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With its share of the growing smartphone operating system market sliding away, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took to the stage in New York today for the official launch of Windows Phone 7. Intended to be a new beginning for the company whose ailing Windows Mobile OS has been struggling against rivals, ten different handsets will run the redesigned OS at launch and it will be supported by 60 mobile operators from 30 countries around the world.
Windows Phone 7 Features
Originally unveiled in February during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Windows Phone 7 has already been receiving a positive response from many critics, including Wired, who called it a 'game-changer' and 'a radical reinvention'.
Instead of icons used on devices like the iPhone and smartphones powered by Android, the interface features tiles that display snippets of information as new content is received, such as emails and friend updates. The People Hub aggregates a range of information about the user's contacts which it sources from the address book, Hotmail, Facebook and more.