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What can we say that we haven't expressed already? The HD7 is pretty much what you thought it would be. It's that same 4.3-inch blueprint that HTC has exploited to great success with the HD2 and EVO 4G, applied to the brand new Windows Phone 7 operating environment.

The hardware could use a bit of updating, but the HTC HD7 for T-Mobile combines the power of Windows Phone 7 with a large touch screen and delivers satisfying performance.

This could be a much better phone than it is, the Windows Phone to get, simply by flawlessly delivering on technical excellence. But its headline feature—the neverending display—is compromised by being less-than-stellar in other respects.

For one reason or another, the HD7 doesn’t feel as rounded and complete a device as the HTC 7 Mozart, say. Nonetheless, browsing and multimedia benefit well from the bigger touchscreen, and if it’s sheer inches you’re after, the HTC HD7 is the obvious choice.

We like the HTC HD7 as a phone – it builds nicely on the HD2 without being a complete revamp. The Windows Phone 7 experience is ace on it, and simply just works, which is all we're really looking for at this early stage.

It’s pretty clear that HTC sees the HD7 as an entertainment device, but we’re not totally convinced on this front. Sure, the screen is large, but video doesn’t look as good on it as many of the other Windows Phone handset we’ve seen recently, ... and the battery life is a let down.