1. Price is still at the brand new launch price. Even the best I would sell (for Avaxx) is RM680. Freebies should be had at those Nokia branded stores. I think its probably a Parkson voucher according to my salesman.

2. Took one home for my wife. I've have used Omnia 7, Mozart, LG Optimus and Lumia 800, and if no one told you that the processor in this is clocked at only 800Mhz, no one would be the wiser. The UI is responsive, functioning as if it is clocked like all the others.

3. Body design wise, 610 takes out 710 hands down. The back cover looks premium (at least on the black anyway), the front however attracts fingerprints as usual.

4. Screen wise, its a bit lower quality, probably because of the use of standard tft screen. Reminds me of the Optimus quality, but still easy and ok for use.

5. Yes, internet tethering/sharing is available. One slide and you're good to go, secured using WPA2.

6. Box comes with a much nicer 3 pin slide travel charger, usb cable, headphones and manuals. No casing/cover as with the lumia 800.

Just my initial impressions.

You are a bit out of luck. I asked, but all I got was they're waiting for China.

Try under wifi. Should work then.

Yes, I read those post too but it was stated that they were playing around with a beta version, and maybe it hasn't been released to the public yet.

That is something that everyone using Windows Phone 7 should know from day 1. It is not limited to just the 610, even the premium 800 and 900 also cannot do what you described. Either email or transfer via Zune Desktop.

As far as comments go, did some observation with my 800, and some differences are :-

1. Loading of apps slower than 800. Thats a given but performance wise not much different than 800 in simple games such as wordament. When you talk about graphic games, then of course 800 seems faster.

2. Some of the UI such as tellme animations are not present, probably because of speed issues. Those that have used the faster lumia 800 are the only ones that are going to notice that anyway. Those that has never, well, you still get the same fluid animation you get at the home screen.