Mobile Phone Stores In Uk

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Mobile Phone Stores In Uk

Mobile Phone Stores In Uk

The Windows Phone 7 was unveiled on 11 October 2010. It includes features taken from its Xbox games consoles as well as Zune music and video players. It has also unveiled approximately 2000 apps, which will hopefully grow as their rivals Apple currently holds around 170,000 apps, and Android has approximately 70,000 apps.

Windows Phone 7 Operating System

Windows Phone 7 is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to the Windows Mobile platform. It is due to launch in Europe and Asia on 21 October 2010, and in the US on 8 November 2010.

Windows Phone 7 vs Other Operating Systems

The following list shows the comparison between the iPhone operating system, Android and Windows Phone 7, bearing in mind that this is only comparing operating systems not handset models.

  • Over-the-Air Apps Download via Web Browser: only Windows Phone 7 is capable of this.
  • WiFi Sync with PC or MAC: iPhone and Android cannot but Windows Phone 7 can with Zune.
  • Document Suite: the iPhone has this via third party Apps, and Windows Phone 7 can open documents through Microsoft Office 2010 Mobile.
  • Default Browser: unsurprisingly Mobile Safari for iPhone, Internet Explorer for Windows Phone 7. However Android doesn’t have a default browser but can use a range such as Firefox.
  • Flash: this is only available with Android.
  • Default Search Engine: Spotlight search and Google search for Web for iPhone, Google Search for Android and Bing for windows Phone 7.
  • Email Thread: iPhone runs emails through a Mail App, Android via Gmail App, and Window Phone 7 runs through Outlook Mobile.
  • Amount of Applications available: the Apple store currently has 170,000 + apps for download, Android have 50,000+ and Windows Phone 7 has 2,000.
  • OS Updates: all receive updates.

Windows Phone 7 Smartphones vs. iPhone

A basic comparison between iPhone and Windows Phone 7 Mobile Smartphones is shown below. The iPhone operating system and model are only used together whereas the Windows Phone 7, like Android can be used on a range of handsets.