Windows Phone 7 is being touted as Microsoft’s last chance to regain a footing in the mobile space. and with some clever marketing, has inflamed the blogosphere. With the release of a lot of pre production developer phones, loaded with a preview version of the OS, meant to incite and inspire development for the platform. WP7 [Windows Phone 7] is supposed to be the revitalisation of the Windows Mobile paradigm. Once the leading mobile operating system, that became a pariah, through lack of focus at Microsoft, losing to the iPhone and of late Android, WP7 is actually starting to look like a viable and useful operating system.
There’s a huge video look here at a lot of the facets of the OS, and you have to say it’s shaping up into an exciting OS. Questions remain though, this release is locked down, and include elements of the Zune , and xBox interface. There’s a huge risk associated with WP7, locking down the system, including Zune tech, that hasn’t made it out of the US, and believing that gaming is a major mobile priority.
I don’t doubt that WP7 will be, to use an iPhone phrase, jailbroken, the hackability of windows mobile, is what keeps a lot of WinMo users with the platform, Microsoft’s attempt to lock down the system, will be circumvented for sure.
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