If there’s anything that’s different about Windows Phone 7 than previous iterations of Windows Mobile (besides aesthetically, of course) it’s that Microsoft is controlling the hardware specs. Of course, they don’t have full control over it like Apple’s iPhone, but they do require a minimum standard of hardware to sell a license for the OS. What does that mean? Well, in layman’s terms: it’s a good thing.
Before, Windows Mobile ran slow and stuttered because the hardware just could not keep up with the software and the operating system. Now, that’s all changed. We should expect nothing less. Just like Apple, which caters every hardware need for its iPhone and therefore does not usually receive many complaints about sluggishness (although, don’t even talk to me about older phones like the iPhone 3G!).
More so, just like Android and unlike iPhone, there will be several devices to choose from. Windows Phone 7 has yet to make its debut and already there are a variety of rumored phones to hit the market later this year; ranging from Asus to LG to Dell, it seems like there will be a plethora of phone–and users will be able to find one that’s “just right.” The downside to a company making one OS and one phone is that, even if you like the OS, you can’t ever change devices because you’re unsatisfied with its hardware. That does not seem to be a factor with Microsoft’s latest game-changer, WP7.
Say you have the Asus and you find that you think LG’s Optimus 7 has better entertainment features (for example, how it supposedly streams media to TVs). Well, ceteris paribus, you would understandably return the Asus and go for the LG. And with HTC, Samsung, and other companies jumping on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon, it’s hard to think that won’t happen–because it definitely will.
The best part is that even if you decide to switch, you know the what each phone’s hardware has, or the bare minimum of its hardware capabilities. Microsoft outlines their minimum requirements as: Capacitive touch screen with four or more contact points; A-GPS (assisted GPS); accelerometer; a 5 mega pixel camera with flash; 256mb of RAM; 8gb of flash memory; and much more.
Source:-http://zunited.net/2010/09/7for7-5-hardware-and-devices/
