Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Strength of anti-iPhone Windows Mobile 7 the next year

In the formal listing of previous Windows Mobile 7.0, Microsoft will tomorrow (10) in the first quarter to start, "the Maldives (Maldives)" program, so that the hardware partners, first test, to collect opinions from all sides.

Seeing Windows Mobile momentum steadily decline, Microsoft stepped up training. Although in this (09) in the third quarter was released Windows Mobile 6.5, but according to Taiwan factory, said the new version of WM 7.0 will soon debut a year later. In order to see better in the perfect features, Microsoft will be drafted in the first quarter version of the Windows Mobile 7.0 will give mobile phone manufacturers testing. Wait until the third quarter of the formal launch of WM 7.0, the feature is there will be no transaction.

Windows Mobile 7.0 and 6.5 versions of the biggest difference is that while the former will support the capacitive touch panel. Currently, Windows Mobile smart phone supports the touch function of the resistive panel. Must therefore be to click on the screen with the stylus option. After the 7.0 version came to be, Windows Phone and Apple iPhone will be able to, like, so that users can easily use your fingers to enlarge the picture shrink, flip web pages.

Previously introduced the first use of capacitive touch panel Windows Phone: HD2's HTC (HTC), said the HD2 onboard Windows Mobile 6.5, although it can be multi-touch, but only in certain file execution: for example, Office documents , Web, Email, etc.; if upgraded to WM 7.0, equivalent to the entire operation are able to multi-touch interface.

Taiwan Plant pointed out that Microsoft will follow the different areas at different points in time release WM 7.0, so the existing 6.5 version also continues to exist, with the former in parallel for some time. In accordance with Microsoft's past, the old version of the license fees will be lower prices, so handset makers will WM 7.0 smart phone, positioned in the high-end price band, for example, about twenty thousand; WM 6.5 will be low in order based models.

At press deadline ago, have not been Microsoft Taiwan's official response: including the Windows Mobile 7.0 official time to market; as well as, support for capacitive touch panel, the previously outgoing sensing whether the technology will also be covered in inside.

Worth noting, however, although the new version of the Windows Mobile operating system coming out soon in the third quarter of next year, Microsoft's action and competitors is too man han: iPhone has a little more touch features of the, Android camp has repeatedly renovation work system. Microsoft has a large fortune, battle in the smart phone market, losing ground: Canalys available data indicated that the second quarter of this year, Windows Mobile smart phone in the global market share has dropped to 9%, compared to 2002 when the sharp drop of 13.9% .

Now waiting to see, Windows Mobile 7.0 in the end, what surprises that enables Microsoft business groups apart from the existing market for smart phones to expand into the growing strength of the largest: consumer.

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