Windows Phone 7 – Desktop
The article will provide a reader with information on Windows Phone 7’s desktop. The workspace in Windows Phone 7 consists of two screens: the home and the additional. A user can move between the two screens by simply scrolling through or by pressing the arrow buttons. The home screen displays the icons of applications and services, though due to the size of the icons it is better to call them tiles. The tiles are arranged in two columns and their number does not seem to be limited. A user can assign a tile to practically any sort of data: a tile that starts an application, settings or a specific internet page. Different categories of pictures can be easily dragged onto the home screen.
A user can scroll the tiles up and down, remove them from the screen or organize them, change their order. Another tile that can be helpful to a user will be a phone calls tile. If a user does not have any missed calls then a user will see an icon and the carrier’s name inside the tile. As soon as a user gets missed calls their number is displayed on the tile. A user has also got an opportunity to drag a contact to the tile screen, in which case the tile will show in turns the contact’s picture and the contact’s name.
If a user has a mailbox tile then it shows the number of unread messages for this account, the same with the SMS tile. Music and pictures tiles display pictures in turns. The music tile displays pictures of the artists. The calendar tile (displays the week-day and the date, it also displays the closest upcoming event if a user has a memo. The Marketplace tile shows the number of application updates available and the whole tiles panel is shifted a bit to the left of the screen.
The uninstallation of application happens similar to iPhone: a user has hold his/her finger on the application icon on the right screen – a pop up window appears where a user can choose an action – whether to place the application on the left screen or uninstall it.
If a user has read this article then he/she has learnt about the desktop screen features of the Windows 7 Phone.
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