Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 keynote up for viewing

By on Oct 12, 2010 at 8:47 AM
General October 12, 2010

Yesterday in New York City, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer officially unveiled his company’s next generation mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. The mobile device arena is a crowded space — with well established systems from Apple, Google, and Research In Motion already in the market — but Microsoft made a big splash by announcing nine new handsets that will be available in the coming months (both in the U.S. and abroad). Microsoft has posted the keynote presentation from yesterday’s event for those who want to see and hear, first hand, just what the Redmond company has been up to. If you’re interested in hearing every word from Steve Ballmer and company, hit the jump. The video is waiting for you.

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  • Lem

    Really hard to believe that a Microsoft OS could bomb this badly with the public.

    You really have to wonder if the whole Kin fiasco was some masterful PR move by Microsoft to make the Windows Phone 7 fiasco look good in comparison.

    • That’s It?

      You’re telling me.

      Man, after watching the keynote I wasn’t even slightly impressed. I think the HTC hardware looks fantastic… but the software, god that’s horrible.

      Microsoft’s attempt to bring another “different” look in terms of UI isn’t very good IMO. I still favor Android, it seems to have the best multitasking abilities, on top of that… the whole “Tiles” concept seems so 2D and flat.

      I’d like to see the Microsoft UI succeed, but man… what they’re showing in that keynote is not impressive at all… seems like a step back or in the wrong direction. I hope people at least have the option to change the browser… who would want to use IE or Bing? o_0

      • Come on

        You’re saying Microsoft OS is “2D and flat.” But so is Android your beloved OS. Show me an icon on Android or IOS that is ’3D.’ The both use the same boring grid/icon home screens. At least Microsoft is showing some sort of originality.

        I’m not saying it will be a success, however I think they have a chance. I for one will give the OS a chance before passing judgment. I do know the Zune music software is is nice, a quick, so hopefully that translate into the OS.

        And is seems that boygenius and engadgetmobile all seem the think the OS is very fast and doesn’t show any lag which is a good sign.

        As far as bing goes, the search engine is actually really nice and I find my self spliting my searches through google and bing.

        I never understood ‘fan boys”, its not like you make any money from these companies and quite frankly Google, Microsoft and Apple dont really care about any of us.

      • Spdr-Mn

        “I still favor Android, it seems to have the best multitasking abilities,”…are you serious? ANDROID bogs down after 10 apps running at the same time, the real multitasking monster of an OS is webOS. I really liked Windows Phone, it’s an extremely classy and elegant UI that makes iOS look stale and ANDROID look like an OS made by Fisher Price…

      • Ernie

        I agree. I was quite impressed. Especially the integration of the calendar and email. One thing I miss from my Blackberry days is the fact that I could see in an email invite, right on the invite, if I had conflicts.

  • Johnson

    Wazzup biatchez??

  • Grep

    Please tell me that BGR isn’t going to make me install Silverlight just so I can view this video?

    I have Silverlight installed, but the video doesn’t work. Just sits there.

    Here’s a Youtube link:

    • Andrew Munchbach

      No, BGR isn’t going to make you do that. Microsoft is.

    • PAPINYC

      ‘doesn’t work’? Welcome to Microsoft.
      Bienvenue à Micromerde, alors!

  • Smarmy

    Not to nit pick (OK a little), but if you’re going to list “established” smart phone OS’s you should at least mention Symbian, I know they are bleeding market share like a stuck pig, but they still have more of the market than any other two combined….

    • lolz

      You’re right, Symbian makes up 40% worldwide, and since MS is trying to appeal to Europeans, it would be smart to cite them.

  • PAPINYC

    The aliens from the silver-blue planet have invaded!
    Microsoft will assimilate you with Sliverlight; ‘resistance is futile’!

    My EVOOO has been taken over by this “Silverlight” installation.

    OMG, someone call The Pentagon!

  • michaele

    Loser company, bigger loser CEO – the big BOMB!

    As usual, they are a day late and a dollar short to the party.

    No one cares and with IOS and Android out there they haven’t got a chance.

    It’s amazing the shareholders and Board have allowed this incompetent guy to keep his job.

  • Hobbit

    Steve Ballmer looks like a fat version of Smigel. His face makes me not want to get a Windows Phone. Microsoft needs an exciting PR personal. Google is the new juggernaut.

    • Spdr-Mn

      Right….??

    • Ernie

      I hate Ballmer. But Joe Belfiore seems like a cool cat. I liked his natural and friendly tone and he’s really excited. I could have done without Ballmer or De La Vega, who seemed like he was reading, really badly, his script.

    • PAPINYC

      Awhhhhhh……now that’s not nice. It’s really not his fault he can’t stay away from Doritos or a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with cheese meal (by the way, “Supersize it”!) Or, maybe he was just born that way; still, it’s not nice to make fun of people. Especially, the horizontally challenged ones.

  • Steve

    Who knew!?!?! I thought Higgins was British!

  • nefan65

    That’s a perfect picture of Ballmer; Dufus Face with a Dufus Phone…LOL

  • bearleton

    I’m not ready to call this a flop. Heck I thought the iPad wouldn’t be the huge success it is.

    The problem is that Windows 7 needs to take share, yes?

    I don’t see that happening very easily against Android or Apple. 7 would need to be superb to generate share here.

    On the enterprise side, most every company is using MS, so security won’t be a problem. That means 7 can target enterprise leader Blackberry.

    Therefore I’ll be interested in reading feedback on 7 vs. BB.

    • justme

      ipad huge success???? i mean i finally talked with one person who owns one yesterday. I mean before that i had not found a single person who owns one.. and i live in a large market

  • jrobcet

    Some nice phones to be sure. It will be interesting to see how this goes for Microsoft.

    But PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD Microsoft, drop the buzz words!

    At one point Steve said, “We think it’s important to have consistent delight”

    Sorry, but I couldn’t watch anymore after that statement. You have built what appears to be a nice mobile OS. Drop the bullshit and let the OS stand (or fall) on its own.

    I seriously doubt anyone will be running to their nearest carrier store with the intention of buying on of those “consistently delightful” phones.

  • Droid Rules

    WM needs to go away. I’m tired of everybody copying each other and besting Android.

    • lolz

      Do you even understand the statement you just made?

      • Droid Rules

        If you had an Android, you would.

      • tward09

        I’m confused as to whether you’re for against android.

  • hi

    The presentation was on point. Joe was good per usual. Stevie B was succinct. Ralph answered alot of questions I had like pricing. All in all, this is a good start to a relaunch for Microsoft’s mobile business.

    I really like the SharePoint integration features. I write PowerPivot analytic applications using Excel 2010 and look forward to phones with more RAM. Paying $16/mo for Zune music seems like a good way to discover new music & keep up with what my friends are listening to. I read that you can keep 10 songs a month. That’s like $13 worth of stuff I would have to buy on iTunes. Does Droid do this? Verizon needs a new tag line.

  • namelesstwo

    Ok peeps, let’s try to forget Ballmer’s face for a moment, and discuss what’s behind WM7.

    First, I think MS made the right decision to launch MW7, AS IS, through several manufacturers and devices, without having it open sourced, just like they did with Windows OS for PCs. That prevents the OS from being quickly fragmented through dozens of different UIs, by the different manufacturers, thus avoiding Google’s mistake.

    So, instead of manufacturers luring potential users with “pretty” UIs, they will be forced to build better quality phones that will actually work, instead of plasticky crappy ones.

    Then, by having more quality phones porting the OS, it will attract more developers and consequently more apps of all kinds, that will make the phone more attractive and useful to users, which quickly forget the “pretty” UIs.

    Second, by the time the OS gets well established, and with enough apps, it gives MS enough time to build their own phone, carrier unbranded, just like Apple, and start making decent money in a crowded market, just like Apple.

    Third, Android will continue to fragment, to a point that Google will either have to take control of it, or forget about it and let it fall behind.

    Then there will only be iOS, BB OS, and MS OS as the three major contenders in the smartphone market. And Google will be left with an empty stare in its face, wondering what happened.

    Think about it.

  • http://www.LatinoGraduate.com Eddie

    That was hard to watch. No excitement from anyone in that room…. or am I just seeing things.

    I hope it works out for Microsoft. Xbox and Office is keeping them afloat.

    GOOD LUCK!!

    • 2010

      agreed

  • Marvin

    Can’t they hire a model to make these announcements?

    • nefan65

      I agree. Half of M$’ problems are that baboon they call a CEO. He said WM7 phones are what real people want in a phone..LOL…right

      • OUTtheWINDOW

        LoL!!!

  • Jim

    I’m a bit surprised that they never made a phone call with it (Steve could have called Bill for a laugh or two). Steve also never produced one from a pocket or used one. The nine phones on the sliding table all looked like furniture store props. I’m most interested in the “Dell dell device” – if he can’t get a product name right, it shows how much he is actually interested in them.

    The demo was very scattered and came across like the kind of “hey let me show my new phone” demo, not something from a multibillion-dollar company. Show, don’t tell. Joe didn’t stop talking for forty minutes.

  • TONY

    I think I will give this OS a try.

    I will be looking forward to the following Apps and/or services:
    *Facebook
    *Pandora, I <3 Radio, DI.FM, Wundar Radio
    *DUB
    *Google Maps (Possible App) (Fuck Bing)
    *Google Voice Integration (Possible App?)
    *Gmail Integration with Calander Integration
    *Exchange (DUH!)
    *Texting (Looks smoother than iPhone)
    *Phone Usage, Battery Usage
    *Possible Firefox or Opera Apps
    *Music and Movie
    *NETFLIX
    *Photo uploads to: Photobucket, Flikr and FB
    *Twitter (Maybe)
    *Finance Apps
    *Youtube, entertainment
    *Use of flash on browser
    *Browser Experience
    *eBooks or eMags

    I want to see more of this, before purchasing, but I am hopeful that this will be available by end of the year into Q2 of 2011.

    • ?

      just get another phone..

  • OUTtheWINDOW

    Windows Phone 7 is the ugliest touch screen phone ever! I truly believe WP7 will R.I.P next to the Kin & the whole Kin fiasco thing…they just realized that it was a piece of shit! That’s why it never made it out. :-D

  • OUTtheWINDOW

    I bet Steve Ballmer has a iPhone4(a free one from Steve) in his pocket & uses it when no one’s looking… :-D

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