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).