The 'have-nots' of Windows Phone 7

While we know quite a lot nearly what Windows Phone 7 will and will not include at launch, presumably due to being rushed to marketplace, there are always a negative things that popular up that catch out attending.

Over at .Cyberspace Reference blog, the author has posted a laundry list of 'haves' and 'take-nots'--most nosotros're enlightened of, but here are a few that we weren't:

• No RAPI support. There will no interacting with a WP7 device via the desktop. Obviously there will be some synchronization with Outlook, but zilch the developer volition have control of.
  
• Applications must be Silverlight 3. Silverlight 4 will not be available for WP7. ( Edit: Information technology's actually Silverlight three+)
  
  
• No Bluetooth API. While in that location is going to be Bluetooth support on the telephone, there is no Bluetooth API.
  
• No Video Capture Support. Phones will accept a camera just not video capture support, and also no video brush. ( Edit: for tertiary parties, not OEM)
  
• No Outside TrueType Fonts- Microsoft experts claimed that you volition non be able to use TrueType fonts other than the ones delivered with the device. This limitation makes since, how would you become them on the device. While there is supposed to be back up for embedding TrueType fonts in your xap file in Silverlight four, this will not be the version used on the device.

No Remote API (RAPI) back up refers to the ability to use the desktop to manipulate the file organization--since users won't have access to that anyways, it's no surprise that it's not at that place. In addition, RAPI is also used to remote-control the phone or treat it as an extension of the desktop--so at least initially that trick is a no-get, even so apps like 'My MediaRemote' get around this limitation.

Devices similar the iPhone and Palm Pre both launched without video back up initially, and so the fact that WP7 lacks it too at least share precedent. We expect that function though to be forthcoming in maintenance releases. Withal a bit odd though as nosotros've seen the LG Panther listing 'HD 720P' video recording on the box.

The lack of Bluetooth API means non much back up exterior of basic headset support. Come to think of it, what'southward the status on A2DP on launch? We'd promise for a music device information technology would exist there...

Finally, the author of the web log notes this complaint:

The TechEd demos of WP7 applications had a common theme; they crashed, hung up, or gave peculiar error messages. For a platform that is going to be delivered in the Oct timeframe (3 months abroad), it is hard to take much brusque-term religion in the new platform.

 That'due south something we have non heard much of from anyone, so whether or not these were flukes or not, the sentiment seems to be the opposite. Take it with a grain of table salt but also consider it a possibility.

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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/have-nots-windows-phone-7

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