{"id":10702,"date":"2010-02-19T14:06:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7-the-essentials\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:16:05","slug":"windows-phone-7-the-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-phone-7-the-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Phone 7: The essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Microsoft’s keynote on the new Windows 7 Phone, the future of the mobile platform developed by the Redmond company starts to take shape. Let’s take a look at the main characteristics of this new version.<\/p>\n

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First of all, Windows 7 Phone features a radically different design, much simpler<\/strong> than what we were used to see on mobile interfaces, and particularly on Windows Mobile devices. There are fewer icons<\/strong> and the screen doesn’t feel as ‘crowded’ as on Apple’s iPhone, Android devices or the last generation of Samsung phones; a decision taken and encouraged by Microsoft, which has criticized “those screens covered with miniature icons”<\/em> from its most direct competitors.<\/p>\n

The new Home screen in Windows 7 Phone is divided into several squared areas<\/strong>, each of them devoted to a different topic: calls, text messages, emails, social networks, and so on. These topics can be easily customized and adapted to your needs.<\/p>\n

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Besides the Home screen, Windows 7 Phone is built around 6 main hubs<\/strong> which, when put together, create your digital identity:<\/p>\n