Asus and Windows Phone 7
Garmin Asus showed off a couple of nifty gadgets last Sunday at the Mobile World Congress; but it looks like Asus will be getting its knees deeper into the pits of the highly competitive mobile phone industry as it is reported to be the manufacturer for the very first Microsoft branded smart phone loaded with Windows Phone 7.
For many, the new Windows Phone 7 series stands as one of the most promising operating systems to be announced in a long time. The fact that it reinvents the concept of a smart phone is truly miraculous. Large panels bigger than the display screen will be used as the main menus, this makes it easy to pan around for information and features instead of using tired old menu systems. It has also been confirmed that there will be Bing, Zune and Xbox Live Games to the new operating system.
The big panel system divides phone functions into several parts. People will give users access to information such as profiles, and status updates on Facebook. Images will let you sort out your files easily and even upload them on file sharing sites. Other features such as Office has shown a bit of functionality but still lack anything beyond being able to run SharePoint and OneNote. Games do not have any actual game titles yet, so right now it’s a social networking tool too for XBL users.
What is surprising is that Asus might be teaming up with Microsoft as a subcontractor for the very first WP7 smart phone.
It was previously reported that that WP7 OS relies mostly on Qualcomm technology. Since Asus products focus heavily on the Intel Atom CPU, the report of a possible tie up between the two is still pretty unlikely.
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