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Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7
PHONE MANUFACTURERS EAGER to pay software licensing fees can now get their mitts on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 (WP7), as the Vole has released its redesigned mobile operating system to manufacturing.
The Vole announced that its latest mobile phone OS is now in the hands of those who want it by saying that the work of its internal engineering team is "largely complete". All that's left is for handset manufacturers to tweak designs and marry Microsoft's gleaming new operating system to their handsets.
Microsoft's Terry Myerson claims that WP7 is the firm's most tested mobile operating system with the outfit having tested it with "nearly ten thousand devices running automated tests daily, over a half million hours of active self-hosting use, over three and a half million hours of stress test passes, and eight and a half million hours of fully automated test passes."
It's not surprising that Microsoft has worked hard to get WP7 polished. Previous versions of the Vole's mobile operating systems would kindly be described as primitive. With Apple and Google raising the bar so high, Microsoft has been forced to increase the functionality, fit and finish of its mobile operating system considerably just to compete.
There's a lot riding on WP7 for Microsoft as it tries to claw back market share in the mobile phone industry. Recently it went on the offensive by claiming that Google's Linux based Android operating system is not free after manufacturers implement various features. While that move smacks of desperation and FUD, a series of WP7 phone leaks has shown that handsets that run it are looking smarter, if not awe-inspiring.
With Myerson confirming that WP7 has left Microsoft's doors, there's little worry, at least for Microsoft, about whether handsets running WP7 will be out for Christmas. Now it really is in the hands of the manufacturers and most importantly, developers to try to make WP7 successful. µ
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Finally I'll be able to have the internet installed on my mobile phone, so I can point and click and browse the web and cut and paste - all things that are difficult if not impossible to do with any other product.
The last winmo phone I had was a Samsung Blackjack. Once upgraded to Windows Mobile 6, it was fine, but the next upgrade took me to a Palm Centro, then a Blackberry Curve 8310 and now a Palm Pre Plus on AT&T's network. Winmo 7 will have to be more than a "ME TOO" iPhone copy to get my attention. I want the ability to run streaming video from the web and download video clips as before and I want Flash. If I can't get those with Winomo 7, I'll stick with the Pre Plus
@interested_party: tried upgrading your HD to winmo 6.5.3? with HTC sense, it's as good as you can get in winmo right now, your mediaplayer problems do not exist to my tested knowledge in it.
In fact, almost all of your issues are resolvable. Try a kitchen rom or two.
My touch pro 2 is practically indestructable: thrown around, dropped from many heights onto concrete, I even beat it in a fit of rage (unrelated to the phone, a mere innocent victim) with 4ft plastic pipe, breaking the pipe after 5 hits yet only smudging my screen (wiped off).
Why would I want an iBrick that breaks if you look at it wrong when my winmo has survived hell and still looks like the day I bought it?
IMO, the kichen community is what makes winmo worth it, if you havent tried a cooked rom, then I can understand why one would dislike the OS.
Is the 50 email limit for Hotmails still there?
Can we finally search emails, and search more than 50 emails?
Is it easier to switch between WiFi and 3G/HSDPA? Currently it requires 14 key presses or presses of the touchscreen to switch from WiFi to 3G. With no auto mode for doing this, there is an auto mode on the iphone.
Will the writing on screen still be very very tiny, like the device has been designed on a 22 inch monitor?
Will there be large empty spaces on screen left for mobile branding which could be better used for making a nicer GUI?
Will it be easier to use it 1-handed (1-fingered)?
Will it be easier to use it without a stylus? Some options are so tiny and close together that the stylus has to be used, which means 2-handed operation?
Will it be more voice-controlled for writing texts, emails, dialling, working other apps etc? Ford are putting this into their average and low range cars in Europe (Fiesta for example), so surely Microsoft have this on the phone?
Microsoft helped Ford develop some of their in-car tech. I don't know if the voice control is part of this. But if it's not then could Ford licence this tech to Microsoft? LMAO.
Windows Media Player on Windows Mobile Phone 6.1 HTC Touch HD - why does this not let me turn off the background light without stopping the music?
Windows Media Player, why does it not continue from last time? Why can't I create a playlist on the device? Why do I have to create a playlist on my pc, then setup a synch, then put that on the phone, then I think it might work. But I gave up and got bored before completing this nonsense.