Windows Phone 7s Tech Overview

Friday, July 23, 2010
Microsoft Windows Phone 7’s new mobile operating system is now in the hands of operators to test. Microsoft has begun to provide a technical overview of Windows 7 Phone, its next mobile operating system platform, which it said still in good shape for the holiday 2010 season.

Most of what in technical preview has been seen or discussed during the Mobile World Congress, either in January, when Microsoft introduced its new strategy, and the MIX conference in March. However, there are some minor surprises.Windows Phone 7’s aims to strengthen and remove barriers to information about you, almost from the beginning then.

One of the first screen at startup must request access to Windows Live ID. This is due to the phone to Windows Live and / or Hotmail email accounts, calendar, cloud storage SkyDrive, you need the Zune, Xbox Live gamertag, and more. Now, many benefits of Windows Live can be achieved only if you use Windows Live Wave 4 services. Most of these services is still in beta, but should be all alive, if Windows 7 ships Phone.

Phone because Windows 7’s is essentially a new operating system, there are plenty to go further, What is interesting about Windows 7 by phone, although sometimes it feels like you two very different experiences on the phone. Inbox list screen Start menu /, and some applications like the dialer, e-mail and calendar, is quite minimalist, while other aspects of the phone as the hub above and multimedia features, is more sophisticated and elegant. It does not hurt the navigation itself, but is not really the phone feels like a cohesive unit either.