You must already know Symbian, Android, BlackBerry, as well as IOS. But actually there is another smartphone platform that is no less interesting from Microsoft, namely Windows Phone. Windows Phone will now participate in the competitive smartphone OS in the industry that would compete with Android, IOS and Blackberry OS.
Now Windows Phone has reached the 7.5 update code-named fruit, Mango. Here are 10 features of Windows Phone 7.5 is interesting.
1. The interface on Windows Phone
Microsoft relies on Metro UI as the user interface or a mobile interface to adopt Windows Phone 7.5 or Mango. The main screen relies on a collection of boxes that can be changed in it; for example, by application, weather updates, news updates, contacts, or the RSS feed.
Once the number of applications that are installed so that pretty much takes a lot of screens, there will be a sequence of the alphabet appears in the application menu. The mechanism is similar to looking for the name of the person in the phonebook so as to facilitate the search application. Mango interface concept is more directed to "glance and go", which basically makes users able to get the information you need with just a glance.
2. Bing Windows Phone
Android is like a stick with the Google search engine, then that's between Windows Phone with Bing. Search engines are not so popular in Indonesia has several features like Local Scout (Scout Local) that will allow you to search for restaurants, events, and events going on around you based on the location of the phone.
For music lovers, the combination of Bing and Windows Phone 7.5 is pretty awesome. Now you can ask Bing to listen to the music you hear. Then Bing will find all the information associated with it as well as links to the Zune Marketplace.
Then there are features of Vision. With this feature, you can scan text and Bing will offer you to search for or interpret text. Moreover, like Google Googles, Vision can search for information based on the image. You can even compare the sales price of a book with just photographing the front side or back with another book store!
3. What's New Account Filter Windows Phone
In addition to integration with Facebook, Mango is now also able to connect to Twitter and LinkedIn. With so many contact on our social networking accounts, area What's New on the Hub could be a place People status updates and Wall posts that will never run out.
Well, People Groups feature can help you to choose a specific list to be displayed. So you can update the status of your group's office in a separate group, so no need to spend time manually selecting. For What's New, you can update only the option of adding social networking, for example from Facebook alone.
4. Chat Windows Phone
Integration with Facebook on top also brought good news for the sector Messaging. Now with Mango you can directly chat using Facebook Chat directly in the message menu. Microsoft brings together all the way talking in one menu. So for example you're chatting with Facebook chat, then switch to the other person SMS, you do not need to switch to another application. All chats will be forwarded automatically in a single thread.
5. Speech Windows Phone
Sometimes it is easier to talk than to type, especially in certain situations such as driving, cooking or even sleepy. Voice support in Windows Phone allows you to dictate the message to be sent by simply selecting the Speak button. Mango can also read an incoming message with a pretty loud.
6. Linked Inboxes Windows Phone
Features email inbox is usually often overlooked. Microsoft gives you the ability to organize and classify incoming email. You can put together all the emails in one inbox or separate them based on your needs. For example: You can just connect a few emails from colleagues to enter into a special inbox.
7. Custom Ringtones Windows Phone
Finally, you can now create your own personalized ringtones. Way too easy as you put songs onto the Zune client software. During the ringtone is MP3 or WMA berfile, less than 40 seconds and / or 1MB, there would be no problem.
8. Windows Phone Battery Saver
Microsoft has done something great in this power-saving function: You can select the option to continue using the phone features a battery while the phone is in a weakened state, or activated after the next replenishment. Battery saver feature will turn off the Push Email and Multitasking. Basically, this feature provides a balance between the functionality of the phone while trying to deliver maximum battery life.
9. App Connect & Windows Phone Marketplace
With App Connect, you will find information on applications relevant to your web search results. For example, you're looking for on film, then in addition to the search results in the browser, you will see several applications related to the film. Simply click on the link and you will be brought to the Marketplace. As the name suggests, this is where you shop applications. For the latest version, the grouping of application categories more clearly and find good applications easier.
10. Find My Phone Windows Phone
Smartphone Windows Phone you lost? Rather than be sad, it's better just to track the whereabouts of this feature. Find My Phone will give you a map showing the last place where the phone you are, and you can set it so that it is locked or it rings (if the last position he was in a quiet position) so that the tracking process will be easier. Who knew your phone was just tucked under the pillow
Going along with the advantages mentioned above, we also should know better about the main disadvantage of Windows Phone too. Here are the main disadvantages of WP even though some has already solved on the update of the OS. WP7-specific limitations :
Main Disadvantages:
- No system-wide file manager
- No Bluetooth file transfers
- No USB mass storage mode
- Limited third-party apps availability
- No Flash (nor Silverlight) support in the browser
- Too dependent on Zune software for file management and syncing
- No video calls
- New ringtones available only through the Marketplace (fixed in Mango)
- Music player lacks equalizer presets
- No multitasking (fixed in Mango)
- No copy/paste (fixed in NoDo)
- No DivX/XviD video support (automatic transcoding provided by Zune software)
- No sign of free Bing maps Navigation so far (fixed in Mango)
- No internet tethering support (fixed in Mango)
- No handwriting recognition support
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3 comments:
With all those times Microsoft been developing softwares,they just ended up with a windows phone 8 which only confine for s
Social hubs. When it comes to tools, productivities that can make your phone more than a phone for communication, they failed so far. If Microsoft wants to dominate in mobile world competition, they should make make their windows phone exceed from what the other top mobile phones can do. Just Social connections but other essential productivity functions too.
I've been using android and I try to use WPhone 8. Win phone is far behind from Android can do in most aspect other than it's Social aspect.
You cannot attach any file in reply/forward mails. Biggest demarit. You cannot download any unsupported file for viewing in other device. Sucks WP8 for those who have used android.
I'll add my thoughts as well:
- You can't search contacts using numeric keypad . You can but with external dialer, which does not have access to missed calls. So You end up having two dialers on the screen which is just stupid. Why having two things for same functions if You could use one?
- Editing text is a pain when You need to delete a letter in the middle of a word. To put the cursor after a letter You need to hold down a finger so you cover almost the whole word. Actually You don't know where You put it and again, You need to do it twice or three times before You succeed. Why doing sthg twice if You could briefly tap once?
- You can't answer the phone with one slide. You just slide and then You need to hit 'pick up'. Why doing sthg twice if You can do it with one slide?
- In my phone (lumia 625) I'm forced to use full resolution and can't lower it.
Photos that phones are made for, don't need to be 5 or 10megapixels big. They can, but actually what for? Why MUST I use twice as much space then ?
- Tiles update every 30min which means that every battery meter on the screen is useless.
You can't play with Your phone intesively for half an hour seeing there is 30% and suddenly You realize it's not 30% but 5% or almost dead.
-You're forced to use Bing under the right button, so You end up having another browser on the screen, at least most people do so. Why having two browsers if You could use one?
- You can't turn the media volume separately. If You turn down volume, You turn down the ringtone as well. Why turning down two things if I want only one?
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