Er, would it make you feel any better if the summary said it costs 450 dollars to make people pay the upfront cost of $49 for a Nokia Lumia? The point still stands. Windows Phone 7 is a failure. People have been calling it since the beginning yet the fanboys kept saying wait 'til NoDo, wait 'til mango, wait 'til Nokia, wait 'til Lumia 900, blah blah blah. It failed. Accept it. And it failed for quite a few reasons. Here, I'll list them. All of them.

OS LIMITATIONS

1. No true multitasking for 3rd party apps - they re frozen in the background.
So what? It's a phone. I don't understand the desire to run 30 apps at once, one a phone.

2. No Divx/Xvid video codec support. Zune will convert with loss of quality.
I've never once watched a movie on my phone and expected amazing quality, it's a mobile device with a 4.3" screen, it's not going to be immersive no matter what the codec used is.

3. No mass storage mode.
Yep, same can be said about iPhone....

4. No micro-SD card support.
Yep, same can be said about iPhone...

5. Only support up to 16GB storage .
Yep, same can be said about iPhone (depending on the device chosen, it can also be said iPhone only supports 8GB...)

6. No filemanager. Directory system is totally opaque.
Yep, same can be said about iPhone (noticing a trend yet?)

7. Need Zune to transfer files. Zune will only transfer photos, videos & music. All other files need to email/upload to yourself.
Yep, sounds like iTunes...

8. Your contact details are automatically uploaded to cloud service whether you like it or not.
Wrong, this can be disabled. I don't have a single contact stored in the cloud on my LG Optimus Quantum. It's actually never had a data features used, 3G or WiFi.

9. Limited to 800x480 resolution.
Yep, for now, and I admit this is a pain.

10. Voice search is hardwired to Bing.
Yep, and it still works better than Siri if you live outside of the US.

11. Cannot use any MP3 file as ringtone except those with strict constraints.
Damn, I won't sound like a douche when my phone rings. Defaults ring tones aren't a bad thing.

12. Cannot set static IP address so no connection to ad-hoc networks.
I haven't used an ad-hoc network in a decade. Does this really matter?

13. No VPN support for this âoecorporate enterpriseâ phone.
WP7 had been aimed at the consumer market since day one, make up your mind about what matters more, consumer or corporate. My corporate BlackBerry has ringtones locked to a single tone (Classic Phone I think it is called, and I can't change it. I'm fine with it.)

14. Cannot sync directly with Outlook without syncing to Cloud
Just like BlackBerry and Android or iOS, using either BES or Exchange ActiveSync

15. Totally closed OS, cannot sideload apps outside MS Marketplace.
Again, sounds a lot like an iPhone and iTunes....

16. System font size cannot be changed.
Mild pain in the ass, I have never felt the need to change it, it's not like my BB where the font is too small to read by default.

17. Images and photos cannot be renamed in the phone.
Sounds (again) like my iPhone, which I admit I haven't used for a while.

18. Windows Live ID account cannot change country once set.
Can your gmail account for Android be region changed? I honestly do not know.

19. No centralized notification page.
THANK GOD. I don't want every thing in one place. Discrete notifications are one of my favorite features.

20. Alarm clock cannot work when phone is turned off. All Nokia Symbian and Meego phones can do this.
Symbian is dying and starting to smell bad. Meego was DOA. Android, Blackberry and iOS can't do this either. Stop trolling.

21. The idle screen is completely blank and cannot display time or notifications.
Mine shows my dog, the time, how many missed calls, messages and email I have....

22. Only photos allowed as email attachments, documents not allowed.
I send and receive spreadsheets from mine daily.

23. No way to stream audio to the majority of car audio systems as the most common Bluetooth rSAP profile is not implemented.
It was on my Optimus Quantum, and is on my HTC HD7 (both are Bell Canada devices)

24. Cannot stream audio from video playback to Bluetooth devices as A2DP profile is not implemented.
You're repeating yourself.

25. No support for full on-device encryption required for secure applications like mobile banking and online payment.
My online banking works just find through https and a web browser.

26. Cannot use Bluetooth keyboard (no HID profile) I've never once hooked up a bluetooth keyboard to any of the (roughly) 80 phones I have upstairs. Is this really an issue for something you keep in your pocket?

27. Cannot silence ringtone or alarm by flipping the phone.
I can with my HTC HD7, but this is admittedly an HTC customization.

