WPCentral Forums: Our most popular threads year-end review

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2011 has been a big year for our forums. Nosotros started out watching Windows Mobile fade away as Microsoft continued the curlicue out of Windows Phone 7. Yep, that all happened this year, though it really seems like information technology was longer ago. As we move forward to 2022, a year that we expect will be huge for our operating organisation, we just desire to remind our members what threads were the nigh popular while making a couple of comments about why we think these topics were on everyone'due south heed.

Our biggest threads of the year was this one: 'Chosen Verizon Today'. Verizon was the last US Carrier to join the Windows Telephone game and in that location were enough of our forums members anxiously awaiting the release of the HTC Bays, Verizon's first and simply WP7 device to date. So nosotros talked nigh it. That thread went 51 pages deep and has over 1,000 replies. Evidently, Verizon users want Windows phone too. Verizon are you listening? Probably non.

1 of our other more popular topics in the forums was wallpapers. We have had many threads on this topic this twelvemonth but none were more than popular than this one: 'Mail Your Wallpaper'. That thread was actually started in December of 2022, simply making it to the i-twelvemonth marking, so it earned its identify in our 2022 review. Who doesn't love wallpapers? Heck for a lot of the states the lockscreen wallpaper on our device is the first matter we see in the morning. This thread is 16 pages deep with over 300 replies and growing every mean solar day--maybe add together yours?

Then came Mango. You know what we're talking about. The forums exploded on "Mango day" with thread like this one: 'It's September 15th - Mango Day!' This thread has 13 pages and close to 250 posts. Then there was this thread: 'Play a joke on your telephone to update to Mango!!!'. Threads like this one is what make our forums such a special place to be--members helping each other out. This thread is 17 pages deep with over 300 posts--very impressive.

Finally, nosotros are ending the twelvemonth on a loftier note with a free Samsung Focus Due south. WPCentral gave away a Focus S in this thread: WPCentral Samsung Focus S Giveaway. The idea here was to create a WPCentral-themed wallpaper with the top-designer winning a Focus South. What a groovy thought and our forums members got it done. This thread is 11 pages deep, has over 200 replies and is a great place to grab some new fine art for your screen--some seriously original work went on in that location. A big thanks to all our people who participated!

That's the forums past the numbers in 2022. What will 2022 bring? What do you call up volition be the most popular thread in 2022? Volition it be a thread about Nokia, Apollo, maybe something new form Microsoft? Permit united states of america know in the comments and when you have a gamble, spring in the forums and get that thread started. Who knows, perhaps information technology volition exist your thread we are talking nearly adjacent year.

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