Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, unveiled a new operating system for mobile phones at a press event in New York on Monday. This is seen as a move back by Microsoft to the global smartphone market that has been dominated by the iPhone and Blackberry, and as a result, Windows Phone 7 joined RIM, Google and Android, the top three mobile operating systems in the US. .us
Based on the features of Windows Phone 7, the new phone operating system will establish a new era in smartphones. The new platform is organized into eight sections:
1. People (your contacts);
2.Search; WP7 has a dedicated search button to help people find what they need, whether it’s in contacts, the Marketplace, email, or the web. From the home screen, the search button brings up Bing for mobile, delivering web results, local information, maps, directions, and more.
3. Images (including videos and any snapshots uploaded from Facebook or Windows Live),
4. Games (with your Xbox Live avatar and achievements); It also offers Xbox LIVE with a successful list of game titles from award-winning publishers.
5. Music and video (with access to your Zune Social card); Windows Phone 7 has Microsoft’s Zune music playback platform that delivers the Zune music experience where you can play your music collection, sync it wirelessly from your PC, or stream or download new tunes from Windows Marketplace.
6. Marketplace (to download new apps)
7. Social space; integrated with popular social networks like Facebook
8. Galley.
Microsoft plans to add new features like Netflix, Twitter, Slacker, OpenTable, eBay, IMDB, and Flixster at launch or soon after Windows Phone 7 launches in November. a grid of “live” tiles (app switcher) for your latest messages, your most used contacts, the web, and your favorite apps.
Unlike common smartphones like iPhone and Android, which require the user to tap an app to view new information, the Microsoft Phone 7 is designed to inform the user of important new information, such as email, at a glance. and Facebook status update settings. a new era in networking.
According to Steve Ballmer, Windows Phone 7 will be offered by 60 mobile operators in more than 30 countries located in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Microsoft plans to launch more than 10 brands with Windows Phone 7 in the holidays (November) in collaboration with major mobile operators. Among these, HTC Surround, Samsung Focus, LG Quantum, HTC HD7, Dell Venue Pro, HTC 7 Surround, LG Optimus 7, Samsung OMNIA 7, HTC 7 Trophy, LG Optimus 7Q will be produced by AT&T, T-Mobile, TELUS, America Mobile, O2, Orange, SFR, Movistar, Deutsche Telekom AG, Vodafone, SingTel and Telstra.
In addition to these features, WP7-powered phones will come with a 1GHz Snapdragon phone with a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 5-megapixel camera like the one on the Samsung Focus, 16GB of onboard storage, and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. for HTC Surround, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 16GB of internal storage and DLNA support for sharing media content with local DLNA-compliant PCs, HDTV for LG Quantum, and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and video recording. HD video for HTC HD7.