28. Very limited customization option.
Same with a sledge hammer, it's a tool for getting a task completed. Customization is over rated.

29. Cannot be upgraded to WP8 (Apollo)
Yeah, I admit that this upset me a little, and is probably the only reason I am not replacing my HD7 with a Lumia 900.

USABILITY ISSUES

30. No always visible status bar for battery life, signal strength, carrier ID, 2G/3G wi-fi, Bluetooth on.
Pardon me? From my lock screen I see signal status, number of bars Bluetooth status and battery. Unlocking the screen and my live tiles show carrier ID.

31. Taskmanager has no option to shut down apps you donâ(TM)t want running in the background.
You can close them through the multi tasking menu. You do have to go back to the app to close it, and it's a little clunky, but it can be done.

32. Search and Back button cannot be de-activated in apps or games and easily touched by accident which interrupt your user experience.
I;ve never had a problem with this. Maybe my thumbs are more agile?

33. Lockscreen need to be activated to show missed call/sms notification.
like every other phone I have ever seen? How is this an issue?

34. No way to close an app except pressing back button all the way to the first screen.
You can't do that with most stock android roms, blackberry or iphone.

35. Tiny fonts in messages is very hard to read for those over 45.
I'm late 30s, with awful vision, I have to increase the default font size on almost every thing I use, except my HD7.

36. Cannot create and save playlists on the phone.
I just created one. Played a song, hit the menu button, and chose "save as playlist"

37. Playlist can only be edited when you are playing it.
potentially an issue, it's never bothered me.

38. Cannot search your music collection on the phone, only in the Marketplace.
or in the music app?

39. Cannot close music player, can only pause. Music player on lockscreen will stay until you reboot. Be careful not to touch it in a meeting.
Why are you playing with your phone at all in a meeting? It should be in your pocket.

40. No draggable progress bar for current track playing and no indication which track in an album is currently playing

41. Cannot lock screen orientation.
iPhone...Bueller?

42. Online and phone contacts are mixed together with no ability to filter.
I thought you couldn't save contacts directly to the phone?

43. Search button in dialer does not search contacts for dialing, but search call history.
Search for contacts through the contacts app. That actually makes sense.

44. Cannot save draft sms messages.
Sure you can. Don't send it, hit the Windows key and it will be saved.

45. Call history only show phone number type. If a contact has multiple phone nos. for a type the number used is unknown.
My HD7 shows right now, 3 missed calls from the same person, with mobile, work, and home numbers under the indicator.

46. Cannot recognize phone numbers in sms or email to save or use as calling number.
I just clicked on a phone number in an email, and it went right to my dialer.

47. Text messages can only be deleted one by one or the whole thread.
As opposed to?

48. Cannot select multiple pictures for deleting, sending or uploading. They must be done one at a time.
Yes, this is a pain.

49. No way to see photo details - dimension, date/time taken, file size, etc
Photo Processor, a free app. Found by searching for EXIF.

50. Apps are listed alphabetically with no way to group by category. Can be hard to find if you donâ(TM)t remember the name.
I love this about the phone, it makes things easier to find in my experience.

51. Calendar scheduler has no weekly view and monthly view is non-zoomable.
Both are valid criticisms.

52. No peak time/off-peak time scheduling for email downloads to prevent unnecessary email downloads at overnight.
Settings -> cellular -> data connection

53. If both wi-fi and data connection are available which one it chooses to use is unpredictable. User experiences donâ(TM)t agree with Microsoft that it âoetypicallyâ choose wi-fi over 3G.
Mine has never once ever chosen 3G over WiFi, ever. In fact, just like my Android devices, if I attach it to my WiFi, it automatically turns 3G data off, until I am out of WiFi range.

FEATURE LIMITATIONS

54. No live wallpaper, no widgets, no themes
Shitty features that drain battery.

55. No haptic feedback for keyboard.
Bullshit, my HD7 has fantastic haptic feedback.

56. No Swype.
Yawn, blame Swype for only supporting Android.

57. No flashplayer support.
YAY! Just like (wait for it!) iPhone.

58. No support for Java apps.
2006 called....

59. No call recording or app to do it.
"Call Recorder"

60. No call blocking or app to do it.
You can do this directly through the contact app, it's built in.

61. No screenshots or app to do it.
Yawn. People on facebook don't care that much what your home screen looks like.

62. No auto wallpaper changer and no app to do it.
No wallpaper at all for that matter, black, or white. Clean and uncluttered.

