Jan Zdarsa Yesterday at the Barcelona trade show, Steve Ballmer introduced the new operating system for mobile phones, Windows Mobile 7. This is certainly a revolution in Microsoft's approach to the mobile platform, but is it a revolution compared to Apple and Google, or Palm WebOS?
Although the new Windows Mobile 7 was introduced yesterday, there are still a lot of questions hanging here, just like there were after the introduction of the Apple iPad at the end of January. The newly named Windows Phones 7 Series will go on sale this fall.
At first glance, Windows Mobile owners surprising appearance. At first glance, there is a noticeable shift to the trendy user appearance of the present time – the titer fields, which would require a stylus to operate, are gone and, on the contrary, have been replaced by large icons. If you've already seen the Zune HD user interface, the look of Windows Mobile 7 won't surprise you all that much. This look has been very well received by the public and I personally find it stylish.
The iPhone's graphical environment now has a lot to catch up on. Although it looks perfect to the eye, it does not necessarily mean that it will be controlled just as well, we will have to wait for that. The iPhone built its user interface on the basis that everyone should be able to quickly learn to control it, has the new control logic also succeeded for Microsoft? I personally don't like him being in the system too many animations (and Microsoft is said to be very proud of them, what about Radek Hulán?).
The home screen includes an overview of missed calls, text messages, emails and events on social networks. Social networks they are an important element in the new Windows Mobile 7. For example, you can access a person's Facebook profile directly from a contact. Personally, I expect a similar move from iPhone OS4, as this could be a big minus for the Apple iPhone at the moment, if greater integration of social networks was missing.
Much has been said about the fact that the new Windows Mobile 7 will not support multitasking. Although nothing of the sort was said at the keynote (and it was not heard at the later press conference either), there is talk that Microsoft has indeed switched to Apple's proven model. You will be able to play, for example, music in the background, but you will not be able to have applications for, for example, instant messaging running in the background. This "lack" will probably be replaced by something like push notifications, or background services like the Android operating system. Anyway, traditional multitasking is currently dead in modern smartphones.
But what is much more surprising is that in Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 copy and paste functionality is missing! Believe it or not, you can't really find the copy&paste function in the modern Windows Mobile 7 system these days. Microsoft is expected to comment on the matter at next month's MIX conference, but there are rumors that rather than introducing the feature, it will be arguments about why the new Windows Mobile doesn't need the feature.
Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 will also not be compatible with older applications. Microsoft is starting from scratch and will offer apps in a Marketplace that bears a striking resemblance to Apple's Appstore. Closed system, whose conditions are a bit worse than in the much-attacked Apple Appstore. This probably ended the installation of applications directly from the computer. Even Microsoft chooses a move away from Flash technology, but plans to have support for their own Microsoft Silverlight product, for which they have high hopes.
Xbox Live support will also appear in Windows Mobile 7. Windows Mobile 7 they will need their own software, it will probably no longer be possible to simply connect the phone to Windows without the need for additional software. Here, too, Microsoft follows Apple's trodden path.
We will hear a lot more about Microsoft Windows Mobile 7. This is certainly a good step towards the mass sale of the platform, but I am personally curious to see how current Windows Mobile owners will cope with the move to a more multimedia device. The inspiration from Apple is obvious, no doubt about it. This move could work for Microsoft. But Apple hasn't said the last word yet and we can expect a big step forward in the new iPhone OS4 - I have high hopes for it!
Obviously the new WM7s are made for effect, but that usability has rapidly declined IMO.
Well, I'm really sorry, they didn't show much, and the only thing that's nice there are the effects, so nothing much. Those creatures shake and the whole thing looks like the last generation Zune that no one wants. I don't know, I don't know.
Well, I'm really sorry, they didn't show much, and the only thing that's nice there are the effects, so nothing much. Those creatures shake and the whole thing looks like the last generation Zune that no one wants. I don't know, I don't know.
I'm just watching with my mouth open and waiting to burst out laughing. Maybe you're not serious, Mr. Ballmer... :D
I'm just watching with my mouth open and waiting to burst out laughing. Maybe you're not serious, Mr. Ballmer... :D
I have a feeling that MicroSoft screwed up. What they criticized, they now copied. And I have a feeling that it's wrong. The iPhone environment is simple, clear, and the effects are used for orientation (just like Mac OS X on the desktop). MS stuffed effects just for effect. It's pretty to the eye, but just confusing. In addition, ZUNE is synonymous with obnoxiousness, bad taste and lack of sophistication. I don't understand why they keep trying to promote this brand.
I have a feeling that MicroSoft screwed up. What they criticized, they now copied. And I have a feeling that it's wrong. The iPhone environment is simple, clear, and the effects are used for orientation (just like Mac OS X on the desktop). MS stuffed effects just for effect. It's pretty to the eye, but just confusing. In addition, ZUNE is synonymous with obnoxiousness, bad taste and lack of sophistication. I don't understand why they keep trying to promote this brand.
MS....like a small child who doesn't yet know that it will be clear to everyone that he is copying and that (according to the boy) no one will think of it, so the first attack and execution of the accomplice (apple) will be advised in front of all the heathens...he forgets that already not at school, but at the market...
MS....like a small child who doesn't yet know that it will be clear to everyone that he is copying and that (according to the boy) no one will think of it, so the first attack and execution of the accomplice (apple) will be advised in front of all the heathens...he forgets that already not at school, but at the market...
Noooo, nice, nice. The video basically says nothing. Just a lot of effect, but no useful value. I already got rid of the Win Mobile device two years ago...
Noooo, nice, nice. The video basically says nothing. Just a lot of effect, but no useful value. I already got rid of the Win Mobile device two years ago...
I like that the WM7 concept is completely different; as for the homescreen, at first glance it looks different from iphone/android/bada, which are almost the same; I would wait to see how it will work; but time is against them, so yesterday was late for the WC!
I like that the WM7 concept is completely different; as for the homescreen, at first glance it looks different from iphone/android/bada, which are almost the same; I would wait to see how it will work; but time is against them, so yesterday was late for the WC!
It's bullshit...what more can I say...a big nice looking thing that will never really fake it, how can it be from Microsoft? :)) Does anyone have any information about miniOpera on iPhone? Apparently there was talk about it in Barcelona too...
It's bullshit...what more can I say...a big nice looking thing that will never really fake it, how can it be from Microsoft? :)) Does anyone have any information about miniOpera on iPhone? Apparently there was talk about it in Barcelona too...
The user interface looks very interesting, but I'm afraid that, like HTC, it's more efficient than efficient and the user scrolls...
The user interface looks very interesting, but I'm afraid that, like HTC, it's more efficient than efficient and the user scrolls...
I'm curious about the reactions of WM users who condemned the iPhone for what even the new WM7 won't have now :-D.. It's a decent coup. The interface is interesting in terms of effects, but it is not for the phone.
I'm curious about the reactions of WM users who condemned the iPhone for what even the new WM7 won't have now :-D.. It's a decent coup. The interface is interesting in terms of effects, but it is not for the phone.