Interim thought: should I stay or should I go?

I just realized that this blog is ever growing, yet my list of quick notes about what more to add grows even faster. Moreover, I recently caught myself preferring to play around with my girlfriend's HTC Inspire while the Omnia 7 rests on its charger untouched.

There are so many things I miss on Windows Phone that are build into the Android OS or just one marketplace click away from using. Some of these are

• Turn-by-turn navigation, which I'd happily pay for if it only were available (got that in Mango)
• Unified inbox (got that in Mango)
• Even the slightest bit of multitasking, so that opening the music hub would not annihilate the GPS tracking app (got that in Mango)
• Popular apps like Doodle Jump or Skype (Doodle Jump is there, Skype will most likely come soon)
• A flashlight app that uses the camera LED
• HD output
• A camera that won't forget the previous settings upon closing (got that in Mango, sort of)
• A maps application with more contemporary maps - many of Bing's maps are years behing the Google versions (maps got much more contemporary recently)
• Alternative keyboards, like Swype
• A better browser (got parts of that in Mango)
• Larger storage capacity, presumably by means of an SD card slot
• Video chat

That's quite a list, I suppose. Some time ago, Engadget deplored Microsoft's taciturnity about revenues generated by Windows Phone 7. My speculation is that, as of today, sales were fair, but not overwhelmingly good. A hint comes from the price trend of WP7 devices. Just compare the Samsung Galaxy S price chart

to that of the equivalently spec'd Samsung Omnia 7

(both pictures courtesy of geizhals.at).

In the same period of time during the first six months after market launch, the Android device lost about one fourth (minus 100€) of its value while the WP7 device sells for less than half of its original price (minus 250€). That's saying something, I guess.

So, with eager eyes on the gorgeous Samsung Galaxy S2 - should I stay or should I go? Update: Whoa, look at Mango. It's not the only saving update to rule them all but a substantial leap to catch up with iOS and Android.