I really hope Microsoft didn't base Windows Mobile 7 on Windows CE like they did with all Windows Mobile versions to date. I really hope it's a completely new platform that takes no consideration to backwards compatibility with all the current and old Windows Mobile applications. It needs to be a fresh build from scratch to be able to compete to the smallest detail.
Looking forward to MWC. I just wish they have WinMo7 ready earlier than Q4.
I am pretty much sure that WinMo7 is based on CE7. This is not a bad thing because CE7 supports Silverlight/WPF and a whole load of new (to a mobile platform) technologies.
@pokes Well, even if CE does support those technologies, I would rather see a complete overhaul than just another pretty layer on top of a CE platform. Take the Zune HD for instance. It already has WiFi, full HTML browser support (could support Silverlight & Flash soon), a great new UI concept that works great plus has that "wow" factor that Windows Mobile is desperately missing. I am just saying that Windows Mobile needs to not look or behave like everything Windows Mobile we've seen so far. It need a better human interaction, and to achieve that Microsoft needs to write a complete new platform from scratch...like they did with the Zune HD.
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I really hope Microsoft didn't base Windows Mobile 7 on Windows CE like they did with all Windows Mobile versions to date. I really hope it's a completely new platform that takes no consideration to backwards compatibility with all the current and old Windows Mobile applications. It needs to be a fresh build from scratch to be able to compete to the smallest detail.
Looking forward to MWC. I just wish they have WinMo7 ready earlier than Q4.
@Ahmed Eltawil
I am pretty much sure that WinMo7 is based on CE7. This is not a bad thing because CE7 supports Silverlight/WPF and a whole load of new (to a mobile platform) technologies.
@pokes Well, even if CE does support those technologies, I would rather see a complete overhaul than just another pretty layer on top of a CE platform. Take the Zune HD for instance. It already has WiFi, full HTML browser support (could support Silverlight & Flash soon), a great new UI concept that works great plus has that "wow" factor that Windows Mobile is desperately missing. I am just saying that Windows Mobile needs to not look or behave like everything Windows Mobile we've seen so far. It need a better human interaction, and to achieve that Microsoft needs to write a complete new platform from scratch...like they did with the Zune HD.
@Ahmed Eltawil
um... the Zune HD is built on Windows CE 6.0