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“Today, I’m proud to introduce Windows Phone 7 Series, the next generation of Windows Phones,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer at Microsoft. “In a crowded market filled with phones that look the same and do the same things, I challenged the team to deliver a different kind of mobile experience. Windows Phone 7 Series marks a turning point toward phones that truly reflect the speed of people’s lives and their need to connect to other people and all kinds of seamless experiences.” Among the novelties that will be included in the upcoming devices, we can count a new Start screen, with “live tiles” that bring real-time content directly to users, as well as a dedicated hardware button for Bing, so that users can access the search engine from anywhere on the device. Moreover, the experience delivered by Windows Phone 7 Series devices is enhanced via Windows Phone hubs, which put together content from the Web, applications and services in a single view.

There are six hubs included in Windows Phone 7 Series: