Microsoft Software-plus-Services marketing vid teases Windows Mobile 7?

by Chris Ziegler posted Apr 5th 2009 at 5:57PM

Our initial reaction to the all-too-brief shots of mobile devices in this slick, high-gloss marketing video provided by Microsoft was that the company had thrown together some totally meaningless mockups to help get their point across about bridging the communication gap across diverse platforms and technologies. A closer look, though, revealed something interesting (low-key Rickroll notwithstanding): the captures show off a UI layout suspiciously similar to some of the supposedly leaked screenshots of WinMo 7 we saw a couple weeks back. Is this all indicative of Redmond's direction for its next-gen mobile platform, a fluke, or somewhere in between? We'll probably be waiting a few months -- maybe as much as a year or so -- to find out, so we've got plenty of time to speculate.

[Thanks, Gabriel]

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Filed under: Software, Windows Mobile

Tags: microsoft, windows mobile, windows mobile 7, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile7, winmo, winmo7, wm7

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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chavez @ Apr 5th 2009 6:44PM

ha, this phone got rick-rolled!!!!!!!!!

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soydeedo @ Apr 5th 2009 7:13PM

Haha, that is so damn awesome. =)

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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Apr 5th 2009 9:00PM

well it's an Xperia X1 being used. and the interface is pretty slick, i really think they should have skipped 6.5 and just focused all efforts towards 7.

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sean @ Apr 6th 2009 1:05AM

winblows mobile gross....but RICK ASTLEY?! YESSSS.

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MichaelBrandon @ Apr 6th 2009 4:19PM

I agree with the 6.5 skip, but i believe it is more or less an issue with Resistive screens vs Capacitive. I am pretty sure 7 will be set with Cap. screens, and Microsoft prob wanted to give the manufactures a chance to devl. the hardware to support the screen switch. I think 6.5 is just a needed quick patch to settle everyone until the 7 jump.