Last night, Microsoft kicked off Mobile World Congress by giving people a glimpse of what the rest of the year will bring for Windows Phone 7. Among the updates are several new features, a booming app marketplace, and the integration of even more Microsoft products with the phone.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve summed up the key highlights and stats below for your quick reference.\u00a0 For more information on Microsoft at MWC, please visit Microsoft\u2019s News Center<\/a> to view the press release or visit the Windows Phone blog<\/a>. You can also follow the action at MWC via Microsoft\u2019s Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n Microsoft announced several new Windows Phone 7 features coming in 2011, including a \u201cdramatically enhanced\u201d browser experience based on Internet Explorer 9; additional multitasking capabilities; support for Microsoft Office documents in the cloud; and the addition of Twitter to the People Hub. The expanded capabilities announced today include:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Microsoft sold 2 million phone licenses in Windows Phone 7\u2019s first two months, and the phone is now available from 60 mobile operators in 30 countries around the world. As phone availability and sales grow, so too does the app marketplace \u2013 with now more than 8,000 apps in the marketplace and 28,000 registered developers.<\/p>\n A technology preview from Microsoft Games Studios is also available here<\/a> showing the connection of Windows Phone 7 and Kinect for XBox 360.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last night, Microsoft kicked off Mobile World Congress by giving people a glimpse of what the rest of the year will bring for Windows Phone 7. Among the updates are several new features, a booming app marketplace, and the integration of even more Microsoft products with the phone. We\u2019ve summed up the key highlights and<\/p>\n\n