We have been hearing about the lack of multi-tasking support since the early unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series and now they further disappoint us with cutting down on more power user stuffs.

We have already reported the unavailability of the Multi-tasking in the Windows Phone 7 Series and Microsoft fills the slot with an iPhone like notification (though not exactly as in iPhone). In Windows Phone7 Series the notification is not interruptive as in the iPhone and they just appear for a brief period and there is no specific place to view all the notifications.

In case of Android phones, Google has intelligently included a top slider panel which hides all the notifications and it is awesome.
Another drawback said about the Windows Phone 7 Series is the inability to get the apps on to the device from anywhere other than the Windows Marketplace. To make up for the side locking, Microsoft has promised radical transparency for approval of apps submitted to their marketplace.

In fact, Microsoft will allows all kinds of third-party web browsers, emails clients etc but they cannot be set as a default app. At least this is something better than iPhone as the latter won’t allow third-party browsers or whatever.

But in our opinion, the built-in browser of the iPhone was more than enough for eliminating the need for third-party ones but in case of Windows Phones? We could just laugh at the stupid browser that was bundled all these days. Maybe they were built for the 90s.

Another major disappointment is the lack of Expandable memory support. This means, you cannot insert Micro SD or whatever card you may think of. Total garbage! Stick to what the manufacturer gives. Everything clearly suggests Microsoft trying to copy exactly what iPhone has instead of delivering something new to us.