How Many New Windows Phone 7 Mango Features Are We Up To?

Eighty-nine down, a whole lot more to go! When Steve Ballmer brought up the claim that Windows Phone 7 Mango would be bringing in excess of five hundred new features to the operating system, it seemed more like hyperbole than anything. But once we started watching Microsoft's presentation at Tuesday's New York City event, it became hard to deny: there is a LOT of new stuff coming to Mango. Now, we've talked about some of the more impressive changes that are in store, and lamented about some that won't make the cut, but when it comes down to it, we've just scraped the tip of the iceberg. 

The obsessive minds over at anythingbutiphone have been taking meticulous notes about what Microsoft has revealed about Mango, not just at this most recent event, but in all the teasers leading up to it. All told, they arrived at eighty-nine features with a chance of making it in. The majority of those have been directly confirmed by Microsoft, but there are a few that, while either likely or highly-anticipated, are just rumors at this point. All at once like this, it makes for quite the impressive list. 

There are sixty-three Mango features that Microsoft has announced, and an additional twenty that were once just rumors, only to later have Microsoft confirm them. 

1. SkyDrive support (including shared folders) 
2. Internet Explorer 9 
3. HTML5 
4. Hardware acceleration 
5. Multitasking 
6. Task-switcher 
7. Twitter integration 
8. Xbox LIVE Avatar accessories 
9. Kinect integration 
10. Skype 
11. Application jump list 
12. Application search 
13. Redesigned Marketplace 
14. Improved Marketplace search results 
15. Streamlined app installation 
16. Over-the-air podcasts 
17. Silverlight + XNA 
18. Improved panorama and pivot controls 
19. TCP/IP sockets 
20. SQL CE database 
21. Live Agents 
22. Deep Links 
23. Multiple live tiles per app 
24. Gyro 
25. Motion Sensor 
26. Instant-resume for apps 
27. Power management 
28. Parental controls (including M-rated titles) 
29. Custom ringtones 
30. Background audio 
31. File download service 
32. Alarm notifications 
33. Redesigned Games hub 
34. Silverlight 4 
35. Beta/private publishing on the Marketplace 
36. Pinnable email folders 
37. Email conversation view 
38. Server search 
39. Lync 
40. Complex (alpha-numeric) passwords 
41. Information Rights Management 
42. Hidden Wi-Fi networks 
43. App Connect (formerly Search Extras) 
44. Quick Cards 
45. Local Scout 
46. Indoor maps 
47. Photo translation 
48. Image search 
49. Improved virtual keyboard 
50. Contact communication history 
51. LinkedIn integration 
52. Notifications 
53. Calendar integration with Facebook Events 
54. Facial recognition 
55. Updated mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 
56. Single track repeat 
57. Improved drop-down media controls 
58. Playback controls on the lock screen 
59. Favorite places 
60. Web Marketplace 
61. Multiple file formats on SkyDrive, including PDF 
62. Instant access to Bing under device lock 
63. Emoticons 


1. Location check-ins 
2. Photosynth (possibly as an app) 
3. Windows Live Messenger / Facebook Chat 
4. Bing Vision 
5. Bing Audio 
6. Auditory turn-by-turn navigation 
7. SMS dictation 
8. Threads 
9. Colored tiles for Office documents 
10. Support for East Asian languages 
11. Visual voicemail 
12. Office 365 support 
13. Groups 
14. Artist imagery on lock screen 
15. Redesigned Music + Videos hub 
16. Smart DJ 
17. Playlist management 
18. Enable/disable camera sound 
19. Linked Inbox 
20. Multiple calendars for Windows Live accounts 


While we haven't officially heard about these one way or the other, some rumors point to the following six additions making the cut. 

1. NFC Support 
2. Mobile Studio 
3. Facebook video uploads 
4. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 
5. Multiple calendars for non-Windows Live accounts 
6. Support for Wi-Fi Hotspots 

Look for even more Mango features to be revealed as the months until its release pass. As a bonus, if you speak Swedish, you can check out some of these features in the clip below. 



Source: anythingbutiphone