There will be a Windows Phone event in New York on 24 May, but up until that date it seems we are going to hear more and more leaks about what is coming with Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) later this year. The latest info from the Windows Phone Dev Podcast shows Windows Live Messenger, Facebook Chat, and AOL IM coming to Messaging, Office 365 support, group messaging, artist on lock screen, WiFi hotspot support, visual voicemail, and more.
I am alread a major Windows Phone 7 fan and this latest news just increases my desire to stick with this new mobile operating system. I find Windows Phone 7 to be rock solid stable, fluid and fun, and something developers seem to be embracing with an ever increasing Marketplace. It may not yet have everything that Android and iOS have, but it is fresh and interesting. These improvements, combined with others mentioned previously, show that Microsoft is serious about making Windows Phone a fabulous mobile platform. Combine all of these great functions, stability, and the fluid user interface with Nokia hardware and amazing camera technology and this Christmas may turn out to be very exciting for Windows Phone and Nokia.
Check out WPCentral.com for all the latest features coming in Windows Phone 7.5. As much as we are seeing, Microsoft may have to end up calling this Windows Phone 8.
Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since.
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Matthew Miller
Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases his own devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.
Biography
Matthew Miller
Matthew Miller started using a mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He is a co-host with GigaOM's Kevin Tofel on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and an author of three Wiley Companion series books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 125 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone operating systems. His current collection includes an HTC Radar 4G, Dell Venue Pro, Apple iPad 2, HTC Flyer, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nokia N9, Apple iPhone 4S, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".
