Internet Explorer 7 and better game user interface for Windows Mobile 7
7th December, 2009 by Adina
Tags: Application, Gaming, Internet Explorer 7, News, Windows, Windows Mobile 7
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Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has recently admitted that Windows Mobile 7 would have Zune features. Some LinkedIn resumes even go further by saying the phone OS will provide a much improved game experience to users. A mobile Internet Explorer 7 is also expected, as well as elements of Portable Media Center. The new operating system would also support certain online technologies such as Silverlight plug-in or SharePoint collaboration servers.
Among the manufacturers, Motorola is rumoured to currently develop a Windows Mobile 7 device which should support widely expected features for the release, like touchscreen gestures and a new design of keyboard layout that should be ready for fingers and not just styluses.
Very specific information cannot be found yet in the LinkedIn postings or other sources, but it is certain that the first handsets with Windows Mobile 7 preloaded will be shipped in the second half of next year. Some of them might be based on common specifications from Microsoft, such as a high-speed OMAP processor and an 800×480 pixel resolution touchscreen. Other components considered to be high-end at the time of the shipment will also be included in this reference model.
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Motorola still uses Windows Mobile for rugged industrial devices. It just dropped WinMo for consumer phones.
Microsoft’s strategy is doomed to fail. Internet Explorer is the only browser that doesn’t support HTML 5. Microsoft is still trying to peddle its own proprietary formats.
But it is alone. And failing in the smartphone market. The few people who buy Windows Mobile phones generally use other better browsers, not IE.
We’re moving into the era of online services. Of information everywhere, at our call. To achieve this, you need cross-platform services, not proprietary ones tethered to one particular browser. Microsoft will only sink further into irrelevancy.
Binbo is right about the explorer aspect, because browsers such as firefox (don’t know yet if that’s available in mobile format) are definitely much more efficient.
However, Microsoft still has some aces up their sleeves and might make a complete comeback in the consumer market. Meanwhile, I find it to be the best business phone on the market today, making the iphone look like a piece of crap (which it is by the way with no physical keyboard…ugghh). DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE WINDOWS MOBILE 7!
That’s all I have to say…
Silverlight can do everything html 5 can do and more. Never mix what should be a simple markup language with presentation and effects. Let’s stick with CSS, xhtml, and javascript as our web paradigm with some flash and silverlight sprinkled in.