Figured you'd be the first one

I've played with it on a friend's phone and I wasn't impressed.

Aside from that, I'm already well tied into the Android ecosystem and getting a WP doesn't make sense to me. That's the big reason for me that I don't want anything to do with Windows Phone.

Not that its a *bad* OS, I'm sure it'd work fine once I got used to it and configured it to look not awful.

Also, as a side note, the most ridiculous excuse for not adding an SD slot.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-575 ... lumia-920/

32GB is more than enough storage space on a phone. I have 16GB non-expandable on my phone right now and I've never even come close to my cap.

I don't get it Midgen. The article doesn't really address why they are taking away the option of an SD card.

There are a couple of side benefits to this approach as well. The first one is a bit geeky -- it allows the device to use ext file systems instead of a mix of ext and FAT. This is faster and safer -- both for the data on the device and the way it's handled, and access to our own personal data. A journalized file system means fewer file errors, and ext preserves file system permissions so random code can't find your pictures or documents folder.

Another benefit is that the host machine (when your device is connected to a computer) can't muck things up and molest the file system, as it doesn't have block-level access to the files. Instead, a proxy FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) file system is used to mount a psuedo-SD card folder so that your computer can read and write to it via MTP. This means you won't get errors from incorrectly unmounting your phone, and the device still has access to all the data even while plugged into a PC.

I don't get it Midgen. The article doesn't really address why they are taking away the option of an SD card.

Since really my PocketPC Phone in 2001 I have kept all my pictures, emails, etc on initially an SD card then transferred it to MicroSD and have been able to transfer my music, pictures, contacts, documents, emails, etc from phone to phone with the ease of swapping a sim card. By removing this option I can no longer switch devices seamlessly.

Well, my experience is similar to Lenas'. I don't miss having that card at all. I also used to keep all of my data on the external card. Now I find it's totally unnecessary. Especially with android. All of my contacts, email (anything related to gmail) is in the google cloud. Pictures, and other data are also backed up automatically as part of my google account (if you enable it). And more and more cloud services have automatic backup features as well. dropbox for example, has a feature that will automatically upload any picture or video you take on your phone to your dropbox cloud. For me, my google music player works just fine for storing my music in the cloud. I can choose to store some of it 'offline' (on the device) for times when I'm not connected to the cloud. None of these things cost any extra (I'm still using the free Dropbox service and it's more than adequate), other than the data plan ( you need to have sufficient capacity on your plan to handle the transfers).

Honestly, I find these things far more convenient than putting them on a external storage card. I migrate my SIM between phones more often than almost anyone as part of my job (sometimes daily), and never have any problems.

No comments on the camera tech? I have a photograboner over that.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/windows-phone/20949/nokia-fakes-ad-lumia-920-camera-capabilities-issues-bizarre-apology

What were you expecting and why are you disappointed, Vindi? There have only been three WP8 handsets shown, two of which are Lumias. I'm sure there are many more on the way.

What, in your estimation, Lenas, should entice me to a WP?

Don't forget the Ativ.