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Several Confidential Microsoft Documents were publicly released on HTCPedia. There a quite a lot of info in there. Apparently when you activate the device for the first time you will need an internet connection of some sort to download the license agreement and you need to sign in / sign up for a Microsoft live ID. There is no way around that.
The OEMs can change some visual elements like start up wallpaper, ringtones, add Live tiles on Home screen , Lock screen wallpapers. It looks like Ringtones can be purchased from Windows Mobile 7 Marketplace
Windows Phone 7 will have GeoTag and AutoFocus for Video
Windows Phone 7 might have Volume buttons on the Side ( according to an image from the Architecture Guide document )
Windows Phone 7 will use Direct 3D 11..OpenGL ES will NOT be supported
Windows Phone 7 : Direct 3D Drivers will have to be developed by OEM ( why ??? we don’t want HTC developing the graphics Drivers )
Windows Phone 7 supports Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
To an End user the entire File system will look like a single storage unit ( internal memory and external memory will not be differentiated ) … Hey that means External storage is supported. The document also specifies a scenario where the user removes the battery .. in your face iPhone.
CABs are a thing of the past.. WP7 will have apps with the extension XAP
Well I dint pull these info out of thin air , download these documents for yourself and have a look through those..
The documents include details about
HTCPedia via xda-developers via PPCGeeks
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Nothing new that we didn’t already know at least two months ago… apart from the rumour about the Direct3D drivers – which MS said they would be (at least) funding the creation of said drivers.
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