After Microsoft's keynote about Windows Phone 7 Series and Silverlight during MIX10, it also decided to show off a little bit more. Slashgear were on the scene first-hand to check out the device, which makes this only the third device to be seen actually running Windows Phone 7 Series. So, what is it? It's a Samsung.  Just for a reminder, the following are some of the features of the WP7.

• People. This hub delivers an engaging social experience by bringing together relevant content based on the person, including his or her live feeds from social networks and photos. It also provides a central place from which to post updates to Facebook and Windows Live in one step.
  
  
• Pictures. This hub makes it easy to share pictures and video to a social network in one step. Windows Phone 7 Series also brings together a user's photos by integrating with the Web and PC, making the phone the ideal place to view a person's entire picture and video collection.
  
  
• Games. This hub delivers the first and only official Xbox LIVE experience on a phone, including Xbox LIVE games, Spotlight feed and the ability to see a gamer's avatar, Achievements and gamer profile. With more than 23 million active members around the world, Xbox LIVE unlocks a world of friends, games and entertainment on Xbox 360, and now also on Windows Phone 7 Series.
  
  
• Music + Video. This hub creates an incredible media experience that brings the best of Zune, including content from a user's PC, online music services and even a built-in FM radio into one simple place that is all about music and video. Users can turn their media experience into a social one with Zune Social on a PC and share their media recommendations with like-minded music lovers. The playback experience is rich and easy to navigate, and immerses the listener in the content
  
  
• Marketplace. This hub allows the user to easily discover and load the phone with certified applications and games
  
  
• Office. This hub brings the familiar experience of the world's leading productivity software to the Windows Phone. With access to Office, OneNote and SharePoint Workspace all in one place, users can easily read, edit and share documents. With the additional power of Outlook Mobile, users stay productive and up to date while on the go.

source: slashgear

Windows Marketplace for Mobile is now available for phones running Windows Mobile 6.0 or Windows Mobile 6.1.

Download Windows Marketplace for Mobile

Click this link to install the Marketplace software on your phone. After the file is installed, tap
Marketplace on your Start menu (or tap Start > Program files > Marketplace ) to finish the software installation.
This download is for all languages and for both touch and non-touch screen Windows phones.

If you have a Windows phone running Windows Mobile 6.5, you already have Marketplace! Just go to the Start screen and look for the Marketplace button.

source: mobile.microsoft.com

On Monday at the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled a new version of its flagship smartphone software, which was called Windows Mobile but has now been dubbed Windows Phone.

Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, took the stage for a few minutes before a demonstration of the new software began.

"We debated a lot about how much we should position and talk about from whence we have come and what we will show you," Mr. Ballmer said. "At the end of the day, we said, ‘Let's get on with the show.' "

The Windows Phone 7 Series has a cleaner look than most of today's phone software, with bright blue icons on a black background. One version of the initial screen has four large, square icons for Phone, People, E-Mail and Text functions that Microsoft calls Live Tiles.

source: nytimes.com

If you are looking for details WM7, ppcgeeks.com seems to have some of them.  Pretty confirmed.  Here it is.

• -At the Mobile World Congress event on February 15th, 2010, Windows Phone 7 will be unveilved, although at this time plans are only to unveil the user interface of the new platform . Specific indepth functionality of the device will most likely not be shown.
• -The User Interface is based upon codename "METRO". It will be very similar to the Zune HD User Interface with a complete revamp of the "Start" screen. The UI is "Very Clean", "Soulful" and "Alive"
• -Unfortunately there will be no Flash support at the get go as there was not enough time to implement these features.
  
• -Windows Phone 7 will only support application installation through service based delivery. (i.e Marketplace). Application installation via storage card will not be possible.
  
• - No Multi-Task support. Applications will "Pause" when in the background, however will support notifications via push notifications.
  
• -Marketplace will now support "try before you buy" as well as an API
  
• -No NETCF backwards compatibility. This means the original rumor of no backward compatibility for applications holds to be true. That being said, there are high hopes of porting the NetCF to the newer platform easily.
  
