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Today Microsoft revealed a number ofnew featuresthat will ship in the so-called ‘Mango’ update to the Windows Phone platform later this year. Mango is a large enough upgrade to the phone line that it will induce a name change from Windows Phone 7, to 7.5.
The newly unveiled features are pointed directly at businesses. From Microsoft, this is the list of what is to come:
What is important about these updates is that they will put Windows Phone comfortably into the niche that Windows Mobile used to occupy: the corporate space. Microsoft is tying their best new cloud services such as Office 365, and their enterprise communication solution, Lync, into the phone line to let it integrate with its entire corporate system.
What follows are images that Microsoft provided along with the announcement. The first is of a new conversation view in the email client, and the second of the coming new Lync integration:
While Microsoft revealed this at today’s TechEd event, the company has another Windows Phone event coming on the 24th of May that is set to unveil a a rough roadmap for the phone line. TNW will be in attendance.
Other Windows Phone newsbroke over the weekend, including coming Facebook chat integration, Office hub upgrades, and tweaks to the phone line’s Xbox LIVE support.
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Alex Wilhelm is a San Francisco-based writer. You can find Alex on Twitter, and on Facebook. You can reach Alex via email at alex@thenextweb(show all)Alex Wilhelm is a San Francisco-based writer. You can find Alex onTwitter,and onFacebook.You can reach Alex via email atalex@thenextweb.com
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