Windows Mobile 7 Promotional Video
This is a Windows Phone 7 promotional video which was shown at a Microsoft MIX10 session that takes a look into the live of Anna And Miles and how they use Windows Phone 7 in their everyday life.
An emphasis is on end to end scenarios that includes sharing photos, games, searching, messaging, social networking and navigation.
Check out the Windows Phone 7 ad after the break.
Windows Mobile 7 Promotional Video
When you are looking for more functionality than the average device offers, you have the choice from a broad range of smartphones and PDAs. Both types of devices not only differ physically but also as far as operation system is concerned. The better you know which functions you are going to use on a frequent base, the easier it is to make your choice. The market for PDAs that won't let you call but only use email and visit the Internet decreased drastically. Most current PDAs are handheld computers that also offer the option to call.
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Smartphone or PDA?
Smartphones
Smartphones on the other hand are primary meant for calling but are more and more used for all kinds of business like keeping an electronic agenda, photographing, music and Internet. Nokia's smartphones indicate clearly how much attention Nokia paid to the manner of using the device for calling. PDA calling functions work just a tad more difficult but on the other hand it is easier to manage incoming and outgoing mail. These are the differences between Symbian and Windows Mobile explained in a nutshell. So it is not surprising Nokia as a cell phone manufacturer holds on to Symbian.
Symbian Phones
Operating systems for mobile phones
The most recent versions of both operating systems show that the differences are becoming less evident and that the disadvantages of both systems are also vanishing. Looking at Nokia's most advanced device, the Nokia E90 Communicator, you can hardly claim that this device is not fully equipped with every function you need for comfortable email and Internet use. Nowadays a lot is changing which is also proved by the choices manufacturers of these devices make. Read the full Windows Mobile vs Symbian OS article.
Blog News Channel somehow managed to get their hands on an internal Microsoft document that outlines the Window
s Mobile 7 features. The document is from last summer, and as it stands right now Windows Mobile 7 isn't scheduled to ship until 2009. That's quite a gap, so it's likely that some things will still change.
With that being said the document implies that Windows Mobile 7 will carry forward with a multi-touch interface that will surely bring out the unfriendly side of Apple fans. The on-screen keyboard (pictured above) looks "vaguely" similar to that of the iPhone. And then there are the gestures:
As you can see it takes on a Vista-like appearance, and I do have to admit that it looks rather slick. Far better than the current Windows Mobile.
One key feature that will distinguish Windows Mobile 7 from the current iPhone is the ability to recognize device movements as gestures. By that I mean you could shake the device in a predefined motion to have it wake up.
Something that really blew me away, however, was that one of their screenshots showed the device running Office 2007! If Microsoft can get a full-scale version of Office efficiently running on Windows Mobile I think they will deserve a huge round of applause:
I'm sure this type of interface is really going to take the mobile market by storm just as it did with the iPhone, and I hope that Microsoft does it right. The screenshots all look really good, but that doesn't mean the end product will be a fluid and polished mobile operating system. What's unfortunate for Microsoft is that Apple will probably be releasing their second generation iPhone around the same time that Windows Mobile 7 launches, and with that Apple will likely be incorporating the most requested user features. It will be as if Apple is polishing up their touch interface while Microsoft is just getting started. The key for Microsoft will be how many devices will be available at launch, and what their prices will be.
