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Microsoft has sent Windows Phone 7 on its way to smart phone manufacturers so that the first hardware running the new mobile OS would be ready for release ahead of the 2010 holiday season, where it would hopefully hold its own against competition from Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.  Touted as “the most thoroughly tested mobile platform ever released by Microsoft”, Windows Phone 7 underwent some rigorous testing, including automated, active self-hosting use, stress test passes and fully automated test passes. In addition, Microsoft said, thousands of independent software vendors and early adopters tested the software and provide feedback. The new OS boasts some customer-driven features, such as support for the Facebook integration in the People Hub, which was so well-liked earlier that it lead to demand for ways to filter contacts so only those Facebook friends that users really know would show up in the contact list. It also allows users to “like” a post straight from the People Hub or even post a quick message to someone’s Facebook wall directly.The image here is that of Windows Phone 6.5, the version that was tasked with the responsibility of holding fort till the arrival of Windows Phone 7, but was one that saw considerable market share erode because of the incessant, full-frontal onslaught of the iPhone and Android. Media reports said with Windows Phone 7, Microsoft would be looking to regain some of the ground it lost to Apple's iPhone and Google's Linux-based Android - both now have a substantial lead on Windows Mobile in the smart phone market. Reports also said that the main manufacturers to offer the new Windows Phone 7 on their handsets would most likely be smart phone makers HTC, Samsung and LG. |
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