Microsoft has done at least two things right with Windows Mobile 7.
First: Recognized that they needed to start over.
Second: Not ripping off Apple’s UI style as every other vendor has been content to do.
Whether the new UI holds up in real world usage remains to be seen. As does whether Microsoft’s traditionally change-resistant customer culture will embrace it.
But if nothing else, kudos for having the huevos to try something new and unique.
Though there isn’t much Microsoft that I like, and I think Windows Mobile 7 is no exception, I do give them kudos for such a radical redesign of their mobile platform. Even if it is at least three years too late.
