Windows phone 7 updates Review
About eight months ago ,The owner of Windows Mobile 7 , the Microsoft announced the launch of its revamped phone operating system window phone 7 , the new operating system was well-received both by users and the tech press, as its was featured with fresh, bold, and easy-to-use interface; thoughtful integration of features; and improved performance. However, it also had its fair share of shortcomings and pitfalls.
This fall Microsoft will release its first updates for it window 7 Operating system, initially known as the Mango Updates, Later it would be known formally with the name Windows phone 7 updates 7.5. After a number of criticisms from user about unavailability of some basic features in windows phone 7 and lack of user friendly features, The new Window phone 7 update will be launched with about more than 500 added features and covering the major drawbacks found in its parent version of window phone 7 Operating system . A brief look about some of its enhancements was shown in a preview event in May during this year.
Window phone 7 updates were focused on following three major areas;
- Communication
- Applications
- Internet
Review about its some of features as according to updates provided by Microsoft Mango Hands review;
2. Contacts
Microsoft Major Goal while developing windows phone 7 updates was to make it smarter and easier. This meant in areas of communication offering a simple way to connect and share information, and part of updates solution was to add support for group contacts and dynamic live tiles. In Mango updates Group contacts is pretty straightforward and easier. Setup simply needs to go into the People hub and following the prompts to create a group. After saved you can e-mail and text all the members of the group. More nicer feature in this update is that group contacts allows you to see the status updates and photos of just those members in the group and not everyone in entire address book.
Like individuals screening can be done with groups to see group updates and communications. With windows phone 7 updates you will be able to see real time information on updates of the group or individual, for example if we pin to an individual contact we can check the missed calls, received calls, text messages and IM chat with that user without any screening and checking each single entry . Enhanced features now extends to me tile (user profile ) to check notification, post messages and set your chat status. Now with calendar note in window 7 updates can be integrated with social network activities, for example integration of Facebook events with mobile phone calendar dates.
Also, Windows Phone will finally fold in Twitter and LinkedIn into the People hub once Mango update is released this fall.
2. Messaging
In window phone 7 updates, Microsoft has solved the couple of issues discussed in window 7 platform relating to handling of email and messaging services. E-mail threads are now grouped together and you don’t need to scroll through every single message trying to find a response. Each thread is clearly marked and shows the number of messages in the thread and the number of unread messages. Expanding and collapsing the conversation is done with single touch–very simple and easy feature in Mango update.
You can see the conversation with a single contact in thread its IM chat, voice calls or SMS. Now you can start a thread on your PC and then switch over to your phone and continue the conversation choosing a method of your choice. Microsoft allows you to choose which accounts you want to link together in list, so if you prefer to keep your work e-mail separate from your personal e-mail, you have the freedom to do so in window 7 update. There is added Exchange support, including the ability to search for e-mails on the server, out-of-office reply setup, to-do list syncing, and PIN support in email settings.
3. Applications
Microsoft’s only 18,000 apps can’t possibly compete against much larger markets like Android’s 200,000 titles and Apple’s nearly about 500,000 apps. Instead, but Microsoft wants to better integrate your apps into other areas of the phone, application suggestions will now pop up in Bing search results when you search for places, movies, or products, like books.