My current iPhone is more than a communication device. It’s my portable media player, game platform, newspaper and camera. It has let me capture and share my daughters first moments with my family and friends around the world. A year ago I said I’d never buy a phone other than an iPhone, however Windows Phone 7 sparked my interest with its Xbox integration, Zune media player and unique tiled design. I’m looking forward to testing out the HTC Mozarts ability to capture and share my life with family and friends and seeing if it can compete with the iPhone.

I had 6 phones last year, including the iPhone, trying to find the perfect phone. I now have the HTC Desire Android phone and I love it. Will the Windows Phone 7 stack up to either the iPhone or the Android? Will I fall in love with this phone as I have with the Android, stay tuned to find out.

I’m at once a lover of modern gadgets and a hopeless luddite. I’ve never owned a smartphone before, but am happy to jump in the deep end with a new handset, a new operating system and a new network. I’m particularly looking forward to how a smartphone might aid my work as a journalist, and my hobbies of blogging and theatre. I expect any problems I encounter will be invariably a result of my own incompetence. But I’m confident it will at least be entertaining to watch, although admittedly in a “minor car crash” kind of way.

It’s hard to imagine that 12 months ago, everybody had written off Microsoft in the mobile space. Now, a lot of pundits are suggesting that Windows Phone 7 has a real chance at succeeding once again.

Everything I have read and watched about it leaves no doubt in my mind that the experience is going to be great. Android was heralded as the first real iPhone competitor, but Windows Phone 7 is in a different league. I have pretty high expectations!

The expectations of Microsoft’s reboot of their smartphone franchise are high. What I’m looking for is how will the Windows Phone 7 experience hold up against the current high water mark of the smartphone experience – the iPhone 4. In particular, I’m very keen to try out the new hub based experience of consuming information as compared to the app experience on iOS as well as putting the media capabilities (especially for photography and videography) of the HTC Mozart through its paces.

I don’t honestly know what to expect out of the Social Media Review program, other than it will be an interesting test as a guy in SMB to see how these phones would work for both myself and the business. I’m a tinkerer at heart, I can’t wait to see how the phone plays to that interest.

I am personally most interested in the web performance of the Windows Phone 7 device. However as someone who has developed applications for Android and Web Applications for iPhone I am also looking forward to creating some small app. From what I have heard in online reviews I expect that browser rendering will be fast and smooth. But I would like to test this myself with a series of HTML5 tests. From previous good experiences of the Telstra network I am also wondering what sort of data coverage I will see, as currently I often see drop outs and slow speeds.

Windows Phone 7 is a dramatic change in interface and functionality from previous Windows mobile operating systems and a step away from the direction Apple and Google are taking with their mobile OS’s. I imagine it will take a few days to get used to the different way of working and that my first posts will reflect having to change the way I use my handset. As someone who lives online, I’m interested in seeing how this OS will change and benefit my always-connected lifestyle with email, web, tweets, photos and video in addition to being a portable media player.

I one hundred percent expect the HTC Mozart to be a brilliant device, and with the booming nature of social networking today, the Facebook integration in this device looks impressive and seems to make it even easier to keep in touch with everyone.
I’m looking forward to using the sleek and responsive interface, and I know the touch screen will simply blow me away. But more than anything I just can’t wait to get my hands on one of this years most impressive releases.

I’m eager to try the HTC 7 Mozart, I’ve avoided other OS, due compatibility concerns with Windows, I’m eager to see the simple things working, from the calendar, alarm and contact lists, which I use on a daily basis.

I’m also interested in reception qualities and docking abilities when used as a modem with laptop. My phone is never far from my side and I constantly fiddle. Is the phone user-friendly for big fingers? Will the touch-screen hold up to normal rough and tumble of life, without complicated covers, bumpers etc?

First I was Apple-ised with the iPhone and now I have been Android-ised with Google’s offering. For this social review I am putting all preconceived ideas about Microsoft away and looking at this operating platform for what it is and give honest reviews.

I have a suspicion there will be areas where it fails but the good quality camera and lovely aesthetics may offset these.