63. Totally locked down os means apps which interact directly with hardware not allowed. This excludes a whole range of useful apps
iPhone.....

64. No equalizer for Zune music player.
Mild pain, the defaults sound good to my ears.

65. No data traffic counter and no app to do it.
Those apps are useless anyway, use your service providers self serve to monitor this.
- I say this for a very specific reason, my provider provides free social networking (Facebook, Twitter MySpace and LinkedIn) and the data counter apps don't allow me to whitelist these apps and not track the data they use. What I am billed for, vs what goes over the modem is often a massive difference.

66. IE browser has no text reflow, no download capability and no offline reading.
It's an embedded unit, meant to be used on the go. Do you really read webpages offline while on a plane, on your phone?

67. No 3rd party browsers allowed except those based on IE.
Yes, this is a pain, and sounds a hell of a lot like an iPhone until recently, or a BlackBerry.

68. Volume up/down buttons cannot be used to zoom in camera (sign of an immature os)
No, a sign that you think it is immature. I rarely see people using that feature in real life, other than when being showed how to use the phone by a sales person (of which I am one, FYI)

69. Cannot open zip or rar files received as email attachment.
Anything big enough to ge compressed, I probably don't have a viewer for on the phone. What next? I can't open .ISO on it?

70. Cannot send or receive video by MMS.
Bull shit, just sent one from my HD7 to my BlackBerry.

71. Office Mobile has much less features than 3rd party Office editors like SmartOffice, QuickOffice and Polaris. Shame on you, Microsoft!
So, install a third party app. I like that I have full editing capabilities, and I don't have to worry (much) about file issues.

72. No native Google maps and Bing maps is useless for most countries outside U.S.
Yep, but there are some great apps that give you google maps, and they are free.

73. Email time stamp does not show the year.
You can rest assured, knowing that it is the current calendar year, unless you have changed the defaults so your device is storing more than 2 weeks.

74. Wide difference in apps availability in different markets and users locked to one market.
Just like EVERYTHING else....

75. Not all Bing features available outside U.S. especially Local Scout
Just like EVERYTHING else....

DUMB AND DUMBER

76. One volume control for all functions including media playback, ringtones, alarms, notifications.
Notifications and media playback are on separate sliders.

77. Wi-fi disconnects when screen sleeps. If 3G is available background updates will use 3G and use up your data plan.
I can neither confirm of deny, but I have never noticed it is an issue. I thought you said apps can't download in the background?

78. If you receive a text message when talking on the phone an audio alert will blast your ear at the full volume set. All other phones will give a soft beep.
Soft beep here.

79. Can only enter one mobile phone no. for each contact. Mobile nos. entered in other fields will not accept sms.
I have 3 different mobile contacts for my buddy Aaron, one for his work cell, one for his personal, and one for his aircard. I send SMS messages to all of them, depending on where he is (the air card if he is in the extreme north of canada, which he phones dont work (different carriers))

80. Cannot send/receive MMS without enabling 3G data connection. MMS does not use 3G data.
If MMS doesn't use 3G data, which can you not send or receive them on any device if data is turned off? It may not be BILLED and using 3G data, but rest assured my friend, it uses it.

81. Phone cannot be charged when off.
Then how do you charge it if the batter is dead?

82. Need to be plugged in to wall charger to sync wirelessly (a funny definition of wireless).
Mine sync's wirelessly all the time, are you trying to tell me my EAS won't work if I don't have it plugged in? Bullshit.

83. Oversized fonts for headings waste screen space and result in low information density
Just earlier you said they were too small....

84. Phone will wake up and display sms content on lockscreen when locked â" a privacy violation.
I thought you said that nothing shows on the lock screen when it was locked? Not even an indicator? Now it shows the content?

85. Phone can be rebooted without entering security code.
Just like anything else that you can remove the battery on? Of like an iphone? Or a BB if you give it the proper 3 finger salute? Don't worry, it will ask you for the pass word on reboot.

FEATURES EVEN DUMB PHONES HAVE BUT WP7.5 DOESNâ(TM)T

86. No bluetooth file transfer.
Who cares? Use a more efficient method like your 3G data, it's faster and has less headaches.