• -Microsoft is confident that devices will be ready by September 2010
  
• -Full Zune Integration
  
• -Windows Mobile Device Center will no longer be used. Zune software to take over syncing via PC.
  
• -OEM Interfaces will not be allowed to run on the device. Say goodbye to Sense UI / SPB Mobile Shell / Point UI / Infinity, etc, etc
  
• -Full XBOX Gaming Integration (Gamer tag, achievements, friends, avatars, merchandising, etc)
  
• -Full support for social networking

Full details can be found at ppcgeeks.com

Anonymous source that NVIDIA will be in the MWC to file jointly with Microsoft's new Zune Phone company based in the Tegra platform. This confirms that the new phone was developed in the image of the Zune HD which we were able to prove in the lab so it will be a phone with outstanding multimedia capabilities as the ability to play high-definition video of 720 points.

That is based on NVIDIA's platform allows us to deduce some of its specifications, such as WiFi connectivity, HDMI video output auxiliary screen 480 x 272 points and a weight that will be around 70 grams. We could not confirm whether the device is equipped with the new Windows Mobile 7, but all indications are that it will.

souce: muycomputer

FoxBusiness did a interview with Microsoft CFO Peter Klein today, when asked about Mobile OS Plateform, Peter Klein mentioned microsoft is heads down working on Windows Mobile 7, and a lot of detailed are planned to be revealed at the Mobile World Congress.

Mobile World Congress is coming very soon, mid of Feb.  We will bring you updates as soon as that happens.

As you may already know, Mobile World Congress is just around the corner, Feb 17th to be exact.  It will be hosted in Spain like any other year.

We expect to hear something big in a little more detail, that's the Windows Mobile 7.0 which wasn't mentioned at all during Steve Ballmer's keynote speech at Consumer Electronic Show.

From what I read on Mobilecrunch:

WinMo 7 is essentially a copy of the Zune HD's kernel. It comes in one screen size and will work best on OLED devices. Microsoft will give official specs to hardware makers and force them to comply or else refuse them access to the OS. This includes a regimented screen and RAM size as well as a minimum processor speed.

If you haven't guessed, Microsoft is about to get all Apple up in this piece.

The UI looks just like the Zune HD's with some phone controls built-in. The HD has defined the interface and the use case here, so expect a capacitive multi-touch screen with plenty of media controls.

I guess no one knows until we see it in action, we will post updates as soon as we find out more info. 

Via: mobilecrunch.com 

Microsoft reportedly plans to launch Windows Mobile 6.6 (codenamed Maldives) in February 2010 to strengthen its competitiveness against iPhone- and Android-based platforms, according to industry sources.

Sales of Windows Mobile 6.5 have been flat since the platform was launched in the fourth quarter of 2009, pushing Microsoft to bring forward Windows Mobile 6.6, which supports capacitive touchscreens, the sources noted.

However, Microsoft may now delay the launch of Windows Mobile 7 to 2011, instead of the end of 2010 as originally planned, the sources indicated.

According to Daniel Shen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES

Touch Pro2 and Dash 3G On January 20, the Windows Mobile 6.5 software upgrade will be available for customers with the T-Mobile Touch Pro2 and the Dash 3G. Customers can obtain the update on T-Mobile.com at

www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade.

Stay up to date by downloading the latest upgrade for your Windows Mobile device.* Depending on your handset model, this upgrade may include new and important features such as more reliable e-mail delivery, better roaming and browsing performance, and easier device management.

Just choose your device from the list below to get started. You will not be charged for updating your software.

It's clear to us that microsoft will be doing some demonstration of the windows mobile 7 in Spain next month (Mobile World Congress)  This is confirmed by Robbie, Microsoft's President of Entertainment & Device Devision said in an analyst call few day ago.  But hearing that it will be delay to 2011.  I think a lot of people will sound dis-interested.

via: engadgetmobile