Windows Phone Mango feature list

Abooie · 18 May 2011 at 08:51

Winrumors have posted a pretty comprehensive list of what we should expect in the upcoming windows phone update.

http://www.winrumors.com/windows-phone-7-5-mango-feature-list-and-demos/

I'm pretty stunned by what they're adding and really can't think of much else I'd want. All I have to do now is endure the painful wait until it's released.

■Outlook Conversation View – Emails combined together in threads
■Lync Messaging Client – Enterprise messaging client
■Twitter integration – Tweets integration into people hub
■Office 365 integration – Office 365 features built-in
■Bing Vision – Scan QR, Microsoft Tags, books, CDs and DVDs
■Bing Audio – Similar to Shazam, will identify songs
■Windows Live Messenger integration – Integrated into the people hub and messaging hub
■Facebook Chat integration – Integrated into the people hub and messaging hub
■AOL Messenger integration – Integrated into the people hub and messaging hub
■Contacts grouping – Create groups of contacts to send messages to
■Xbox LIVE sync function – Sync function to likely sync settings/games across devices
■Now playing artist information on lock screen – album art on the lock screen
■Visual Voicemail support - Visual voicemail using same method as iOS/Android
■Network awareness NCSI support – improvements for switching between networks/optimization
■Internet Explorer 9 mobile – HTML5 support and hardware acceleration
■Multitasking support – switch quickly between apps
■Fast application resume – quickly resume recently used apps
■Podcast support – download podcasts via the Marketplace
■Turn-by-turn navigation in Bing Maps - voice guided directions and turn-by-turn
■SMS dictation – Microsoft tellme dictates messages
■East Asian Language keyboard support – additional language support
■Handwriting and dictionary support – support for writing Chinese characters
■Pin Outlook Folders – Pin folders as favorites inside Outlook
■SkyDrive integration – Access SkyDrive documents from Office Hub
■Kinect support for games - interact with Kinect and Xbox games from Windows Phone
■Outlook email server search – search Exchange servers from Outlook client
■ Complex (alpha-numeric) password support – strong number and character password support
■Information Rights Management – support for protecting e-mails and Office documents
■Ringtone support – third party ringtone support
■App list – automatically detect list, implemented jump list and search for apps
■Marketplace search improvements – apps, podcasts, music separated for easy search
■App install improvements – progress bar install UI
■Search extras – User search actions can be connected to third-party apps
■Motion Sensor – apps to use new gyroscope hardware
■Background audio – apps can run audio in the background
■File download service – third-party apps can download files from the web
■Alarms – alarm notifications for third-party apps
■Pin app features – Users can pin live tiles of deep app features in third-party apps
■Zune Smart DJ mix – allows users to discover new music and save/create playlists
■Camera sound toggle – users can now disable the camera shutter sound
■WiFi improvements – support for hidden SSID networks

Scottland · 18 May 2011 at 09:12

To be fair, that's a big list of improvements! Let's hope they don't screw this update rollout like NoDo...

Totality · 18 May 2011 at 09:39

Flash? Pretty big omission right there.

Haggisman · 18 May 2011 at 12:54

Ringtone support – third party ringtone support

And phone7 finally catches up with 1998 XD

Hxc · 18 May 2011 at 12:56

Totality said:
Flash? Pretty big omission right there.

I really don't see what the big deal about flash is? it's a stupid outdated web format that'll hopefully be mostly eradicated by HTML5. I have been able to install flash on my phone for some time but just haven't bothered as I've never seen the need...

WP7 really shaping up now, if we get a decent QWERTY slider before october it'll likely be my next phone. Droid 3 seems to far away and I'm loathed to go Blackberry.

Amp34 · 18 May 2011 at 13:14

■Now playing artist information on lock screen – album art on the lock screen
■Multitasking support – switch quickly between apps
■SkyDrive integration – Access SkyDrive documents from Office Hub
■Ringtone support – third party ringtone support
■Zune Smart DJ mix – allows users to discover new music and save/create playlists
■Camera sound toggle – users can now disable the camera shutter sound

Make me go

That's pretty much all the "issues I have with WP sorted right there...

Anyone know what these are related to?

■App list – automatically detect list, implemented jump list and search for apps
■Background audio – apps can run audio in the background

I assume the latter is essentially third party music players? The former I no idea.

The only thing they need to do now is integrate some kind of internet picture search in bing.

Talon · 18 May 2011 at 13:21

Still haven't had Nodo, and the length of time T-Mobile take to test I'll be lucky to see this next update before I buy a Windows Phone 8 device

Amp34 · 18 May 2011 at 13:59

That is true... I hope the Mango update will be pretty quick though.

Wicksta · 18 May 2011 at 17:26

Hxc said:
I really don't see what the big deal about flash is? it's a stupid outdated web format that'll hopefully be mostly eradicated by HTML5. I have been able to install flash on my phone for some time but just haven't bothered as I've never seen the need...

I use it a lot for things like 4oD. Love it or hate it, a lot of sites still use Flash.

DELETED_83755 · 18 May 2011 at 17:35

I agree with the above post. I use flash a lot on my phone in the form of videos etc. As much as I think its outdated its still used and won't change for a few more years yet!

PhillyDee · 18 May 2011 at 17:41

What videos though? There is a youtube app, and a couple of others which bypasses the need.

lemonade · 18 May 2011 at 19:14

I recieved my LG Optimus 7 today and very impressed by WP7. Very slick in operation and elegant in appearence. Feels a bit too simple at the moment, hopefully the Mango update will come soon and the app market will grow faster as well as MS continuing to develop new features and functionality.

Downloading the SDK right now and possibly get into some app development.

Also agree about the omission of flash, i hope they do bring support for it, as some sites I like using like tvacthup also use flash.

Wicksta · 18 May 2011 at 23:28

PhillyDee said:
What videos though? There is a youtube app, and a couple of others which bypasses the need.

As already mentioned services like 4oD, ITV Player, SeeSaw etc. Also a lot of dodgily streamed football/other sports sites require Flash.

Amp34 · 19 May 2011 at 03:01

I'd agree, Flash would be useful on occasion. It is apparently definately coming at some point though (at least last time I heard?). Maybe it's down to Adobe to sort out...

Abooie · 24 May 2011 at 14:54

For those that are interested, the live stream of Microsofts Mango press briefing is up: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windowsphone/liveevent.aspx

It starts at 3.

Ksanti · 24 May 2011 at 15:21

It may be outdated, but a small userbase of mobile phones isn't going to inspire sites to stop using it. For the time being, flash is still the feature putting me off iOS and WP7 devices, I use it a lot for both streaming and websites I use (photography portfolios).

roadie · 24 May 2011 at 15:24

So in the autumn then. Look forward to it, as I've the LG Optimus 7 on the way.

Myshra · 24 May 2011 at 15:43

At least they sorted ringtones finally.

roadie · 25 May 2011 at 10:24

Nice article here. Shame it's quite a way off.

Dewotter · 25 May 2011 at 13:50

I couldn't be doing with Facebook, SMS and Live messenger all in one stream. Unless the party you're talking to also has this, then it's bound to lead to confusion as you can see chats with them from 3 different networks while they won't.