An Overview Of Windows Phone 7

In February 2010, Microsoft treated the public to a preview of their new mobile phone operating system to finally prove that what Windows Mobile failed at – that they are able to do mobile operating systems as well as they do PC operating systems. At the time the software was impressive looking and obviously had potential, but the press were skeptical. Fast forward to October 2010 and the final v1.0 of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 was released.

What Microsoft were trying to achieve is simple, to offer an efficient and capable operating system aimed at the consumer market that is able to compete at a high level in this tough market. The final result is a capable product, able to make good use of hardware specifications including the recent surge in demand for touch screen capability and ultimately culminating in a very accomplished and user-friendly operating system.

The Windows Phone 7 interface is a real pleasure to use, with very fast and smooth page transitions, if a little over complicated, and easy to read and use page layouts that can quite easily compete against the best of the Apple and Google operating systems. Full integration with Microsoft’s massively popular Xbox 360 online Live software is a very successful and fashionable addition, as is integration with Microsoft’s entertainment platform Zune. Microsoft have also made sure that social networking functions are easy to use and incorporate a wide range of networking sites, including Gmail, Facebook and Hotmail.

Some reports have suggested that Microsoft have been working on an updated mobile phone platform since 2004 but each one has been scrapped and some even being adapted into Windows Mobile updates. It has been confirmed, though, that in actual fact the Windows Phone 7 OS has only been in development for a relatively short period since 2008, when Microsoft first recognized that the Windows Mobile platform needed too much work. Ultimately this has meant that although it is a great OS, WP7 is still at least a years development behind Android and iOS4.

The Microsoft Windows Phone 7 operating system is a great looking, fast and capable interface with some very useful integrated functions. The camera software works very well and is easy to use and online browsing is simple and quick. Though what this OS really needs is another few months of updates to bring it right up to speed and therefore able to really compete against Apple and Google. What is good to hear is that Microsoft seems to be in it for the long haul, and with a good base to start with, things can only get better for WP7.

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