Featured Article: Mango Impressions
A few weeks ago, having connected my Samsung Focus to my desktop for syncing,
I was greeted with a pleasant message from Zune notifying me that a Windows Phone 7 update was available.
The NoDo update included fine-tuned performance and app start-up time tweaks, as well as the much awaited copy and paste feature,
among other things. Features aside, the performance optimizations alone gave the OS a fresh and brand new feel.
So needless to say, I am really excited about Mango – the next WP7 update. Mango’s list of features is so immense,
that the update might as well be described as an intermediate OS release between the current version of WP7 and Windows 8.
For starters, Mango will include the mobile version of IE9, along with some of its most important features.
In-browser Silverlight, HTML5 and hardware acceleration support are all slated to be included in the mobile cousin of the desktop browser.
With HTML5, a music site with an audio playlist, for instance, will let you play music directly from the browser.
While GPU accelerated Silverlight will give you direct access to interactive multimedia, once again, directly from your browser.
And yes, that includes games. These features are impressive on their own, but I am even more eager to make use of them simultaneously, as Mango will include true multitasking.
In the MIX2011 showcase, this was presented by playing music on a website using HTML5 and returning to the home screen with the music continuing to play.
If you enjoy habitual game-playing but quickly grow tired of in-game music and would rather stream an online audio stream, then Mango has a treat for you!
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