Peter Bright spent the last few weeks lamenting the fact that he couldn't show some of the nicer touches in Windows Phone 7, because most of them involved subtle animations and movement. After playing with the OS for a few hours, I started to understand why he was upset.

Here's a quick look at the process of text messaging on one of these devices. You'll see small animations here and there, the general fluidity of the phone, and some epic man hands in the following video.

Peter Bright uses his man hands to demo some of the nicer touches in the messaging tool

We'll have a few more videos of the interface in the coming days. If there's anything in particular you'd like us to get moving pictures of, let us know.

Also, see if you can figure out what this blank option in the messaging client is supposed to be. We sure couldn't.