MobileMe-style remote storage and tools for Windows Phone 7

22nd July, 2010 by adina
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Windows Phone 7 is supposed to have remote storage as well as security options like Apple’s MobileMe, according to recent updates made by Microsoft. Consequently, Windows Phone Live is expected to synchronize calendars, OneNote updates, photos and contacts. It will also provide as much as 25GB of memory on Microsoft’s SkyDrive. There is also a service called Find My Phone which is similar to Find My iPhone of Apple, a service dedicated to help users in case their phones are lost or stolen. The position of the phone is tracked over GPS and it is locked remotely, rung or wiped in order to keep data intact until the phone is recuperated.

Aaron Woodman from Microsoft outlined that the new Windows Phone 7 would have a holiday shipping and would support a number of five North American and European languages when it launches. The go live of the Windows Phone marketplace is expected in seventeen countries when the phone ships and will include areas that are not covered by languages of the phone. Such countries are India, Hong Kong, Singapore and others from North America and Western Europe.

The Redmond, Washington-based company is known to treat the platform as being a reboot designed to entice customers away from Apple’s iPhone. It even has offered developers cash incentives to port popular iPhone applications. Windows Phone 7, similarly to Zune HD, is using the multi-touch Metro interface, but has a tile-based home screen. It also has hubs dedicated to different functions as well as business concessions like Exchange e-mail support and a full mobile Microsoft Office suite.


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