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It's perhaps a minor issue but one of the things I like about WP7 is that it's not a digital UI pretending to be analog. The user interface is flat. There are no photorealistic depictions of real world items, no shading, and no 3D effects. Everything is conveyed through the use of fonts, shapes and color. It's digital and it's proud. Overall, I like it, and the more I use it, the more I prefer it.

Though I have yet to see a Windows 7 phone in person, I really like this observation by Michael Gartenberg. The compass, notes and recorder apps on the iPhone have always seemed awkward to me.