The first Windows Phone 7 dev tools are out in the wild and Microsoft is starting to slip out more details about it’s latest attempt to master mobile. Over at its Worldwide Partner Conference, where Steve Ballmer has been talking Windows 7 slates, features for syncing files and finding your lost Windows Phone 7 phone are about to break cover. With Blackberry Protect revealed yesterday, mobile makers must think we’re all very careless.
Like Blackberry Protect, the Windows Phone 7 Find My Phone feature will be free in contrast to MobileMe with its £59 yearly subscription. It all sounds very similar to Apple’s Find My iPhone with ability to track your missing phone, ring it, remotely lock it and erase your data if you think it’s gone for good.
The Windows Phone 7 Find My Phone service be part of the Windows Phone Live site where you’ll also get a 25GB of free storage in the cloud and access to your Windows Live calendar and contacts. The syncing smarts which will also let you sling photos to the cloud directly from your Windows Phone 7 handset.
Microsoft is also likely to spend a good while talking up the previously announced Windows Phone 7 Xbox Live integration and how the new OS will cosy up to the Office 2010 web apps. We’ll also see more of the Windows Live integration and connections with Gmail and Exchange.
Do you like the sound of Windows Phone 7’s cloud-based services? We’re hoping the fact that Blackberry Protect and the Find My Phone feature in Windows Phone 7 are gratis gets Apple seriously thinking about free MobileMe.
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