The Nokia Lumia 900 review

The Nokia Lumia 900 has the weight of two technology behemoths and Windows Phone fans on its polycarbonate shoulders. Ars sees if the flagship smartphone can do them all proud.

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[KevinN206]

It's an nice attempt at a Smartphone, but it still smacks of being a beta "me too!" product. Not being able to rearrange the App Icons is idiotic, and it's a shame to see that MS are still using the Zune colour palatte, although the colour does go well with Casey's nail polish

I am not sure what you mean by not being able to rearrange the app icons, but you can pin and arrange the tiles on the homescreen. The app list is done using jumplist, which I think is very quick. If I want to load Facebook, then I just slide left, click on the letter "a" and then select "f" and then select "facebook". It seems a lot of steps, but I can do each step very quickly, so the total time looking for facebook app is not much. Plus, I also have the facebook app pinned to the homescreen.

On Android and iOS with the pages of screens, I would have to slide left (or right) until I get to the "f" section, and then search around for facebook. And most of the time when the icon is blaring at my face, I still can't find it quickly. On WP7, each step is more well defined. Of course, on both of these OS, you can just add an icon on the main home screen like WP7.

 

[KevinN206]

having spent some time with the phone, what i didn't like (not specific to nokia) is that the status bar (signal strength, clock, etc) is only visible on the lock screen. i was in a restaurant using the web and only after a while did i realize that i was not connected to their wifi, thus wasting data minutes when i didn't have to.

also there was a lot of att crapware on the lengthy text menu which i understand can be removed but was still annoying....

You can view your battery, signal, and wifi status by tapping on the top from the homescreen. However, Windows Phone will not automatically connect to an AP if you have never connected to it at least once before. So if you did not connect to the restaurant wifi before, then WP7 will not connect to that wifi even if it's a non-protected wifi. I think Android and iOS do the same thing.

For example, when I'm at work, my HD7 automatically connects to my company's non-protected wifi (yes, it's not protected but restricted). If for some reason that pubic wifi has issue (quiet often), then my HD7 will automatically connected to the company's restricted wifi.