Kudos to Microsoft for releasing the beta build of Mango (Windows Phone 7.1 or 7.5) to developers! I’ve been using it for a week now and it’s very stable for a beta.

While the 7.0 OS is a good start for Windows Phone, it’s very basic compared to iOS and Android, and has many little annoyances that add up to an overall frustrating experience for both users and developers. Mango pretty much fixes all of that. It’s fantastic to see such a drastic update in a relatively short time frame… an update that they probably should be calling “Windows Phone 8”. But at the same time, I wonder if they should’ve held off 6-9 months and released Windows Phone when Mango was ready. It really is what Windows Phone should’ve been in the first place.

Anthony - Wonder Reader for Windows Phone