Windows Mobile 7 Central Menu, Catalyst and Photo app mentioned on LinkedIn
MSFTKitchen has been scouring LinkedIn profiles once again, and came up with these interesting mentions of Windows Mobile 7.
Central Menu Experience
Program Manager
Microsoft IDC, Hyderabad
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — May 2008 (2 months)Designed a completely New feature (Central Menu Experience) which is integrated in Windows Mobile 7. Responsible for getting Central Menu Experience features code-ready for CTP release well within specified time-frame. (Link)
The Central Menu System is presumably something like Titanium on Windows Mobile 6.5, or hopefully something flashier like the menu system on the ZuneHD.
Windows Live for Mobile Code Name “Catalyst”
Catalyst For WM Seven:
Client : Microsoft Corporation (Since December 2007 to May 2009)
Team Size/Role : 7/Onsite CoordinatorDescription: Catalyst for Seven is designed to work with Windows Mobile powered devices. This is the next version of Windows Live for Windows Mobile. The new Windows Mobile 7 devices will give the richest mobile connection to Catalyst. Catalyst consists of Messenger, Mail, Spaces and Photos. All these applications help user keeping in touch with friends, family, and co-workers. (Link)
Great to see Microsoft is increasing the integration of Windows Mobile with their Live services, and are planning to integrate it all under one umbrella.
Windows Mobile 7 Camera and Photo Application
Lead Led a PM team and responsible for the strategies define, design and implementation for Windows Mobile 7 camera and photo application. (Link)
Again, nice to see these often used applications are getting an update.
And finally:
On assignment at Microsoft to edit documentation for Windows Mobile 7. (Link)
Primary engineer on the touch gesture support in Windows Mobile 7 and 6.5 and did the initial specification of the touch gesture API. (Link)
Responsible for Windows Mobile 7 Outlook development. (Link)
Led HW Board bring-up activity effort for Window Mobile 7 OS based Mobile product having QUALCOMM 72xx chipset. The board bring up activities includes implementing MAX controller based keypad driver, configuring I2C and GPIO driver and coordinating HW-SW architecture meetings. (Link)
This last one is pretty interesting, as it suggests that there is a chance Windows Mobile 7 can be made to run on the older Qualcomm hardware which has dogged the last few generations of Windows Mobile.
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Please don't tell me there is still no Calendar support in Windows Live for Mobile?
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'This last one is pretty interesting, as it suggests that there is a chance Windows Mobile 7 can be made to run on the older Qualcomm hardware which has dogged the last few generations of Windows Mobile.'
And here I was thinking that the world was finally dropping Qualcomm MSM 7xxx, with Snapdragon.
Looks like MS WANTS to bring itself down with the oldest and outdated s***.
I really hope this isn't true. There shouldn't even be legacy support in WM7 for that sh***y processor.
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Foamy Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
It's only a problem if people confuse the two. If they think that because it doesn't run well on old devices then it's crap then they're idiots. I think a lot of people with oder devices would appreciate the upgrade so it so i think it's a good thing.
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nuke1 Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Of course, I'd appreciate any damned upgrade to my Touch Diamond. But not if it means newer devices will have a s*** barebones OS, with no h/w-accelerated UI. I'd rather sacrifice my Diamond for a greater, far superior, modern device with a worthy OS and UI.
On WMPU, any move MS makes is a 'good thing'. It's nauseating. It's no wonder that complete opposite joke-of-a-journalist Edward J R actually has a readership (more like a cult).
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Keenan Cook Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 12:08 am
MS is not trying to take itself down. If Microsoft builds Winmo 7 around a slower, older processor it should really zip on a faster, newer processor. If you make it very responsive and fluid on a weak processor and will be a hell of a lot faster on something better.
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rico Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 12:30 am
If they can get WM7 to run well on MS72XXs then more power to them. i don't expect it to mean that those of us using the proc in their devices will get a free upgrade, but i do realize that it's pretty cheap to manufacture with so many devices using it. i have to wonder if they'll be taking a Vista-esque approach here, possibly offering ODMs a cheaper, less CPU-intensive version of WM to put on devices with older hardware.
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Really great about Windows Live integration, but I hope it's marketed correctly. Being able to sync contacts (and calendar) is an obviously simple massive selling point.
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it seems they're really getting their act together, I can't wait for the beta builds to start hitting the net so we can have a good idea of where things are going to go with WinMo7
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Foamy Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I'm surprised none have leaked yet considering how many 6.5 roms are out. Makes me suspect that they wanted to leak the 6.5 roms to keep people interested but want to keep 7 as a surprise. If this is there plan, and they can enforce it, then it may be a while until we see some wm7 leaks.
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wreiad Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
7 is gonna be one hell of a surprise then.
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