FifthTech

Today marked a historical moment, if not a significant benchmark, for Microsoft. They’ve gone ahead and announced their next mobile Operating System, calling it Windows Phone 7. While they still plan to support their previous efforts, such as Windows Mobile 6.5 (and 6.5.3), this new series of phones is brand new. A new model, a new User Interface, and a different look on how the mobile phone should operate in the user’s hand. Microsoft has taken a quick, and distinct departure from their previous outlooks on what the phone should be, and this new outlook is something that anyone, especially the combination of media enthusiast and business person, can grasp onto fully.

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