Since Mobile world Congress (MWC) when Microsoft first anounced WMphone7, to today @MIX10 the look has changed already in less than a month. It is not due to be out until around Nov or Dec 2010. Im sure many things will change by then, and developers will figure out ways to create and allow for some of the other things we want in time. I agree with everyone here as we have similar ideas and prefer a pocket pc over a dumb "smart phone", but I have a feeling things will continue to improve throughout time.
It may be a year or two but I believe that at some point we will see more of an integration with what we want and what microsoft wants to bring to the average smart phone user in its efort to gain a larger market share of the smart phone OS industry.
Recently Doug Smith,Microsofts's Latin American Director of mobile communications was interviewed and asked about Windows Mobile phone 7 and the continued development of WM 6.5. He responded with "We still have a long runway for Windows 6.5 development before the 7 launch in holiday 2010."
Im sure we will continue to see WM6.5 devices into next year and eventualy developers and powerusers will find a way to make it work. I might venture into Android supper sonic since the HD2 is not comming to sprint, but I hope that if I do eventualy WM will bring me back around with a combination of what we want and the new WP7 OS.
Here is a link regarding the continued development of 6.5 and interview from last week with Doug Smith,Microsofts's Latin American Director of mobile communications.
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=14043