Windows phones as a new generation cell
phone, we may enjoy the moment when we hold it, but do you know the history of Windows Phones? Are you
curious about it?
As early as in 2004, Microsoft began to
plan codenamed "Photon" and develop Windows Mobile as a major release update, but
progress is slow, and finally the whole project was canceled.
Until 2008, Microsoft re-organize the
Windows Mobile team and renamed Windows Phone, and continue to develop a new
mobile operating system. The original plan it's the official version was
released in 2009, but many aspects of the delay to make Microsoft's decision to
use Windows Mobile 6.5 to the transition. Windows Phone R & D overnight.
One of the consequences is that the old Windows Mobile application not work
correctly in Windows Phone system. Larry Lieberman (Larry Lieberman), a mobile
operating system in Microsoft's product manager, said: "If we had more
time and resources, perhaps we can do to improve its backward compatibility."
Lieberman pointed out that Microsoft had tried to wait and see the mobile phone
market with a new perspective and pay more attention to the use of end-users
(End-user) experience, rather than as in the past to focus on the intranet.
Windows Phone development department, vice president Terry Myerson (Terry
Myerson) said: "In order to borrow not to use the stylus to shift the
capacitance-type touch screen, and other hardware changes to improve the
Windows Phone system user experience, we have to break the Windows Mobile 6.5
application compatibility. "
In February 2010, Microsoft formally to
show the Windows Phone operating system. In October 2010, Microsoft officially
released Windows Phone smartphone operating system, the first version of
Windows Phone 7, referred to as of WP7, and hardware devices based on this
platform by the end of 2010. The major manufacturers: Nokia, Samsung, HTC,
which announced the Windows Mobile series completely out of the phone operating
system market. Brand new WP7 completely give up the WM5 Preview 6X user
interface, and the program is not compatible with each other, and Microsoft has
completely re-code and visual of the entire system, but because of its worry
about the continuity of mobile products and the overall brand, the The name of
WP7 ". This version improves the original user interface, multi-touch
features, and motion sensor capabilities, several companies have introduced a
touch phone for Windows Phone system. Windows Phone 7 in February 16, 2010,
changed its name to "Windows Phone 7 Series", subsequently canceled
on April 2 "Series", and changed back to "Windows Phone 7".
September 27, 2011, Microsoft released a
major update to Windows Phone system version of Windows Phone 7.5 "for the
first time to support the Chinese. Windows Phone7.5 is an upgraded version of
the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 on the basis of substantial optimization to
improve, which contains the fixes and new features of many systems,
including Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, including 17 kinds of new
language.
June 21, 2012, Microsoft held a conference
in San Francisco , USA
After we have a comprehensive understanding
about the history of Windows Phones, we are able to make full use of our cell
phones better. And if you are interested in Windows Phones or other consumer electronics, please read other
articles in my blog. (Best Windows Phones)
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