14 DAY TRIAL // Windows Mobile 7 is confirmed as present at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona in two weeks from now, but it seems that Microsoft won't stop only at showing the next-generation operating system there. Other events that the Redmond-based company has in store for the following weeks and months will also include discussions on the Windows Mobile 7 platform, such as the MIX10 tech conference in March, or the Energize IT 2010, which is set to take place on March 30, 2010 in Canada.
The Windows Mobile 7 name popped up in a scheduled session at Energize IT 2010 , called “From the Client to the Cloud V 2.0.” Stephen Chapman from msftkitchen is the one who spotted the upcoming mobile operating system in Microsoft's plans for the event, and he says that this should be seen as yet another confirmation that the next-generation platform version will be unveiled officially within a matter of weeks.
“Windows Azure. Office System 2010. Visual Studio 2010. Windows Phone 7. The Microsoft-based platform presents a bevy of opportunities for all of us. Whether you are an IT Manager, Developer, or IT Pro knowing how these will impact you is critical, especially in the new economic reality,” is an excerpt from the description of the session. “You’ll see how to build next generation applications with technology like Silverlight, .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. You will find out how to consume those applications on a variety of devices, like mobile devices running Windows Phone, netbooks and PCs running Windows 7, as well as the web,” the description continues.
Rumor has it that the mobile client will include a wide range of new services, while also being tightly connected with Microsoft's Zune or Ebox live services, not to mention that the handsets it will run on are expected to be much more powerful than what is available on the market today. Microsoft has been already said to plan rising the bar with Windows Mobile 7, and some of the above might prove real when the OS is unveiled, yet we'll still have to wait for that official announcement to learn the exact details.