As you would know, Microsoft unveiled its upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona yesterday.
As part of the launch, the company released a teaser video attacking the iPhone and the other touchscreen phones, which the voice-over in the video says has resulted in a "sea of sameness".
Without mentioning the iPhone explicitly, the video speaks of the current state of smartphones where the focus has been on mobile apps instead of the phone experience itself. Taking further potshot at iPhone's lack of multitasking, the VO says unlike an app experience where the user has to go "in and out" of several apps, Windows Phone 7 lets users move seamlessly through integrated hubs which pulls in all the applications that a user needs at one place. Microsoft calls this a "new beginning" for smartphone platforms.
You may check out the teaser video below:
Seems like the easiest way of late for smartphone players to make headlines about their product is by attacking the iPhone and its features. However, with Windows Phone 7, Microsoft appears to have come up with a product that can pose a genuine challenge to Apple's iPhone OS.
Having said that, smartphones running on Windows Phone 7 are expected to be launched only by the end of this year. With the new version of iPhone OS due to be unveiled in a couple of months from now, iPhone users can expect a superior product on their hands much before the Windows Phone devices are out in the market.
What do you think?
[via TechCrunch]
I have a psn account along with another 35 million no xbox live for me and no thsnk you to windows phone new iPhone has psn integration yes pleasseeee for me
Well, let's see what they bring to the table. I'm not married to apple, but right now I think the jailbroken iphone is still the best phone to have.
If another comes along that outperforms on all levels and has a great UI, then great, let's give the iphone REAL competition for once.
well they arent really lying so…
I don't think I would own an iPhone that was stock. but jailbraked, love it
Agreed
windowsmobile 7 is really going after the iphone . go windowsmobile7 show everybody what you can do.
Nothing can beat a jail-broken iphone! Well, maybe a jail-broken iphone 4g.
We have yet to see the performance hit on battery life. It may end up with just a few hrs of battery life limiting it's usefulness. Apple already has an in-house A4 chip which may be going into the iPhone 4G and also in-house battery technology to possibly increase the battery time on the new 4G. These plus the sheer number of apps already in the App Store will probably limit the success of the Windoze7 mobile platform…
I don't see Sony getting into the smartphone competition anytime soon, it however looks like a 3rd party developer could make an app for psn (I'm an xbox guy so I'm not familiar with psn) and even put live updates on the homescreen. Pshh, who wants psn in their phone anyway? I like the what Microsoft is doing and the os looks very inovative and has potential to be an iPhone competitor. Competition is good people, let's put a fire under apple's ass so they start giving the people what they want
Why does everyone want Apple to go down?? If you all don't like them, then don't buy their products! Simple! They are without question innovators and revolutionaries..and other companies are just jealous they didn't come up with the iphone first..microsoft included.. they all put apple down but ever since the 1st gen iphone, all the phones now are like it..gimme a break! It's typical when something or someone succeeds..everybody wants to see it fail…why?????
PS to you Microsoft: Your new phone is ugly and the UI looks like it was made by 3 yr. olds!!
I'm a late adopter of the Iphone. I like it for what it is. That being said, I really wish someone would make a phone that is new and innovative. Looks like Microsoft might be doing that. Let's keep creativity alive and our options open.
Texas: the iphone is innovative..I doubt all these new phones coming out w/be able to beat it not only usage wise but aesthetics as well..Yes.I'm a devoted Apple fan if u can't already tell.
I would love to have my iPhone go into full landscape mode in the next OS release. I'm sure I'd still need to jailbreak it to be able to lock it in landscape mode using Rotation Inhibitor.
I think the first phone to have video calling will take over the world. That means a front facing camera APPLE!
not everyone hates apple, it's just that thay can do better, but they don't.
and they have so many stupid limitations on the products.
I hope apple will get a strong rival so they give us what we really want like:
1. integrated file manager
2. multitasking
3. longer battery life
4. bluetooth file sharing
and more..
That has already been done by Nokia in their N95 or something. The only problem is that the rest of the phone sucks and not enough people have that kind of phone so there is no one to video-call. now if a good new smartphone came out that wasn't necessarily better than iphone but had a front-facing camera, and was capable of voice calls then YES it would take over!!!!
VIDEO CALLS IS THE NEXT STEP
Oh, com'on. It's not just as shiny as the iPhone but still.. it's something new besides a screen filled with icons