I too love Windows Phone, and left the really awesome platform for lack of apps
That pictures tile is a little off, it would annoy the hell out of me.
I tried to look past the lack of apps, but after a while it drove me nuts. No matter how much I, and others bugged developers, it didn't do any good. It's too bad. Other little things bugged me too. Like not being able to change text tones for certain contacts or having different volume levels for different apps. Oh well. I may give WP another shot once the OS has matured a little bit more.
And yeah, i noticed that too. Strife didn't last long on my phone, lol.