The Windows Phone 7 Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on October 20, 2010 7:00 PM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Windows Phone 7
- Microsoft
- Mobile
Themes
Despite Microsoft’s strict UI policies within Windows Phone, you can tweak two parameters to customize your phone: the background color and the theme color. You can choose white or black for the background color, although I’d recommend against white if you have an AMOLED or Super AMOLED phone as it can significantly reduce battery life.
The theme color controls things like the color of your tiles, color of links and even the color of progress bars in IE. The color options are all either bold or vibrant or a little of both, and they dramatically change the look of the device.
I’d say Microsoft got the personalization down just right. You can change the photos on your lock screen but everywhere else the background is either black, white or a picture automatically selected based on the content you’re viewing.
The theme colors are consistent once applied and refreshing to switch between. It’s like getting a case for the inside of your phone.
The UI customizations preserve a standard experience across all Windows Phone devices. Microsoft definitely learned from Windows Mobile.
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AstroGuardian - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - link
Everything is displayed fine. Dunno what to tell younumberoneoppa - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - link
Could have something to do with your reply coming a day after the article was posted. :PKashmire - Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - link
Hardware review website goes political? Good way to irritate your viewers by sneaking in the Obama advertisement (phone's screen on AnandTech homepage). Why make your readers suffer through your political statement to read tech hardware reviews? Wrong place for this.bdattilo - Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - link
That is a Pepsi billboard...dreamlane - Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - link
BeautifulDonkey2008 - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - link
LOL. Seriously, just ROLMAO.earthzero - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - link
Are you serious? You know that is a Pepsi Cola "get out and vote" ad, right? That's a Pepsi logo.lwatcdr - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - link
I also thought that was a Pepsi bill board.Welcome to the polarization of America.
fernando.gomes@ydreams.com - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - link
Geez... I'm guessing you're the only one who noticed it, and I'm betting you're the only one who gives a crap, let alone accusing the authores of political biasing. Get a life, will ya?Smilin - Thursday, October 21, 2010 - link
BWAAHAHA. Oh boy what a tool you just made yourself out to be. Do you really hate Obama so much that you have PTSD like flashbacks of him everywhere? You see "hope" symbols where others see "pepsi".