Windows Phone 7 Published
Yesterday in Barcelona, during Mobile World Congress, Microsoft published their updated and reformed mobile platform which will replace Windows Mobile 6.5 during 2010. The new platform is called Windows Phone 7 Series and it has been designed mobile phones in mind. They have totally rebuilt the new mobile operating system / platform. They have used elements from Zune HD media player and Xbox Live user interfaces. As with all modern mobile devices, the home screen is customizable with “Live Panels”, small widget-style boxes.
According to the keynote speech, Windows Phone 7 won’t include Adobe Flash support in early stages. It will apparently lack also multitasking. Wow, these are the reasons why people mock Apple iPhone!
First Windows Phone 7 devices will be launched by the end of 2010 and early partners are LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and HP. Mobilecrunch (Techcrunch) has already gotten some hands-on experience with the new platform and written about first impressions. You can also try the Windows Phone 7 user interface in a demo (Silverlight installation required).
Via Mobilecrunch, Electronista and Mobiiliblogi (in Finnish).
