Windows Phone 7 is a smartphone operating system from software company Microsoft and the continuation of the Windows Phone software, which was renamed as part of the introduction of Windows Phone 7 in Windows Mobile Classic.
Windows Phone 7 is from 21 October 2010 will be available. Like its predecessors, it will not be sold separately, but pre-installed. The development of Windows Mobile 7 has been officially completed end of August 2010. [3] This has reached the final stages release to manufacturing (RTM) and will be delivered in early September 2010 to the device manufacturers and partners of Microsoft.
Windows Phone 7 is for use with a finger and multi-touch design, while the previous Windows Mobile on the surface of the desktop versions of Windows was inspired and set to an operation by stylus.
Technically based Windows Phone 7 on the surface of the Zune HD.
"Hubs" and "Live Tiles"
One innovation is that Microsoft is the focus contacts, office, music, video and games in "hubs" has divided. These hubs are the basis for other functions that are integrated directly into the operating system and do the so-called "Live Tiles" drag and drop integrated as an interactive button on the home screen. His performance changes if there is an update or a status change in the application. Thus, under the hub contacts all contacts from Facebook, Outlook, Gmail and combine such as Twitter and status changes directly display on the home screen. Also, the user can interact on the phone with his contacts.
Xbox Live
The stroke "games", the connection to Xbox Live dar. way it should be possible on the Microsoft Marketplace multi-media articles for the text relate to. These games can be fully integrated into the Xbox Live services. For example, two players (one on the Xbox 360 and on a smartphone with Windows Phone 7) play against each other. In addition, games can use Visual Studio to create cross-platform as a project for PC, Smartphone, and Xbox. A user can start a game on the PC, play on your phone on and finish on the Xbox. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Hardware restrictions
For smart phones with Windows Phone 7, with only three case designs are used, touch screen smart phone (see iPhone), touchscreen smartphone with slide-qwerty keyboard and the classic bar shape. Furthermore, the integrated processor with a clock speed of at least one gigahertz and have a separate graphics processor with DirectX 9 support to be installed. In this configuration should all Windows Phone 7 smartphone HD-capable. Furthermore, it prohibits the Microsoft smartphone manufacturers, the surface of Windows Phone 7 to individualize, as for example, has made at HTC Windows Phone Classic by HTC's own-Sense surface.
CDMA mobile radio networks in the U.S. will not initially supported.
Smartphones
Smartphones with Windows Phone 7 was announced by HTC, LG, Samsung, Dell and ASUS.
Some units have already been seen on blogs and in October come on the market [16].
This includes the following models:
Manufacturer device name
HTC HD7 / Trophy [17] HTC
HTC Mozart / Shubert [18] HTC
Samsung SGH i-916 [19] Samsung
Samsung SGH i-8700 [20] Samsung
LG Optimus 7 [21] LG
Dell Lightning [22] Dell
Software-
Software for Windows Phone 7 is developed with C # in Silverlight and XNA technology, native software is not supported. [23] This function no longer available for Windows Mobile applications on Windows Phone 7th Among other things, not Skype, and Firefox for Windows Mobile released Phone 7. [24] [25] To develop for the Windows Mobile system provides free tools like Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone [26] and the Windows Mobile Developer Tools available that are compatible with Visual Studio 2010.
Multitasking has been severely restricted. Native applications such as GNP. Phone, music player or Web browser can remain open in the background. Third-party apps to run but not in the background. However, when exiting the state is saved, so that is bound to recall the place where the application was abandoned. [28] also does not support copy and paste and tethering.
