Offical thread of WMC & the unveiling of WM7 and hopefully LIVE Anywhere

[AlkamistStar]

JaggedSac said:

AlkamistStar said:
Some details that i've seen so far is an interegation of apps throughout the phone, so no more getting into an app, and being "stuck" in that app space, but full interegation throughout the phone with all apps, and so apps can show you previews of some sort befor you go into them. With Xbox Live on WM7 you can get a "nudge" to join a game, or to play a game when it's you turn. Pretty awesome. Every WIndows Mobile 7 phone is also a Zune HD player. The interface is pretty much the same as a Zune HD, and connecting/syncing with the PC is easy, and automatically pops Zune. The Zune media you bought on Xbox Live/PC/Zune can be brought over to your Mobile.

You bring up a very good point here.  Zune Pass + 3G = no need to have music on your phone, stream whatever song you want, whenever you want.  I think the removal of original XBox games support on Live has more to do with this mobile Live than anything else.  It looks like we are about to see some very cool things with Live in the future. 

It is very cool that Zune content that you purchase will be available from the TV(360), PC, Zune, and WM7.  MS seems to really get the picture that their disparate groups can create some pretty damn cool stuff when brought together.

Yea, the Zune content is huge for Microsoft, and i think this is the year it'll reall take off. I never looked at streaming like that, but that's an awesome idea, and i hope AT&T or other providers don't limit this.

Some other details that were interesting:

Hardware Providers:

HP
LG
HTC
Dell
Garmin-asus
Toshiba
Samsung
Sony Ericsson
Qualcomm

Network Providers:

AT&T
orange
Verizon Wireless
vodafone
Telefonica
Sprint
SFR
Telecom

Lead Network Providers: AT&T & orange.