Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft announced their new mobile OS -- Windows Phone 7 Series. Microsoft will bring together Xbox Live games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone. The biggest surprise of all is that the company is putting on hold developments for the current WinMo 6.5 and did the Windows Phone 7 from scratch. It's a huge departure from the old Windows Mobile interface, that's for sure. Microsoft is even promising that all Windows Phone 7 handsets will have a dedicated hardware button for Bing which can do search anywhere on the phone and the web. If you own an HTC HD2 now running WinMo 6.5, they you should be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7 when it comes out. We've got over a hundred submissions from our recent poll on mobile 3G services. Quite a number of users have already been using their new uMobile SIMs too (7.19%) while fledgling Sun Cellular 3G is still down there. Read more in our articles including "New Windows Mobile 7 looks Zune-y" and "Results: Mobile 3G Usage".
Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft announced their new mobile OS -- Windows Phone 7 Series. Microsoft will bring together Xbox Live games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone.
The biggest surprise of all is that the company is putting on hold developments for the current WinMo 6.5 and did the Windows Phone 7 from scratch. It's a huge departure from the old Windows Mobile interface, that's for sure. Microsoft is even promising that all Windows Phone 7 handsets will have a dedicated hardware button for Bing which can do search anywhere on the phone and the web.
Our coverage of Windows Mobile 7 includes: "New Windows Mobile 7 looks Zune-y"; "Results: Mobile 3G Usage"; "BPI to add international money transfers to mobile app by 2027". Each article provides unique insights and information.