Microsoft’s Zune Phone running Windows Mobile 7 remains a rumour but it’s gaining force with a Spanish language blog reporting that it’s set to appear this month in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress conference.
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Microsoft is sure to announce some Windows Mobile 7 news at Mobile World Congress next month but could it also be time for the often hinted at Zune Phone to emerge? It seems likely, if clues in the latest Zune software update are to be believed.
Windows Mobile 7 is due to arrive this year but excellently named Russian Windows Mobile obsessive Eldar Murtazin has apparently got his hands on it already. Read on for a glimpse of Win Mobs future…
Murtazin reports that Windows Mobile 7’s UI is “more complicated” than the ZuneHD’s, putting us in mind of those Zune phone rumours again.
The look of Windows Mobile 7 is apparently heavily inspired by Google Android and the iPhone (no surprises there really).
Murtazin reported that version of Windows Mobile 7 he got a glimpse of was a very early build but predicts that it will be show, perhaps in closed meetings, at Mobile World Congress in February.
The big news is that Windows Mobile 7 seems to be incompatible with Windows Mobile 6 apps. Murtazin reports that the handset he used would not run any Windows Mobile 6 apps and that the OS was “built from scratch”.
Electricpig will be out in force at Mobile World Congress to hunt down the latest scoop on Windows Mobile’s next move.
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Windows Mobile 7 is due to arrive this year but excellently named Russian Windows Mobile obsessive Eldar Murtazin has apparently got his hands on it already. Read on for a glimpse of Win Mob’s future…
Rumours broke out last month that Microsoft was prepping a Zune service for Windows Mobile, but now the PC behemoth has gone on the record to say it’s planning to get Zune onto mobile too.
Microsoft will launch its Zune brand in the UK and Europe for the first time tomorrow, rebadging the movie service on Xbox Live with the media portal’s moniker to go with Twitter and Facebook‘s arrival on the consoles’ latest dashboard update.
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