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For what it's worth, the Windows Phone OS for me has been great (Nokia 925). The maps will be much better on the 520 than the Firefox OS Phone, and you can download them do your device so you don't have to have internet for navigation to work. The new mobile IE is fast and comparable to the others, but one thing that I don't like is that a tap doesn't count as a mousedown like it does on the built-in android browser so some menus don't work on the desktop version of some sites.



Yeah I am going to pop into Carphone Warehouse this weekend and have a good play with the 520. Visually I quite like Windows Phone but I want to try it out in person. I also need to check out the apps available for it. Obviously it is poor compared to iOS and Android but as long as it covers the few areas I need I should be happy.


> tap doesn't count as a mousedown

this is the single worst accessibility issue on most browsers. Android is the only one who gets it right (and i guess mozilla now as well). but for microsoft and apple to still not provide this functionality is just mind blowing.




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