Poor choice in device for review on the OS.
I would like to point out that the home screen is not "gone". The default home theme, "Titanium", appears to have been removed in the HTC phone. With it, you would see a UI that very closely resembles the Zune interface. While cool and definitely finger-friendly, that doesn't come close to conveying the sort of information I want to see on a Home screen (basically what 6.1 offers). I'm not sure what else may be missing from the menus and apps vs. a pure WinMo 6.5 installation, but I don't think a phone where nearly every normal aspect of the UI has been reskinned is a good example for an OS review- even with the skin turned off.
As a side note, isn't that rebounding scrolling behavior the same exact animation type that Apple was suing...
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It wasn't our first choice. Microsoft promised us a more "generic" 6.5 device to use for our review, but failed to deliver one to us in time. They cited various shipping delays and last-minute device switch-outs on just about every day last week. ☹️