When Liza Shulyayeva's iPhone gave up the ghost last week, she did what every gadget-aholic would do - look for something new. And in the mobile phone world, that means Windows Phone. A quick trip to the store, and the Nokia Lumia 800 is being put through its paces. How did Shulayeva get on?

The Lumia 800 is, in my opinion, fricking gorgeous. The slightly tapered corners, the unibody polycarbonate casing, and attention to almost every detail make this phone look and feel as high quality as the iPhone (not something I can say about many mobiles these days). Then again, someone did say it looks like a salad bowl. To them I say: shut your face, buster. If I had to choose between the iPhone 4S and the Nokia Lumia 800 from purely a looks perspective, I’d have a difficult impossible time deciding. I prefer the iPhone’s flat-edge sides to the rounded sides on the Lumia 800, but the Lumia 800 has those tighter corners than the iPhone, which I love. Anyway, the phone looks fricking awesome.

It's not all perfect for the Aussie, because like any OS there are some quirks that are lessening the experience, but strangely the oft-mentioned 'lack of apps' isn't one of them.

Personally over the last year or so I’ve noticed myself only using a bare minimum number of apps on my iPhone. I rarely open anything other than Twitter, my web browser, and a few apps like Dropbox that integrate with my other services. So for me, the smaller selection of apps in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has not been an issue thus far.

You can read more of Liza's thoughts on her blog, and welcome to the Windows Phone world, we think you'll like it here.