Apparently Windows Phone 7 Series won’t support full multi-tasking, copy and paste functionality, microSD cards or Windows Phone apps. Hmmm……..
Before I get a load of angry emails the operating system will kinda support multi-tasking in as much as retrieving Web pages and email in the background or playing music via the built-in Zune player while you’re using another app, or check your calendar while you’re making a call.
No such luck if you’re using a app that uses its own technology because when you load another app it’ll shut down the first one.
Microsoft’s Charlie Kindel explains: “Apps that run arbitrarily in the background create an end-user experience where battery life and responsiveness of the system becomes… inconsistent.” – sound familiar?
Now, you shouldn’t miss cut and paste as the ’smart linking’ feature will take care of copying and pasting email addresses and phone numbers. Hmmmm….. on my iPhone I tend to use it for more than that and, judging by the fact that after everyone complained til we got it, so does many other people.
Because there’s no support for microSD cards or anything like them this should suggest that Microsoft are also following the iPhone’s lead with decent internal storage – at least 8GB. Any less than that would be pointless I reckon.
I think that these decisions are more than a little odd given that Apple has had to run down this line of development already. It does rather look like Microsoft is quite happy to re-invent the wheel only to appear at the same point as Apple did a couple of years ago.
Exciting times at MIX 10 where Microsoft took the Las Vegas stage in order to show off a lot of the applications that will soon be hitting the streets with Windows Phone 7 Series.
Because Silverlight 4 and the XNA Framework have been baked into the Windows Phone platform this unleashes quite a bit of power to the developers who, judging by the demos, have jumped at the chance of showing what can be done on modern smartphones.
The usual run-of-the-mill apps were present; such as Twitter client Seesmic, location-based social network Foursquare, music identification service Shazam and the Associated Press but the ones that made me sit up and take notice were Netflix and the slickness of Windows Mobile 7 Series love of gaming!
Netflix is quite a popular video rental service and most of its mobile apps are focused on accessing and modifying the user’s list of movies. Now, Netflix can be used to stream your choice of flicks on the likes of the Nintendo Wii right through to TiVo but thanks to the lovely Silverlight you can sling those films right onto Windows Phone 7 Series devices to watch as you go
Even though rumour has it that the iPhone may grab this before Microsoft gets it out the display of gaming on Windows Phone 7 Series handsets was pretty impressive.
The Harvest was demoed and what was highlighted was that this game could be played on a Windows Phone, PC, or Xbox 360 and no matter which platform you choose as your arena you can unlock achievements, increase your gamer score, access leaderboards, and connect to your friends over Live.
Microsoft’s Charlie Kindel said that “Developers and designers can now build their code once and optimize it to take advantage of the unique capabilities of the phone, Web, PC or Xbox 360. Due to common shared libraries, controls and runtimes across these many screens and the cloud, developers now have the opportunity to reach over 1 billion customers,”
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For those that want to stay hip with the latest fashions Lenovo bring you the IdeaPad U1.
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Apple is looking to acquire audio streaming company Lala – if they get the deal then this could free up all of that prime real-estate on your various hard-drives if, like me, you have 50 days or more’s worth of constant music sat in digital audio form.
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CompuLab is quite well known for producing tinsy-tiny puters.
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If you spotted Dell’s Multi-touchable laptop doing the rounds and thought to yourself “hmmmm…. I wonder if that will ever arrive in the UK?”
Good news – it shall.
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Looking for a Windows-based Mac Mini alike?
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Here’s a tasty looking Tosh.
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