Windows Mobile 7 follows the iPhone lead, lacks multi-tasking capabilities
19 Jan2010
The situation regarding Windows Mobile 7 arrival date just keeps getting more and more complex as the Mobile World Congress gets near. CrunchGear reports that Windows Mobile 7 is surely going to make an appearance at MWC. CrunchGear was tipped off by a developer behind the next iteration of Windows Mobile. As we told you the day before Yesterday, Windows Mobile 7 won’t be supporting backward compatibility. More details have been uncovered regarding Microsoft‘s plan for this version of mobile OS, which you can see after the jump.
Here is what we know about the Windows Mobile 7 specifications
- Built on top of Zune HD Kernel
- Fixed Screen size
- Will show best results on OLED screens
- Hardware manufactures will develop the phone in accordance with the specs provided by
- Microsoft, otherwise the door is open for them
- A Zune HD like UI with a few phone-specific controls
- A Usual processor, not a speedy one
- Capacitive multi-touch screen
- Lacks background processing
- To use Apple like notification service
- Built on top of Silvelight and .NET (as we stated previously)
- No multi-tasking
- No access to system resource
- No Process threading
- Lacks visual voicemail
- Won’t run Windows Mobile 6.x apps
Microsoft is targeting this device as a gaming and messaging gadget, with intent to bring Xbox Live functionality to it as well. There is a possibility of a Microsoft App Store which will have an easy approval process unlike Apple‘s App Store.
For more related information, check out the following links
Leaked: LG to unveil a Windows Mobile 7 phone in September
Windows Mobile 7 coming to Mobile World Congress in Feb 2010
Microsoft admits iPhone supremacy, to launch Windows Mobile 7 in late 2010
Windows Mobile 7 UI to be build using Silverlight and OpenGL
What’s coming in Windows Mobile 7
[via CrunchGear]
View Comments to Windows Mobile 7 follows the iPhone lead, lacks multi-tasking capabilities
RichSpalding
January 19th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
If true that’s slightly worrying. Multi-tasking is one thing that keeps Windows Mobile afloat currently, whilst WM7 might be altogether better, not being able to switch between a browser and a twitter client will be awful. Especially if iPhone 4.0 has multi-tasking.
Secondly ‘No access to system resource’ makes me think that XDA-developers.com will be defunkt (or maybe I just don’t know exactly what system resource is). If correct though, that’s a bit enthusiastic fanbase that have kept WM alive up until now.
Dave
January 19th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
I’m going to have to say, most these articles posted in the past few days are crap.
Few things. Silverlight and .NET Framework, lets dig deep.
Both these products rely heavily on multi tasking capability. The .NET Framework (CF) alone has more built in functionality that supports async calls, threads and service adaptable features that would absolutly require multi threading, service layers and most of all interopability.
Beyond that, we do know some facts. Fact such as cloud syncing, business integration, ability to be interupted by a co-worker while your watching a movie.
All these point to this article, and your source, being full of it. Half of the stuff you said it doesn’t have, are simple requirements to get Silverlight and .NET Framework applications working. No background processing, no multi taskings, no process threads, no access to system resources, are you kidding me?
From .NET Developers perspective that is all crap and wouldn’t make sense. If this was true, we couldn’t even make a simple Hello World App.
This post and this site, is honestly full of information emailed by unverified sourced, realized it’s get some hits and posted. Stop saying stuff works or doesn’t work until you get the info from an @microsoft.com account, verified employee who was asked to be kept secret. @live and @hotmail accounts don’t count.
Muhammad Ali
January 20th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Could you provide the sources which suggest that the .NET Framework (CF) has support for multi-tasking and other features? Even if it does, may be Microsoft has some other thing planned for their next iteration of WinMo
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