Whose getting it?

[dthames]

Originally Posted by chong67

I went to the Sprint store just now and play the Arrive.

It is just a hair thinner and a hair bigger than my TP2. Basically I was hoping for a much thinner replacement. It is not.

For me, the disadvantage is posted on my post #71 and the side phone charging and no world phone and the only advantage is a captive screen and a faster processor.

Overall, I am in no hurry to get this phone and I am somewhat disappointed.

Well its also double the ram and double the rom, which makes a bit of a difference as well.

I just ordered through amazon wireless because they offer free 2 day shipping, 150 price with no mail in rebate and no 18 dollar activation fee that others like wirefly.com, radioshack, and so forth are charging. My phone will be here no later that the 23rd, you cant beat that.

[inmnbob]

Got mine Saturday from Sprint store. Tried Best Buy in the Twin Cities area and according to Sprint rep not all stores will carry it. That's not good for windows phone 7.

The good news for me is that I have both windows and evo shift and they use the same batteries.

[gemini5150]

Originally Posted by inmnbob

Got mine Saturday from Sprint store. Tried Best Buy in the Twin Cities area and according to Sprint rep not all stores will carry it. That's not good for windows phone 7.

The good news for me is that I have both windows and evo shift and they use the same batteries.

hey thats right the arrive uses the same as the tp2, so i got an extra battery, in a way...... but the battery seems really good in the arrive. just hate the mini usb port, feels like im gonna brake it real soon. hahaha.

[Dr.8820]

can someone do me a favor and go to mobilespeedtest.com and post what you're getting? not trying to start a competition, i want to see if wp7 caches the web pages differently.

[Esmartuek]

Got both of my Arrives today, I'm loving it. My biggest frustrations have been trying to figure out how to customize it like I did my TP2.

[gjhuff]

I went to the Sprint store today and checked it out. Briefly, I'm underwhelmed. While it is faster and has more memory, it appears to be "dumbed down" from the TP2. It also appears to be harder to customize. I'm going to wait awhile.

[rsbrown69]

I picked mine up on Saturday and have been playing with it for a few days now.

My biggest kudos are:
It is fast
The user interface seems to be pretty intuitive
The apps that are available have a nice consistent integration

My biggest complaints are:
NO WAY TO SYNC - Why did Microsoft relaease a phone without a way to sync contacts, calendar with it's own Outlook????
No RedBox app - I know, maybe soon but I want it
No Garmin - I really miss the stand alone navigation
Minimal integration with facebook
When I try and dial a contact no suggestions pop up. I have to use the people tile
Bing removed turn by turn navigation for some reason??

I have 30 days to try this out but no sync is a major deal breaker. Are we going backwards in functionality?

[Esmartuek]

Let me add to that complaint list with something that I had to work around last night:
MyPhone does not exist for Phone 7. Microsoft has officially stated that they are pushing the Live service to replace the functionality that MyPhone served for WM6.5 users.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...9-33f859de7fca

There is a post on that answer database that describes using VirtualPC and the WM6.5 SDK to emulate a 6.5 phone to sync your MyPhone info to Office, and then use that to update to Live, but it is not a solution that works for everyone's situation.
I ended up going to the MyPhone site and manually entering my contacts into my Arrive. (I was okay with this since half of my contacts were from previous jobs and did not need to stay)

[rsbrown69]

Originally Posted by Esmartuek

Let me add to that complaint list with something that I had to work around last night:
MyPhone does not exist for Phone 7. Microsoft has officially stated that they are pushing the Live service to replace the functionality that MyPhone served for WM6.5 users.
Does Windows Phone 7 support the MyPhone service? - Microsoft Answers

There is a post on that answer database that describes using VirtualPC and the WM6.5 SDK to emulate a 6.5 phone to sync your MyPhone info to Office, and then use that to update to Live, but it is not a solution that works for everyone's situation.
I ended up going to the MyPhone site and manually entering my contacts into my Arrive. (I was okay with this since half of my contacts were from previous jobs and did not need to stay)

That was what I found doing the web research myself since there is no official description on how to Sync contacts or Calendar. There is a whole new elaborate program for syncing music, videos and pictures though, all the important stuff I suppose . I have almost 1,000 contacts and there is no way I am typing them in again myself...

[ncsportic]

Originally Posted by rsbrown69

I have almost 1,000 contacts and there is no way I am typing them in again myself...

can't you bluetooth your contacts into the arrive?