Dec 04

WinMoMicrosoft is determined not to lag behind as far as developing a new generation of mobile operating software is concerned, and with the introduction of Google’s Android, the software giant is striving even harder to improve its mobile operating software to be used in many of the major mobile phones released this season, Windows Mobile 7.0. However, Microsoft is not very keen to give out details about the nature of innovations that are expected to be featured in the newer version of the software. Despite the mystery, a few details of the operating system have been revealed through sources like LinkedIn.

Based on the information collected by LinkedIn Profiles, MSFTKitchen has also come up with a chain of information on Windows 7. Despite the fact that LinkedIn is not one of the most credible sources when it comes to gathering information about Windows mobile platforms, nonetheless, it allows public to gather some particulars which are no where else to be found on the web. However, Chicago Tribune editor Stephen Chapman has unraveled some interesting developments regarding Windows Mobile 7 as well.

One of them being that Motorola is developing an RSS application designed for Windows Mobile 7. Despite the rumors that Motorola had scraped the idea of including the latest Windows platform for mobile devices in its future plans, fact of the matter is that it refused to work with iteration 6.5 as Windows latest sensation is just in the wings.

Further details include the use of Silverlight Prototypes and inclusion of Windows Mobile 7 applications which reiterates the system’s support for the technology. Accessibility of IE 7 for WM7, support for touch gesture, SharePoint’s relationship with Windows Mobile 7 and Mobile Entertainment/Zune division from MS developing a game experience for WM7 include other essentials about the latest platform for mobile devices.

Although details are still coming out, so far it can be safely assumed that WM7 is something more than a mere update to its predecessors, in the words of WMPowerusers, this version promises in “addressing most consumer issues such as browsing, gaming and media access”, while the platform is expected to offer a whole new user interface probably based on Silverlights.

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