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Video: Microsoft Shows Off New WP7 Features

Feb 15, 2011, 9:58 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore offered us a sneak peak at some of the features the company is planning to bring to Windows Phone 7 later this year, including SkyDrive, IE9, and multitasking. Here are a handful of videos so you can take a look.

About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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msteven3

Feb 15, 2011, 11:02 AM

What am I missing here?

Let's see now. Skydrive? I already have Dropbox on Android. Multitasking? Yep, got that, too. IE9? Android has a gazillion different browsers to choose from. It also has more apps, more phones to choose from, Exchange connectivity, and an exploding user base.

So can someone tell me why WP7 is even worth looking at?

pauldg

I'll admit that microsoft is playing catch-up here. However, I think WP7 is much more intuitive than android. If you're already married to android, then you probably aren't interested in wp7 yet. On the other hand, I'm coming from a iOS device and ...
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muchdrama

msteven3 said:
Let's see now. Skydrive? I already have Dropbox on Android. Multitasking? Yep, got that, too. IE9? Android has a gazillion different browsers to choose from. It also has more apps, more phones to choose from,

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