MIX10 : Windows Phone 7 can make phone calls too

Long Zheng from istartedsomething.com have posted a screenshot of the actual calling experience on windows phone 7. He described the experience as

Making a call brings up an overlay that sits on top of the previous screen faded out, a nice touch over replacing the entire screen to provide some context of what you were looking at, a related email for example. Those wondering where the usual status icons are – cell signal and provider name for example – it turns out they only appear when used. For example, when internet connectivity is used, the WiFi icon appears. As such, the signal and provider only appears when in a call.

The fadeout screen sounds really good but the fact signal indicators are not shown on all screen sounds like a cause for concerns coz I dont always get network coverage at home and if there is no visual indicator for this then I might not have network coverage and I will not even know about it.

Update – 18/03/2010 : Added video via engadget.com