87. Cannot handle USSD codes necessary for prepaid users to obtain services.
This is a carrier problem, not a phone problem. Why do the carriers require this?

88. Cannot filter call history into Missed Calls, Received Calls, Dialled Calls, Recent Calls, etc
Yep, this is a pain in the ass....

89. No way to backup or export call history
other than using zune to back up the phone...

90. Cannot show call duration in call history.
Minor, and in my experience, irrelevant...ymmv though, obviously.

91. No way to edit MMS profile to work with a carrier in the OS. Need an app which is not available in all markets.
So stop using a shitty stop gap solution like MMS?

92. Call history does not group calls by contact.
Nope, but the contact app groups calls! Cool!

93. Call history does not show the time of call for calls older than current day.
My call history back to last month shows time stamps.

94. Cannot set custom sounds for different types of notifications.
I agree, this is a hassle. I would like to silence sms and mms during the day, and have email buzz me.

95. No ringer profiles.
I have several dozen on mine. this is pure fallacy, or I don't understand what you mean by ringer profiles.

96. No silent option (no vibrate and no ring) from ringer menu. Need a trip to settings and another trip to revert.
Apple got this right, I would love to see a silent toggle.

97. Cannot send/receive contact as a csv file. I have received contacts sent via email to my phone, I am not positive if they were csv, but this is IMO a minor point.

98. Cannot backup your contacts or sms to PC.
Zune, or Zune Connect for Mac does this admirably.

99. Cannot save contact to SIM card.
Who the hell cares? Use gmail/hotmail/exchange for this. Saving contacts to the sim is fucking pointless, you can have a name and phone number, but no email contact into, and it's all lost when someone jacks your phone.

100. Cannot change alarm ring tone or use a MP3 file.
Download a third party app, mine has 3 different alarms, all for different purposes.

101. Cannot set alarm snooze interval.
So, wake up...

BONUS SHORTCOMINGS

102. Unable to read long names in audio and video playlist as they get cut off
Just like every other phone I have ever seen. Use ID3.

103. Zune does not allow user to add or update podcasts directly from the phone
Yeah, I hate not being able to update shitty content on the fly.

104. Zune can only be installed if you have an internet connection
But, it can be used without one, unlike a BlackBerry and Desktop Manager.

105. Alarm does not revert to speaker if headphones are plugged in.
So, unplug your headphone before you go to bed.

106. Forwarded emails cannot be edited
Why would you edit something that you can about to forward? I mean, other than to remove context....

107. OS does not reduce volume of text message alerts when using headphones
So lower your indication volume manually.

108. Generally force users to use IE, Bing and SkyDrive by shutting out competitors or tying OS features to them.
Too bad that these are (generally) fantastic features. I prefer SkyDrive to DropBox personally, it works far better IMO on my MacBook Pro.

109. Wifi- hotspot and internet tethering not integral features in the OS but need to be provided by manufacturer on a case by case basis.
Huge pet peeve, but then I just bought a LTE stick and go on with my life. Better battery life on my laptop and phone as a bonus.

110. Internet Explorer has no forward button for page views.

111. Mobile Office cannot edit Office 97-2003 documents which competing Office editors and WP7 can. Typical Microsoft strategy to force users to upgrade.
You're arguing in favor on software that is up to 15 years old....

112. Embedded images in emails do not download
There is an option you can set, mine I just have to click the image and it downloads right away.

113. Bing maps need to tap to get voice direction for next turn.
Mine automatically updates turns as we drive.

114. No Silverlight support.
See my flash comment above.

115. Compass gives wrong reading in the Southern hemisphere due to bad API in the OS.
Yes, this is a problem for people that live south of the equator.

116. 3rd party apps cannot put notifications on the lockscreen
Thank Christ. The last thing I want is a cluttered lock screen.

117. Cannot be charged up when battery is completely dead. (Lumia specific)
iPhone, HTC One (X)(S) and numerous other devices are guilty of this.

118. No support for lossless audio format like FLAC and WMA lossless
You won't notice the difference on your earbuds anyway.

119. No HDMI output (Lumia specific).
Damn, neither do iPhone or BlackBerry...

120. No data usage monitor and no app to do it.
you already said that.

121. No over the air (OTA) firmware upgrade. All upgrades must be via PC installed Zune.
Just like Samsung Android? And iOS up until 5.0....