Some Windows Mobile 7 Details Leak?

PPCGeeks and MobileTechWorld have posted what they claim are some of the initial details on Windows Mobile 7.

The sites believe that Windows Mobile 7 will be introduced at MWC 2010 on February 15th in Barcelona.

BoyGeniusReport has compiled the following snippets of leaked information:


* WM7 will have a user interface derived from codename “METRO” and will be similar to the Zune HD
* The traditional Home Screen will get a whole new look and will not support custom interfaces like Sense and TouchFLO
* No Flash support as time constraints prevented its inclusion
* Will include Silverlight 3.0 with some aspects of SL 4.0 and mobile-specific features
* Applications will be installed through the Windows Mobile Marketplace only, manual installation from a storage card will not be allowed
* Say no to multitasking and yes to push notifications which may be provided by a Microsoft hosted push notifications environment
* Windows Mobile Marketplace will include a “Try before you Buy” feature and offer API support
* No .NET Compact Framework backwards compatibility so all those old apps will not work, but a portion of the data and business logic .NET CF may be ported at some point
* Browser is based upon desktop IE7 codebase, but with some IE8 functionality and is currently faster / better than the iPhone 3G
* MS is actually ahead of schedule which will surprise the analysts / journalists (seriously?)
* Full Zune and Xbox 360 Integration (Gamer tag, achievements, friends, avatars, merchandising, etc)
* No more active sync or Windows Mobile Device center. Zune software will handle all syncing
* Full support for social networking
* Devices are expected to ship by September 2010

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