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Microsoft shows three Windows Phone 7 Series devices at MIX10

Microsoft shows three Windows Phone 7 Series devices at MIX10

Posted: 16 Mar 2010, 11:29, by Ray S.

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Microsoft shows three Windows Phone 7 Series devices at MIX10

Apart from all the developer stuff that Microsoft officials talked about at MIX10, the company also showcased three of the Windows Phone 7 Series devices that will hit the market some time by the end of the year (or maybe early next one). We have already seen two of them – the Asus phone, which was used during the introduction of the new operating system, and the LG Panther side-slider that got unveiled a bit later. The third phone surprisingly turned out to be some kind of a WP7S version of the Samsung OMNIA HD. The phone looks exactly the same, and Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore mentioned that it has a “terrific camera”, so this could really be a new, “reloaded” version of the smartphone.

WP7S minimum requirements

Unfortunately, other than the video below, where you can see the three handsets, there are no additional details or specs. What we can show you though is a list of Windows Phone 7 Series’ minimum requirements, so all of these three smartphones (and the rest that will follow) will surely have the following features.

Capacitive touchscreen with 4 or more contact points
Two screen resolutions: 480x800 and 480x320 pixels
A-GPS, Accelerometer, Compass, Light and Proximity sensors
5MP camera or more with flash and dedicated camera key
Native DivX support through DivX6
256MB RAM or more, 8GB Flash memory or more
GPU with DirectX 9 support
CPU ARMv7 Cortex/Scorpion or better

source: Neowin

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1. ayephoner posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:45 0 0

anyone else incredibly unimpressed by this OS and these devices? I just don't see anything that would make you choose 7 over android or iphone...

2. TheMusicRocksMe posted on 16 Mar 2010, 12:08 0 0

Or even Blackberry for that matter. Not only is th OS unimpressive they also decided not to include user-replacable memory cards, multitasking, and third party apps from anyone other than microsoft.

8. DonkeyPunched posted on 18 Mar 2010, 09:20 0 0

I agree...Like, I saw the preview to it and I was excited, but seeing it on the phone and stuff just doesn't look very pleasing... Well, we'll just have to wait and watch more updates, but from the looks of it, I'm gonna have to stick with Apple's and Google's OSs.

3. fsjon posted on 16 Mar 2010, 12:29 0 0

If Apple makes a few more models, or at least one with a hardware keyboard, MS might as well just close up shop and focus on something else. Rumor has it that iphone will be getting multi tasking in the foreseeable future, and MS is taking that out?! Everything from WP7 is basically a rip from iphone's initial play book. Well they did require a better camera with a flash...

4. mdw92581 posted on 16 Mar 2010, 12:45 0 0

MS was here long before Apple and Android yet they are just now getting in the same ballpark as them. I'll admit that it looks fast and friendlious but I'll take a Snapdragon Android any day.

5. Sharky posted on 16 Mar 2010, 15:03 0 0

I like it, don't love it just yet. I'd like to see some extensive reviews, but to be honest I kinda like this hubs idea.

6. osanilevich posted on 16 Mar 2010, 15:34 0 0

had winmo 6.1 for the HTC touch pro with sprint. it sucked. only reason i might get a windows 7 phone is because of the minimum specs which would make an amazing phone just by themselves