| It was only a matter of time before the world's largest | | | | are all well designed and useful. |
| software producer got in on the mobile OS market | | | | The other standard apps are also quite impressive. |
| again. The Windows Mobile series had one advantage | | | | The one feature that is very innovative and useful is |
| over the iPhone when it launched and that was the | | | | the 'People' hub that allows you unrestricted access to |
| apps. Then iPhone got apps and Mircrosoft was left in | | | | all of your social networks - at once! One screen with |
| the dumps. Windows Phone 7 was a clean break | | | | all updates from your friends and one place to update |
| from that and it was the right decision. Microsoft has | | | | your status. Credit where credit is due, this is a very |
| correctly decided that what is going to make or break | | | | impressive feature that is genuinely helpful in |
| their new OS is going to be the Windows Phone 7 | | | | connecting you with your friends. |
| apps and how they stack up against the competitors | | | | Games will be another selling point for Microsoft. Of |
| Old Windows Mobile apps will not work though, but it's | | | | course, anything that mentions X-Box on it, will get |
| for the best. Microsoft Windows Mobile is outdated | | | | gamers talking, but you won't be playing Halo 3 just |
| and the clean break was probably the only possibility | | | | yet. The future of mobile gaming is on smartphones |
| of getting up to speed with the iPhone and Android. | | | | though and Microsoft has recognized this. Windows |
| The basic premise for the apps will be 'hubs', for | | | | Phone 7 apps are mainly made with Silverlight which |
| example a 'People' hub, a 'Pictures' hub, a 'Games' hub | | | | has earned a reputation for great graphics. Add to that |
| and so on. Windows Phone 7 looks great and a really | | | | the integration with X-Box Live and things are looking |
| nice feature is that the apps are actually active even in | | | | very interesting indeed. |
| their 'tiled' and minimized type. Everything looks clean, | | | | How things will turn out for Microsoft in the end |
| crisp and kind of zoomy, kind of like in Windows 7. The | | | | depends on how consumers will react. Apps |
| Office Outlook app alone is almost worth it. It simply | | | | developers will not want to design for a platform that |
| looks great and makes you wonder how someone | | | | no one use and consumers won't buy a platform with |
| can read email on a Blackberry phone! Not every day, | | | | no apps. |
| you praise a mobile email client is it? The main hubs | | | | |