Windows Mobile 7: Internet Explorer 9 And Kinect Integration

A few days after Nokia and Microsoft have announced at Smartphines their collaboration, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona glimpse into the future of Windows Mobile 7, where a. During the year, all WP7-per smartphone update capability to include multitasking and integration with Kinect received one. Ballmer has the Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Mobile also announced.

Internet Explorer 9

With Internet Explorer 9 for smartphones heats Ballmer the browser war continues. The browser will run on devices with the same browser engine as the desktop version. With features such as hardware acceleration and support for HTML5 video wants to outdo the competition. As part of the keynote was Windows Mobile-chief Joe Belfiore, the demo of a simulation with animated aquarium fish. While the fish hinschwommen afloat on a device with WP7 IE9 before him, was the comparison device significantly behind in performance. Microsoft had it do not take the iPhone with Safari as compared are pull, which caused the audience expected to laugh. Playing a HD video on the films website IMDB, with the hardware acceleration should be demonstrated failed, however, the unstable internet connection.

Integration with Kinect

In addition, featured Ballmer Belfiore and the integration of Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft's controller-less Xbox 360 dashboard Kinect in view. In the future it will be possible for WP7 smartphones are used as accessories for Kinect games. Demonstrated, a game where the player has control over the Kinect absorption balls. The balls were in turn generated by two other players with WP7 smartphones by tapping the touch screen. A live demonstration of Microsoft guilty permanent, just exactly when the feature will be available.

Multitasking

Also announced the long-promised multitasking support, and integration of Microsoft's SkyDrive in Office for Windows Mobile 7 has been before. Multitasking was not the first release allows for third-party apps, because you could guarantee that no acceptable battery life. You might do music third-party apps running in background. For this, a task manager is introduced as a new element of the user interface, allowing for a change between open apps. The Task Manager is accessed by pressing the back button.

SkyDrive and Twitter

In addition, integrated for private users Microsoft SkyDrive online storage in the mobile version of Office. So that documents are readily available. Users can also share order to collaborate on documents with other users. In the "People Hub" next to Facebook and Twitter to be integrated.

Justification of the Nokia collaboration

Announcements for concrete cooperation with Nokia had no Ballmer, nor the later also retrieved on the keynote stage Nokia CEO Steven Elop. Stand firm also does not come exactly when the first Nokia phones with Windows Mobile 7 on the market. So far, all it means is that in 2012 the first units will be presented in different price ranges. Ballmer also announced that Nokia services such as maps and location-based services integrated into Bing and are available on all platforms. Both CEOs stressed the benefits of cooperation, Elop as "natural partnership" praised. Ballmer said that would benefit from the cooperation, the entire ecosystem of Windows Mobile.

"Provider friendly"

Ballmer and Elop recruited in Barcelona by the network operators, the devices offer significantly to their success or failure of a platform with. Over 50 providers around the world have already smartphones with Windows Mobile 7 in the program. So far there are nine devices with Windows Phone 7 "We want the reputation of Nokia as a provider-friendly range of manufacturers would in the future," said Ballmer. Many mobile phone companies have had in recent months the Google Android breakthrough helped. (Birgit Rieger from Barcelona / dpa, derStandard.at,