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Today at Mobile World Congress Microsoft made some major announcements about new features for Windows Phone 7.. Here’s a short list (emphasis on Internet Explorer 9 and Enhanced Multi-tasking)…
Twitter in the People Hub..
Windows Live SkyDrive Document Support for Cloud Storage
Internet Explorer 9 with HTML 5.. This maybe the fastest Mobile Web Browser out there.. Watch the fish swim below if you don’t believe me.. Try this on your web browser then on IE 9 and the release candidate..
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/FishIETank/
More news on the Nokia-Microsoft Partnership..
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/feb11/02-14MWC.mspx
Microsoft announced several new Windows Phone 7 features coming in 2011, including a “dramatically enhanced” browser experience based on Internet Explorer 9; additional multitasking capabilities; support for Microsoft Office documents in the cloud; and the addition of Twitter to the People Hub. The expanded capabilities announced today include:
• Copy and paste functionality via first major update, coming in the next month
• Twitter integration directly into the People Hub in 2011
• Support for Office documents in the cloud in 2011
• Dramatically enhanced Web browser experience based on IE9 in 2011
• A new wave of multitasking applications in 2011
• Targeting significant volume of Nokia Windows Phones in 2012
Microsoft sold 2 million phone licenses in Windows Phone 7’s first two months, and the phone is now available from 60 mobile operators in 30 countries around the world, Lees said. As phone availability and sales grow, so too does the app marketplace – there are now more than 8,000 apps in the marketplace and 28,000 registered developers.
In addition, the phone will be available soon on U.S. networks such as Verizon and Sprint, he said. Also, with an expanded feature set, more capabilities, and new partnerships like the one just announced with Nokia, the Windows Phone 7 platform is positioned to scale up rapidly.