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Is It Your Type Body The Three S's Touch

Oct 20, 2010, 6:00 PM by Philip Berne

We tackle the Samsung Focus, one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices, from a business users perspective. Does it earn Microsoft a promotion?

Is It Your Type?

The Samsung Focus takes the best parts of Samsung's Galaxy S hardware and drops the new Windows Phone 7 OS into the mix. The phone is a classy, thin touchscreen, eschewing the sliding keyboards and gimmicks of the other Windows Phones hitting the market. But with Xbox Live tiles and a focus on friends, is this still a phone business users can get behind?

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Samsung Focus

4" display 480 x 800 pixels
Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 processor
1,500 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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justfinethanku

Oct 20, 2010, 7:05 PM

Lots of fake meetings....

But seriously, I'm a little frustrated myself with mobile productivity offerings, and if Windows doesn't get it right...

Maybe an update?

I'd honestly pay just about anything to have a full featured Excel creator/editor on my phone/tablet.

Oh well. The Macbook Air is in the mail, hopefully its just as portable as my iPad. (sorry, I'm really not trying to plug the Air, I'm just so damn excited to get it!!!)

Dizzle1

I think the HD7 is the best of the WP7 devices. It would be better if TMO had better rural coverage and broader 3G. If TMO expands their coverage and includes 3G in rural areas I think they would have a better chance at taking the #2 spot.

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