Nokia Lumia 610

Okay,this review would primarily focus on the huge shortcomings of windows phone in general. n(p.s - I have used the lumia 610 and as a phone,its good in its price range. Build quality is good and looks vibrant. It has got a 3.7 inch screen with 480x800 res.,which is rare for a 12k handset)nnNow,I have used windows phone and these were the basic limitations I observed which i believe shouldn't exist if i buy a phone above 12k(since none of the windows phone cost below 12k)n n - it doesn't have a mass storage mode,so if you dont have zune installed on your computer,you wont be able to connect your phone to your computer to transfer files.(and since you require windows vista and above for zune,those of you who use xp have got a problem.)n n - Zune will only transfer photos, videos & music.other files like documents have to be emailed to yourself. n n - It doesnt allow file transfer bluetooth!! You can just use bluetooth to connect 2 a bluetooth headset.n n - You cant just use any desired MP3 file as ringtone!!!(WTF!) MP3 file must be less then 40 seconds in length,less than 1mb in size and without DRM protection(DRM-digital rights management,i.e you cant save an mp3 downloaded form nokia music with protection even if you have paid for the song.)nn - You cannot send videos in MMS!!nn - You cannot charge your phone when it is off. n n - Wi-fi disconnects when screen sleeps. So if u start a download and leave it idle for a while,download would stop.n n - you cant save contacts to SIM card.n n - you can only attach photos in email,but not documents.(kind of lame,even when it allows to edit ms office documents)n n - another very irritating drawback is,it wont recognise phone numbers in sms,so if someone messages u a no.,you wont b able to save it or call!! U memorise it and then save it as new contacts!nn - U cant close music player,only pause. Music player on lockscreen will stay until you switch off and restart phone.(Be careful not to touch it in a classroom or meeting etc.)n n - If you receive a sms when talking on the phone, if full volumw is set,a very loud audio alert will blast your ear!!(all other phones will give a soft beep.)n n - It doesnt support flashplayer(even if you buy a very expensive windows phone and your phone has the hardware for it!)nnn These are just some basic problems one would notice after starting to use a windows and would miss some very very essential features that you would expect to get with even a very modest phone. There are a lot more(just search the web for shortcomings of windows phone 7.5)

this is not actually abt the lumia 610 but abt the windows phone ecosystem... ppl who dismiss windows phone saying it has no apps plz look again the app store now has more than 100,000 apps with most of the quality apps already available or coming soon enough..agreed android has more apps but many of them are copies,duplicates or even malwares. nas for the wp interface it has won rave reviews all over the world.nnand abt the lumia 610 having 256MB RAM,still the phone runs much smoother than the cheap androids u get with much more RAM and thats because windows is optimized to have lower RAM requirement especially with the Tango update..the core os hardly lags with some lag if u do heavy multitasking and run many apps simultaneously but still nothing like the laggy hell cheap androids are. nnppl complaining abt the price, seriously? have u seen the build quality of the phone..nnppl plz go and try out the phone b4 being so dismissive or atleast dont talk crap, i am certain u'll like it :)