Brandon Watson talks about WP7
Brandon Watson, the director of development experience at Microsoft answers some of the questions sent to him. Have a look at the synopsis of his answers:
About multitasking:
Our phone platform allows users to multitask while also optimizing for phone performance. This is why the user mode is restricted to one process at a time. There are mobile platforms that allow anything to run in the background, but they are also dealing with mounting customer dissatisfaction with phone performance – our intent is enable customers to engage is multiple tasks simultaneously on the phone, while avoiding the dissatisfaction pitfalls the come when you compromise performance.
About eBook readers:
There are some great ebook applications in the Windows Phone Marketplace and we are working with those companies to provide great ebook experiences on Windows Phone 7.
About competition with Android and iPhone:
Windows Phone 7 really is a different kind of phone, from the smart new design to the integrated experiences in hubs. We didn’t set out to replicate what other are doing on a feature-by-feature basis, or even provide a similar customer experience. The ability to integrate your data with the phone creates a distinctly different experience than what you get with jumping in and out of discrete apps. Windows Phone 7 will certainly be a first step in a new direction, but we have no intention of releasing beta quality code into the market and calling it “done.â€
About integration with Xbox:
To date we’ve shared that managed developers can bring Xbox LIVE features to a mobile phone. The Windows Phone 7 games hub will provide access to a managed portfolio of Xbox LIVE and non-Xbox LIVE games. It also lets users:
· Collect Achievements and build their Gamerscore
· View Xbox LIVE Leaderboards
· See their Xbox LIVE Avatar
· Access Spotlight feeds
· Add Xbox LIVE friends to their friends list while out on the go
· Turn-based (asynchronous) multiplayer gaming
Clearly we are giving developers quite the big of freedom with the platform and what they can do with it. It will be pretty exciting to see some of the scenarios they create, including the one we showed at MIX where a game was paused on the console and picked up and resumed on the device.
Read the complete interview here.
Via WMExperts
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