Microsoft Corporation has revealed its new operating system for mobile- Windows 7 Series. This is the successor of windows 6 operating system and is based on windows CE 6 kernel, having same features like Zune HD. The company is also planning to give license to vendors to produce the suitable hardware for this operating system. The main concept of the phone is to suit both business work and also games that can be played with help of their software chiefly Xbox games. Specification of Windows 7 Series are as follows:
- Minimum RAM should be 256 MB.
- Default memory of the mobile is 8GB or it can be more so that there is no need of micro cards.
- Minimum display resolution is 800*480 pixels with WVGA display having multi touch screen.
- Multi touch screen should recognize minimum four contact points.
- Qual comm. Snap dragon having direct x 9 support will be the minimum configuration of the CPU. It is flexible so that we can add other chips in the future as well.
- Phone supports WIFI, AGPS, accelerometer, fm radio, 5 Mega pixels with auto focus.
- Basic buttons like start, back, search, camera and power on present in the hardware.
- Social networking sites integrated with this operating system.
The specs prove that this version will be entirely different from its previous versions, especially it will be having a new user interface with touch screen input i.e. Finger based. However, there is still no official hardware for this operating system. Garmin and ASUS has designed a prototype hardware slab that are being used to show their demo but still this hardware will not be used .Companies like LG and Samsung has come forward with a prototype model that can be used in future though.
Talking about the software, there will be no start menu, drop down box, checkbox, radio buttons and list of icons. In this new operating system there will no icon grids, no pull down menus, and no task manager is provided, instead there will be new features that will overtake the basic tools that are used in the application. Also there are two themes in this operating system that can be used as home screen. Light text with dark back ground and dark text with light background and also we can change the text and background colour to red, orange and blue. You can easily unlock the screen like Zune HD by clicking and dragging the image of the unlock button in the upward direction with help of the finger also you can view the time, date and upcoming calendar can be viewed by this method.
However, Windows 7 operating system is still not finished yet as there are lots of test to be undertaken to complete this operating system and also user interface and its components has to be tested critically before the launch. But when completed, the complete version is sure to give a good feel because of its new face.
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