It is probably the best windows phone around but it is not the “first windows phone” as Elop said. HTC has great phones before and their new generation is pretty good. Nokia music didn’t impress me and for now it saves itself by the hardware and the maps/navigation.
The prices are really good and the 700 model at only 270 bucks is really attractive. Makes a lot of sense to release the 700 model in India, Brazil and China asap.
For HTC, given that Samsung and Motorola are the Google favorites and Nokia is the Microsoft one, they really should work hard to keep moving on.
And about the last of windows phone original partners, LG. I think they will stop or sell the mobile unit to someone in 2012.