Here’s one of the first Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series advertisements which showcases Microsoft’s latest mobile OS in action. If you didn’t know anything about Windows Phone 7 Series OS you’d quite easily think that this video was promoting some sort of new hologram phone technology. Just to clear any confusion, Windows Phone 7 Series does not project holograms from your device – these were simply used to enlarge what was happening on the screen. Wouldn’t be surprised if these mobile type holograms become commonplace in the future although I already foresee privacy issues getting in the way.

Back to the video. It’s about Anna and her family who just so happen to each have Windows Phone 7 Series devices – even the six or seven year old boy…in this short clip it shows them sending pictures to eachother, Facebooking and choosing movies together. Windows Phone 7 Series makes each of these tasks very easy and quick to do. I was a Windows Mobiles user for many years and it’s good to see Microsoft back in the game as a contender.

I’m sure we’ll see many more videos in the upcoming months especially as the first Windows Phone 7 Series devices eventually hit shelves.

What did you think?

YouTube – Meet Anna .. NEW Windows Phone 7 Series Ad from MIX10.

When we were at LG Headquarters in January, the product managers hinted at a LG Windows Phone 7 Series coming out soon in the next couple of months. I really didn’t expect LG to be showing one off only a couple of weeks later, but I see the benefit in announcing the prototype ahead of the pack – look at the buzz it’s already generated on the web.

Their inviting international tech bloggers for the LG GW620 / Eve Bloggers Forum in Seoul and now giving the world a sneak preview of the what’s to come on one of the world’s most read gadget sites, shows that LG recognises the importance of harnessing the power of social media. I’m hoping other vendors adapt a similar mantra as that will mean more international junkets for me!

Back to the LG Windows Phone 7 Series – it looks like they’ve kept it to a similar form factor as the LG GW620. It’s smaller than the iPhone, has a QWERTY keyboard and only slighter thicker than the iPhone (which is great given the inbuilt keyboard). According to Engadget the most obvious differences (without having the final version to review properly) are the 5 Megapixel camera and additional phone buttons on the front-face. I’m confident that LG will do us proud when they finally announce the final version.

Via Engadget

I’m slightly late by a couple of days (blame other work) but Microsoft officially launched Windows Mobile 7 this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In a summary, the new mobile OS features better social media integration, tiled UI, cloud synching and Zune-like music / multimedia player capabilities. Can’t wait to play with it…

Here’s a video below to show you the main features of Windows Mobile 7:

YouTube – Windows Phone 7 Series Features Video.

It’s not like Windows Mobile users have a hard time finding apps for their handsets. After all, with around 20,000 apps floating around, several merchants are out there selling them. Microsoft’s mistake, however, is not capitalizing on these applications.

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Maybe there’s a reason why Windows Mobile 7 was shown in passing on the Live Mesh video. You see, while we’re all expecting to see the mobile platform next year, evidence suggests otherwise. A device manufacturer called MWg has recently announced the list of gadgets to be unveiled this year. Among them is a multimedia device called Flame II which will be released on the fourth quarter of 2008, and which (as you can clearly see on the picture) will run on Windows Mobile 7.

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Folks over at IntoMobile have recently reported on the probability that there was a passing view of the next-gen Windows Mobile 7 in the new video of the Microsoft Live Mesh services. The supposed glimpse of the Windows Mobile 7 OS could be seen 32 seconds into the video.

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Mtekk Forum User TheDeva, brought to our attention a pleasant bit of Microsoft news…Windows Mobile 7 is not too far away!

Windows Mobile 7 will dramatically change the way we use mobile devices. It will emphasize the use of touch on the device, as well as motion gestures created by using the device. It is, absolutely, Microsoft’s effort to beat back the iPhone, and the iPhone is referenced several times in the document.Windows Mobile 7 will use touch gestures, similar to how the iPhone does. You will be able to flick through lists, pan, swipe sideway, draw on the screen. A lot of emphasis has been put on making navigation easier and doing away with scrollbars, including a new scroll handle that allows for multiple ways of finding items extremely fast.

Windows Mobile 7 will use motion gestures, something the iPhone does not. It will not use an intricate and complicated series of gyroscopes and accelerometers. Instead, it will use the camera on the phone to detect motions and create appropriate actions. You will be able to shake, twist and otherwise manipulate the phone and get things done. The phone will be able to perform actions when placed face down on a surface, and it will know when it is in your pocket or bag.

Windows Mobile 7 will have an exciting locking screen, that will allow you to play around with it, draw on it, shake it and completely otherwise mess with it.

Windows Mobile 7 will have dramatically improved visuals, different from the iPhone and much more similar to the dark and futuristic visuals of Windows Vista. It will feature graphical transitions, subtle effects, and other things to make it more interesting to look at. This is not detailed in the document, but featured in the multitude of screenshots.

Windows Mobile 7 is designed to use the finger, not the stylus, though many devices will be required to include a stylus. It is designed to be easy to use with the hand, including one-handed, and to be fun to use and easy to understand. It is designed to be used on devices with no buttons, few buttons, lots of buttons, full keyboards, and devices without touch screens.

Windows Mobile 7 is clearly designed for better media playback, with screenshots indicating a much-improved Media Player and photo gallery application. There is talk in the document of a games mode. Mobile Internet Explorer runs full-screen web pages in a minimalistic interface, and has “tabbed” browsing, except you can switch tabs by shaking the phone.

The keyboard has been improved, but plans for a full touch keyboard, a la the iPhone, have been shelved until a future version of Windows Mobile.

Below are my detailed notes. Some of it is raw, some of it is very detailed. It is accompanied by screenshots direct from the document which show off other features planned for Windows Mobile 7.

See heaps of Windows Mobile 7 images and details at InsideMicrosoft.