I know this isn’t really about the Windows Mobile Platform, but as I mentioned HTC’s other 3 new devices I felt it only fair to show this little gem.
Along with the other 3 devices HTC announced, they also brought to light info on the HTC Smart.
In my opinion a smart move for HTC. This little device seems to be their shot at the wider market with a simple OS, no Windows or Android on this one!
By making this phone HTC are clearly aiming at the people who would find using a smart-phone or PDA too complex, and would rather buy a phone like the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music. I’m sure the device will have some quirky little features too.
So over the past few days the World Mobile Conference took place and there were several big announcements. As you know the Windows Phone 7 Series was announced, and I did give a brief description of how the system looks and works in my previous post.
The other BIG news revolved around the Smartphone giants, HTC, announcing 3 new devices. 2 are running the Android OS and the other will support WinMo 6.5.
The WMC started today, and already the news is flowing about upcoming handsets from several different manufacturers. And of course the big announcement about the Windows 7 Phone. Now revealed to be known as the Windows Phone 7 Series.
One big name that will certainly be using Microsoft's new OS is HTC, the brand everyone thinks to when they hear “smartphone”.
Microsoft are promising a lot with this new system, saying that they will make a phone to reflect the speed of peoples lives. But what can we expect to see from it?
Commencing on the 15th of February and lasting until the 18th, it’s the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As you can expect as the congress starts to unfold, tech heads and blogs (such as MS mobile news!") will be itching to see what is being announced and shown!
My biggest want is to see Windows Mobile 7 in some kind of working form! And maybe a definite release date?
We can also expect to hear some other big announcements seeing as 1,300 companies will be showing off what they think will define the future of mobile and smart-phone technology!
Expect to see some announcements here once the event gets underway!
It seems like we have some info now of the style interface that the Zune phone could be running. It will be a Windows Mobile 7 based platform, but is the image showing just the Zune UI?
It also seems that Microsoft won’t try and 1-up on the iPhone since the Zune will not offer any multitasking. There are rumours however that the Zune phone will offer faster browsing speeds, and no flash support (at this time). But that is all I have been able to find out so far.
Other features the Zune will include are interesting. You will be able to sync the device with your Xbox Live account, Download apps via the market place and the Zune phone will have synchronising software based on the Zune sync software too. But will lack the backwards compatibility…
It’s no secret that WinMo 6.5.3 has shown its face recently… But for those of you wondering, what extra features does it give users?
Capacitive touchscreen support
Touch controls throughout minimising stylus usage.
Horizontal Scroll bar (no more tabs!)
Magnifier
Error reporting Fixes
Internet Explorer page load times decreased
Internet Explorer memory management improved
Internet Explorer Pan & Flick gestures smoothed out
Internet Explorer Zoom & Rotation speed increased
Drag and Drop Icons on start screen
… to list the biggest changes. Still no news however, on Windows Mobile 7 seeing as it was pulled from Microsoft’s event’s agenda. Maybe 6.5.3 will be the last update before we finaly get to see Windows Mobile 7!
