Ok, so finally Windows Phone 7 reach the RTM (release to manufacturing ) stages, another step closer to much awaited date of releasing it to the world to enjoy… or criticizing it. Windows Phone 7 is one massive project for Microsoft, that require notably effort from the whole team to make it as it is today. This is the testament to the effort and dollar that Microsoft has poured to this project, and it’s ain’t cheap!
“We had nearly ten thousand devices running automated tests daily, over a half million hours of active self-hosting use, over three and a half million hours of stress test passes, and eight and a half million hours of fully automated test passes. We’ve had thousands of independent software vendors and early adopters testing our software and giving us great feedback. We are ready”
Pocketnow has done some neat video to compare the Windows Phone 7 boot up times using LG Phanter with the iPhone 4, Android 2.2 running on Nexus One and HTC HD2 running on Android 2.2 as well. The outcome! Windows Phone 7 took only 25 seconds to boot up and simply beat the rest of the smartphone with almost half the time of all of the other smartphones. Though the LG Phanter is just prototype model, the blazing boots up times is just amazing!
This is the latest Windows Phone 7 smartphone prototype that has leaked again, continuing what we can call now as ‘Windows Phone 7 leak fiesta’ . One after another, now I’m start wondering if this is scheduled leaks? This Samsung smartphone is different model than what was previewed to tech blog last month. Coincidentally, the huge round button with Windows logo here is similar as what’s available in another Windows Phone 7 prototype, HTC Schubert . Does round button is standard feature now?
And oddly named Windows Phone 7 called HTC Schubert smartphone has surfaced early last week, first discovered by 247windowsphone site. This is yet another Windows Phone 7 smartphone leaked in a week after Asus prototype smartphone which leaked in Pakistan. The case is built on unibody aluminum shell and you’ll agree that at a glance it looks close to iPhone with steel bezel and the round button with Windows logo positioned at the bottom center of the phone. No specs or whatsoever, so at this point of time, please watch yourself the video below to fill up your curiosity.
This should be one of the coolest idea implemented in Windows 7. If you use Windows 7, you now can have your themes updated automatically weekly or monthly. The special theme called Bing Dynamic , will receive the theme via RSS from ‘themeserver’ and then automatically update theme on your computer. How is that? Cool huh? [Download link]
