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Windows Mobile 7 UI confirmed by Microsoft?

Tom Warren
18 November 2009 - 19:43
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Microsoft confirmed today that the company will unveil its plans for Windows Mobile 7 at the MIX 2010 conference in March next year.

Microsoft Office Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the news at the end of day two at the Professional Developers Conference here in Los Angeles. Little is known about Windows Mobile 7 except that it has been plagued with delays. Recently Neowin confirmed 1,000 engineers are assigned to Windows Mobile 7 and that social networking is a key feature.

Screenshots of the rumoured interface leaked in March this year and Microsoft officials refused to confirm or deny. Interestingly, Microsoft has posted a shot of a Windows Mobile interface on its Office 2010 beta site that looks identical to the rumoured Windows Mobile 7 shots. Is this Windows Mobile 7, something in-between or just concept?

Office 2010 Mobile site:

Previous leaked shots:

Comments (50)

  1. max84 - 18 November 2009 - 19:51

    Microsoft really is becoming anew with all these products.

  2. Manish - 18 November 2009 - 19:52

    I think the WinMo UI looks pretty awful and still quite dated, especially compared to iPhones, webOS and Androids.

  3. GP007 - 18 November 2009 - 19:55

    That's because it's an old UI that they haven't really changed much? It's not like they said they'd redo everything with v6.5 either.

    It's easy when the iPhone and Android is just starting from scratch to do a fresh UI.

  4. Manish - 18 November 2009 - 19:59

    Doesn't matter what they said they would do or what they did. In my opinion, it just doesn't look as good as some other UIs out there.

  5. GP007 - 18 November 2009 - 20:03

    That's fine. Just as long as people take into account that v6.5 was just a stop gap from the get go. MS never said anything about a whole new UI.

  6. Xero - 18 November 2009 - 20:07

    Still needs improvement. I think its hideous compared to all the others. Change the fonts at least

  7. dagamer34 - 18 November 2009 - 20:35

    Geez, if you really think that the Windows Mobile UI shown here is better than what Android has (non-Sense UI), you need to get your eyes checked.

  8. Manish - 18 November 2009 - 20:55

    As much as I love taking witty advice from someone called dagamer34 on the Internet about my eyesight, I'll pass on this occasion. I'm sorry if my opinion upset you. Geez.

  9. Xero - 18 November 2009 - 21:02

    Well Android isn't the best example as some can look pretty bad. But I think WebOS and iPhone OS blow both out of the water.

  10. thealexweb - 18 November 2009 - 22:57

    dagamer34 said,
    Geez, if you really think that the Windows Mobile UI shown here is better than what Android has (non-Sense UI), you need to get your eyes checked.

    Erm hello even without sense Android still looks better by a long way, I'm sorry but Windows Mobile will always look pretty dreadful no matter how many themes you try to apply.

  11. aboi - 19 November 2009 - 05:14

    dagamer34 said,
    Geez, if you really think that the Windows Mobile UI shown here is better than what Android has (non-Sense UI), you need to get your eyes checked.

    maybe you need to get your eyes checked.

  12. Tim Dawg - 18 November 2009 - 19:52

    Looks nice. That button down in the middle of the bottom looks strangely familiar?

  13. +Rudy - 18 November 2009 - 19:58

    Tim Dawg said,
    Looks nice. That button down in the middle of the bottom looks strangely familiar?

    wow.....really MS? ..... really? It's not like that button doesn't have room for improvement? Why simply copy? at least try to make it a bit better

  14. GP007 - 18 November 2009 - 20:04

    You're not taking some old shots from March seriously are you?

  15. Leddy - 18 November 2009 - 20:23

    Tim Dawg said,
    Looks nice. That button down in the middle of the bottom looks strangely familiar?

    If you look closely you'll notice that it's the SIP button (to display the onscreen keyboard), not the home button (like an iPhone). Windows Mobile has always had the SIP button in the middle of the bottom toolbar.

  16. GP007 - 18 November 2009 - 19:53

    I dunno, seeing the changes that are in the newer 6.5.1 builds, I think that shot has to be pretty old and nothing close to what the final will be.

  17. Billus - 18 November 2009 - 20:12

    True. In a way it is a step from the concepts in my opinion. 6.5.1 has that slidey thing, bit like the concept images. Oh well, doesn't really bother me as I'll keep sticking to Windows Mobile until something better pops up.

  18. Aergan - 18 November 2009 - 19:55

    I know that they are leaked shots but that really does look like a really bad K series fan created Sony Ericsson theme.

  19. GP007 - 18 November 2009 - 19:58

    Someone could've just used a old concept shot on the office mobile site as well. I'll wait for MiX to see what they show us, unless something newer comes out that fits better.

  20. +Vice - 18 November 2009 - 19:57

    That UI looks really poor in comparison to Web OS on the Palm Pre and OS X Mobile.

    Bureaucrats within MS stifling their designers.

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