Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't even out yet — hell, as we just found out, they're still tweaking the UI — so we suppose that means it's time to start the speculation of what Windows Mobile 7 is going to look like.
Above, we have Exhibit A from wmpoweruser of what supposedly is a shot of Windows Mobile 7. Also, they say, the "latest inside rumors" say WM7 will reach manufacturers by the end of the year and be out on phones by spring 2010. That's right in line with what we've previously reported.
So maybe this is a shot of Windows Mobile 7, and maybe it ain't. (We'd expect to see the Windows flag somewhere at some point.) Regardless, what we (hopefully) see this time next year is likely to change a fair bit.
But what say you, dear readers? If this is legit, how's it look to you?
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With v7.0 By spring 2010, their piece-of-the-pie is going to be a sliver. They better spend some $$$ and get this right and out sooner. They are really screwing themselves with 6.5 as it is not worth the effort. Its no major advantage over the prior versions.
To me it seems like just a skin or theme for windows mobile standard. It looks very nice but I don't see anything very impressive that I would hope for with WM7.
I could make this on my device right now... This'd better not be it
I'm agreed. Windows Mobile 7 should have better interface than this.
I doubt it.. What we saw in the Engadget post and the Live Mesh commercial doesn
No seriously compare this with what we saw in the Live Mesh ad:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blinx_182/3383263026/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blinx_182/3383263046/sizes/o/
It doesn't look real to me at all..
The 3G icon looks alot like the andriods
Your right, there aren't even marking on here with the windows logo. Plus the bottom bar in the middle looks like the androids classic swipe up menu. This is probably more of an android skin
i hope they'll merge up n down button bar for biggest n finger-friendlier buttons
I want to say this look legit. Because Windows has been talking about going more towards touch with the finger then touch with a stylus (the new thing), but that bottom sound and battery looks like something from night rider. And the finger usefulness (if thats a word) seems worse then the honey comb idea they have for 6.5. Finally this isn't anything that changes my eyes on phones as Ballmer said but he tends to lie
I'm gonna go ahead and say.. 100% FALSE.
WM7 is a year away.
Its gonna be a redesign of the WM operating system, not a skin.
Anybody else wondering why they keep making that bottom bar bigger? Such a waste of screen space...
They're moving stuff to the bottom bar to make the top bar less cluttered. The current top bar is cluttered with icons:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/WindowsMobile6.5.jpg
Windows Mobile 7 has moved the start flag, battery, and signal icons to the bottom to save space and give the OS a cleaner, less cluttered look:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blinx_182/3383263046/sizes/o/
I'm expecting something more along the lines of the Tegra GUI.
God, I hope this is a lock screen mock-up and not a Today replacement. Also really hate the iPhone-style icons; the ones on the new, new Start menu look much better.
I hope 7 follows Fennec's lead in stressing content over chrome. The title and soft-key bars aren't needed 90% of the time, so why are they always there?