Are You Camping Outside A Store Near You?
Well, Windows Phone 7 finally launches around the globe tomorrow, and tech freaks are pretty much on the fence going by previous launches for mobile media unts and handsets. But, it won’t be long until we hear the first views of the general public and their opinion, because no matter how many experts try to explain what they see, it’s the public who buy them.
In Singapore, Singtel have confirmed their plans for the ‘Urber’ sharp Windows 7, and are one of the first networks who will be releasing the handset first thing tomorrow morning.
What seems to have attracted a lot of interest is the game play status, where Microsoft have allowed ‘XBOX’ games to be played on the handset, of which one of the more popular is Armor Valley which was developed by Protege. And if that just scratches the surface, Microsoft have confirmed that this will be only one title of the 50 top games being released for the handset globally.
Yuen Kuan Moon, SingTel’s Executive Vice President said: “We are also bringing our own set of developers whom we have been grooming and working with on other platforms to introduce them onto Windows Phone 7 platform…you’ll see more and more of the local apps that we have on other platforms being ported into Windows Phone 7.”
To mention a couple of ‘Apps’ which are going to be ported into Mobile 7 Phase 1 programming will be AMPed music and the Mobile TV live streaming service.
The most anticipated launch of the Zune Software, platform and music store from Microsoft is due to launch in the Autumn of 2010 in at least 20 countries, according to a press leak from Microsoft HQ earlier today.
Even though Microsoft are confident that the New Zune system will take off with a bang, most within the industry are still saying that it is a slightly premature decision to open the flood gates without having the Windows Mobile 7 ready and launched at the same time.
This alone tells it’s own story, because if they are confident enough to launch the application store which the phone will be using, it must mean that the launch of the phone is slightly closer than they are letting on.
Early rumours indicated that the launch of the Windows Mobile 7 could be as early as October according to industry insiders at pocket-lint.com – whilst others are being slightly more optimistic with a late November launch.
The oone thing which is pretty much a certainty is that the launch will be on GSM Networks, which should at least keep T Mobile happy in the USA.
Although Microsoft are saying that the launch will see much of the services being available to the world market, they have dropped out that the UK will get full services along with France, yet Canada will not get access to the music store and Germany will get everything apart from the music pass subscription service.
Click on the following link to find out more about the launch of Zune, as well as a list of all the countries where Zuen will be available and what they will be able to use.
Microsoft Zune Software Launch
