Apr
19
2010
New Windows Phone 7 details emerge
Jonne Eilimö | April 19, 2010 19:06 UTC | Comments:
WMPoweruser has posted a set of information regarding Windows Phone 7‘s architecture.
- Your phone is heavily linked to your Windows Live ID (much like an Android phone is to your Google account)
- Users will be asked to log in at first boot and asked to accept the EULA
- Hardware will be verified through a Genuine Windows Phone certification before an ID will be accepted
- Without a Live ID, contact sync, use of the Marketplace, and use of Microsoft services are not possible
- Phone processes will be able to utilize up to 1GB of the phone’s RAM (high limit takes future hardware into account)
- No Bluetooth 3 support
- OEMs are responsible for Direct3D drivers
- OEMs will be limited to 6 pre-installed apps, taking up a max of 60 MB
- OEMs cannot install trialware
- OEMs can change the default search engine in Mobile Internet Explorer, but cannot remove Bing as the phone’s default search provider
Don’t see a problem with any of these, but a big plus for the “OEMs cannot install trialware”! Imagine a world without bloatware… :)
Category: Microsoft
