place where HTC have never been before either. So we'd better cut the short introductions, shall we? Let s play.

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