As reported by PC World, “Microsoft Windows Mobile 7, which is made for chips used in mobile phones, will be more laptop friendly than older versions of Windows Mobile, said Luis Pineda, senior vice president at Qualcomm, on the sidelines of a news conference in Taipei.”
This news contrasts with our previous thoughts on Windows 7’s Ultra Mobile PC operating system potentially replacing Windows Mobile Professional. Now it sounds more like Windows Mobile 7 will be replacing or overlapping with the Windows 7 UMPC operating system.
We’ve already seen plenty of UMPC sized devices running Windows Mobile (HTC Advantage for example), so it’s not much of a stretch to see the next version of Windows Mobile adding more support and functionality in these devices. The user interface may have to change a bit in order to give you more data access on the larger screens, as well as easy keyboard access for navigating commands.
My guess is that the leaked Windows Mobile 7 screenshots, were only for the Smartphone/Standard version of the operating system. Here’s to hoping that the next version of the more-powerful Windows Mobile Professional edition will offer better usability and more features for the keyboard-enabled smartphones and ultra-mobile PCs.
Originally published on Pocketnow on June 2, 2008. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.