Microsoft Unveils WP7 “Mango”

Have you been anxiously awaiting for the much anticipated and much rumored about Windows Phone 7 Mango update? Well read on for some of the features that was revealed during Microsoft’s conference! As we all know Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 did not do as well as they had hoped, nor did it create any serious competition for the iOS or Android platforms either but they are now hoping with the Mango update for their WP7 operating system, and several new partners that would manufacture their WP7 devices, things will start to change for them. Read on for the features.

Some of these new features include:

• Threads – the ability to switch between text, Facebook chat and MSN Live Messenger within the same conversation.
• Groups – group your contacts into live tiles that will show status updates, quickly send text messages, e-mail or IM to the entire group.
• Social network integration – LinkedIn and Twitter feeds are now built into contact cards, Facebook check-ins are also built in and there is face recognition technology too which will help tagging photos.
• Linked inbox – Multiple e-mail accounts in one inbox which are organized in such a way that will make it easy for you to stay on top of things.
• Hands-free messaging – There will be built in speech-to-text and text-to-speech meaning you will be able to have conversations or send text messages hands free.
• Multitasking – Apps can now be run in the background while preserving battery life and performance and app switching will be easy.
• Internet Explorer 9 – WP7’s native browser which provides the power of a PC-based browser and supports HTML5 and hardware-accelerated graphics.
• Improved Live Tiles – If there was a feature that I liked about WP7 it would the tiles and how neat and organize it makes the phone look. With the update the tiles will now provide live and up-to-date information.

These are just some of the many new features that will be appearing in the update that is expected in the fall. If you want to see more features or see them in action, just head on down to Windows Phone’s YouTube Channel for some videos!