Posts tagged Windows Mobile 7
Microsoft getting ready for MWC Windows Phone launch?
Feb 11th
So is Microsoft getting ready the big launch event for the new Windows Phone / Windows Mobile 7 in MWC?
According to Engadget, by looking at the decoration and banners, Microsoft seems to be ready to push the Windows Phone’s brand name in the event. And guess what, Steve Ballmer will be there for the event. And hopefully Microsoft is ready for the Windows Mobile 7 announcement.
MWC 2010 is going to be an interest event as we will be expecting quite a number of new products launch.
[via engadget]
Windows Mobile 7 details surfaced: no multitasking and customizable UI
Feb 8th
Before the Microsoft announcement of Windows Mobile 7 at MWC, there are already some in depth details of the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 leaked into the net.
According to PPCGeeks, Windows Mobile 7 will feature a Zune like interface and there will be no multitasking support for third party apps on the phone! Microsoft will control the Windows Mobile 7 about the same way Apple controls the iPhoneOS, except that Microsoft will not make the phone. The manufacturers will build the phone but Microsoft will control the user experience tightly.
Here is the list that PPCGeeks lists:
- The User Interface is based upon codename “METRO”. It will be very similar to the Zune HD User Interface with a complete revamp of the “Start” screen. The UI is “Very Clean”, “Soulful” and “Alive”
- Unfortunately there will be no Flash support at the get go as there was not enough time to implement these features.
- Windows Phone 7 will only support application installation through service based delivery. (i.e Marketplace). Application installation via storage card will not be possible.
- No Multi-Task support. Applications will “Pause” when in the background, however will support notifications via push notifications.
- Marketplace will now support “try before you buy” as well as an API
- No NETCF backwards compatibility. This means the original rumor of no backward compatibility for applications holds to be true. That being said, there are high hopes of porting the NetCF to the newer platform easily.
- Microsoft is confident that devices will be ready by September 2010
- Full Zune Integration
- Windows Mobile Device Center will no longer be used. Zune software to take over syncing via PC.
- OEM Interfaces will not be allowed to run on the device. Say goodbye to Sense UI / SPB Mobile Shell / Point UI / Infinity, etc, etc
- Full XBOX Gaming Integration (Gamer tag, achievements, friends, avatars, merchandising, etc)
- Full support for social networking
Microsoft is clearly learning the experience from its previous Windows Mobile release and obviously also from Apple’s iPhone. Will this make sense to Microsoft as well as the existing hardware partners like HTC and Samsung? May be that’s why HTC goes to Android camp and Samsung created a new Bada OS.
Will this be too late for Microsoft? We will see when Windows Mobile is finally released to market.
[via PPCGeeks]
Microsoft preparing to fight back with Windows Mobile 7 and “Zune Phone”
Jan 26th
Microsoft is getting ready to fight back in the mobile market? Analyst Katherine Egbert from Jefferies & Company said that Microsoft is getting ready to launch a phone based on Windows Mobile 7.
“Our recent industry checks indicate Microsoft will be debuting its own phone sometime in the next two months,” Egbert said. “We expect the new phone to debut soon, at either the Feb 15-18 Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona Spain, or possibly at CTIA in Las Vegas one month later.”
Similar to what Google has done with the Nexus One, Egbert says Microsoft is “partnering with a few OEM manufacturers” to create a Zune-like phone that runs Windows Mobile 7 and comes with 720p HD video capabilities and at least a 5MP camera. It will have an interface “similar” to the Zune HD UI, “and could include social networking apps like Xbox Live, Facebook and Twitter.”
I hope Microsoft is doing things right at this moment and we can expect more high quality phones running Windows Mobile 7 to be in the market by this year.
[via arstechnica]
Microsoft to release Windows Mobile 6.6 before 7?
Jan 15th
When everyone of us is expecting Microsoft to announce Windows Mobile 7 during the Mobile World Conference (MWC) in February, Digitimes reports otherwise. Instead of 7, Microsoft is going to announce 6.6, which no one has ever heard before.
The report even goes on with Microsoft will be delaying the release of Windows Mobile 7 till year 2011. What a big disappointment to many of the Windows Mobile fans if this turns out to be true.
However, this rumour is not confirmed by anyone and I will treat this as a rumour until there are further proofs and news about this.
[via digitimes]
HTC HD2 will get Windows Mobile 7 upgrade
Dec 31st
According to HTC Russia Twitter account, the HD2 will be getting Windows Mobile 7 when it is available.
Here’s what they said:
for Diamond 2 firmware is not planned. Of the existing communicators on the market, only the HD2 firmware to get WM7.
Considering the hardware specs of HD2 is meeting the requirement of WM7 and this could well be true.
Well, i guess this will make a lot of HD2 owners happy if it is true.
This tweet is here.
[via pocketnow]
Windows Mobile 7.0 Status – OEM testing Q1 2010?
Nov 12th
Microsoft is at the moment playing a defensive game with Windows Mobile 6.5 and is putting a lot of hope for their upcoming Windows Mobile 7 next year.
According to the source from ZDNet, Taiwan, Microsoft will be releasing Windows Mobile 7 to the OEM for testing. And comsumers will receive it by Q3 2010.
Microsoft has shown its will to revamp its strategy of mobile platform. The new version will not be an upgrade for the existing Windows Mobile 6.5. It will be a brand new platform that will co-exist with the existing Windows Mobile 6.5. A new core with new things.
Microsoft’s market share in mobile platform has dropped to 9% and Windows Mobile 7 will be their hope to regain the market.
[via zdnet]
Windows Mobile 7 screenshots leaked
Oct 21st
Somebody tipped the guys at pocknow.com with a series of screenshots that are supposed to be in Windows Mobile 7. It seems like Microsoft is working hard on a figure friendly Windows Mobile due to be released next year. Accordingly, These interfaces are supposed to be in Windows Mobile 6.5.1 and subsequently rolled into WIndows Mobile 7.
The screenshots tell us a few facts:
- Soft keys are back.
- No “Start Button” anymore!
- UI elements are fully figure friendly now.
More pictures are the break.
