Windows phone 7.5 'Mango'

Windows phone 7.5. Wow! Great news for ‘Mango’. Although not too popular, O2 Pocket PC, Windows Mobile 2003 SE, Windows Mobile 6.5.5, all testify Microsoft's decade long existence in the field of mobile phones, besides computers. Although the company planned to continue the Windows Mobile line, however, Microsoft decided to create a new mobile operating system platform. Hence, Windows Phone (WP), the upgraded mobile operating system was brought to the limelight in 2010.

In today's busy life, it's all about 'Glance and Go'. We tend to communicate with our co-workers, friends and family on any social network and trying to keep in touch amidst the busyness. WP7.5's ability to integrate social network content with many of the platform's

Although the reception was generally positive, the product however lacked some of the common features that we have come to enjoy in other smartphone operating systems, like in Android and iOS.

Realising today's consumers' demands and the aftermath of its shortcomings, WP addressed these limitations in an update Windows Phone 7.5 codenamed 'Mango'. The roll out held on September 27, 2011, Mango is a major software update for Windows Phone, to get the major wrinkles of the shortcomings ironed out.

Features that do make an impact on our everyday smartphone experience-- multitasking, social network integration, email and exchange, will finally be incorporated. In short, WP7.5 is precisely what we wish Windows Phone would've been from the beginning -- a platform that's capable of handling all of our needs, no matter how crazy they may be.

A gigantic improvement and one of the favourite features in WP7.5 is its email and messaging feature. It has a linked email inbox that combines multiple email accounts into one consolidated tile, making the system convenient and time saving. With WP7.5 one doesn't have to hunt through hundreds of other messages to find each segment of a conversation, as the full correspondence is grouped together-- an absolute must-have feature in this day and age.

The phone is now littered with plenty of ways to communicate via Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Tweets that mention your name are dropped into notifications, and you're given the option of replying to it. WP7.5 also gives you the ability to organise your contacts into 'groups', which by showing live tiles for individual members, notifications and pictures make interaction all the more easier and simultaneous.