I’m sitting in on the Windows Mobile 7 Session featuring Joey Devilla and Paul Leberge.
Joey has just demonstrated that the emulator is completely compatible with 4-point touch so that you can begin creating Windows Phone 7 Series 7 Applications without having the hardware. This emulator and the full IDE is available on the Windows Phone Developer Portal, FREE-AS-IN-BEER.
The Windows Phone has been completely rehashed in order to focus on the users needs with a smart design and Integrated Experiences. The Windows Phone is looking to be the most well rounded phone to hit the market place right now. The ’Metro’ User Interface was influenced by street signage which is something that is familiar to anyone that leaves their house. With Silverlight driving the User Experience, users are guaranteed to have a smooth, slick, and rich experience while interacting with their phone.
The Internet Explorer version for Windows Phone is currently a little bit different from what is currently running on Windows 7. The reasoning behind this is to get the phone to the marketplace and scale up the features of the browser to bring both desktop and mobile versions inline for future releases. For more information on this keep an eye on the IE Mobile Blog. This just in, Flash and Silverlight is slotted to be supported in browser on the Mobile 7 Phone.
There are will be only two supported form factors 800x480 & 480x320. All Windows Phones will need 4 point touch, a set RAM requirement, and a consistent Processor/GPU. This will keep things running smooth and take a lot of issues that developers run into out of the build cycle.