14 DAY TRIAL // Some more screenshots with the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system have made it into the wild, allowing us to have another look at the nice features that Microsoft is preparing for us with the next-generation mobile platform slated for release in the spring of 2010.
The new photos with the Windows Mobile 7 user interface show the way it would look on the applications that it is expected to come with or support. Among them, the first screenshot unveils the way the upcoming Windows Mobile Marketplace might look like on future devices. While offering users access to the app store the Redmond company is prepping for them, it also promotes the company's online services.
The second screenshot that has surfaced today shows the Instant Messaging application that should come along with Windows Mobile 7. As you can see, the user interface seems a little more appealing than expected, while also displaying contact pictures.
The last of the photos shows the Zune user interface, which means that the latest rumors regarding the integration of Zune with future WinMo versions might actually come true. As said before, it is uncertain whether Windows Mobile 6.5 will actually include it, but WM 7 is expected to come with it almost for sure.
It seems that Microsoft is focused on providing a new Windows Mobile platform that would sport some nice user interface features after all, so there shouldn't be too many concerns in the matter for now, yet there are little details on the navigation functionality or task switching currently available. On the other hand, given the fact that the operating system is still in its early stages of development, we should be able to learn more on it as things move forward and, hopefully, there will be details that will make us rejoice.
