I know I’m late to the game but I received my Lumia only yesterday. I’ve had a Windows Phone 7 LG E900 a.k.a LG Optimus 7 for 16 months now and I’ve generally been very happy with it. Even though the Lumia is so much newer, spec-wise it does not add much to my old LG: slightly faster HSPA network, faster processor, and some Nokia software, that’s all. Below I’ve listed some pros and cons of Lumia over LG. ...
When the Mango update was released with all the warnings about backups of backups, I decided not to go for it. But then, only half a day later, I was in a process of installing the update. Couldn’t resist. It took long but I succeeded not to brick my phone, and now I’m running Mango and mostly like what I see. Here is a list of some of the improvements that I value and see on my daily use from an end user point of view (i.e. not developer). I expect to see even more when applications start to support Mango, and Microsoft polishes the OS before RTM. ...