If you want to see a specific feature of aspect of Windows Phone 7 then please let me know.

I have made two other “A close look at WP7” videos, they are Video Recording and Speed and Responsiveness.

I have already been asked to record another WP7 video to show if 3rd party apps are as responsive as the hubs in the OS. I hope to record it tomorrow. If you have requests of features or aspects of Windows Phone 7 you would like shown off then please let me know.

The first video is the second part (the first part is in the link above) to ZDNet.co.uk’s interview with Charlie Kindel in which he talks about multitasking on the device, appealing to developers with the how easy it should be for them to code apps on the OS and Adobe’s Flash. I don’t seem to be able to embed this video so here’s the link.

The second has comes via WMPoweruser.com and is quite an extensive demo of the Outlook app of Windows Phone 7 which shows of many of the features and transitions seen across the OS.

Update:

Just seen another video, this time via PocketNow.com showing the Office Hub, voice recording within documents, downloading from SharePoint and and details within documents.

Update 2:

Another video of Windows Phone 7 this time showing its Smart Sensing technology which is why Microsoft are reluctant to include copy and paste on the mobile.

New Services

There have been very few leaks about new services but the ones we do know about are:

• Devices – Would seem to be a Live Mesh way to link and sync your various devices, whether they be PCs, Macs, Mobiles, etc, with each other and the cloud. The service may provide configuration options and remote control/use of the device.
• Documents – Seems like the Documents service will be the new way to save and store Office documents, and I guess store any file, on Windows Live; SkyDrive will probably be the backend for this service which is likely to incorporate Live Mesh like functionality.

There is one other service I think we can expect to be added to Windows Live:

• Videos – Surely Microsoft has not given up against Google with YouTube in the online video market so I am expecting some kind of Video service, it could well be an additional aspect of the Photos service.

Changes To Existing Services

• Header – although not being a real service it appears in most Windows Live services and is set to change again for Wave 4. As you can see below the header has been restructured into only 4 heading, or pillars, with the lesser services accessed by hovering over the service names. The header will also be dynamic showing users how many unread emails they have and how many of their contacts are online.
  
• Web Messenger – It appears that Microsoft will be bringing Messenger properly online by allowing users to access the service wherever they are in Windows Live, I would guess it will act similarly to Facebook Chat.
  

Changes To Existing Applications

In general all the content editing applications within Windows Live will now be receiving the ribbon interface and the other applications, Messenger, will receive a UI overhaul similar to that of the Zune software.

• Mail – The application will now have access to the calendar down the right hand side and will support a conversation mode for collecting emails together to more easily follow a conversation between a contact. It also sounds like Windows Live Mail will support various Gmail features and I can guess it will support other email clients functionality.
  
• Writer – All that is currently known is that it will have the ribbon interface.
  
• Messenger – Messenger looks to be getting quite a major make over with an additional pane to the left which we are certainly not used too. It appears as if this new pane will display a list of everything that is new with a user’s contacts. Another interesting thing to note is the “Connected to” control at the bottom right of the windows, perhaps we will be able to use other instant messaging services from Messenger. 
  Messenger 2010 will also be supporting tab conversation windows, something a lot of people have been asking for for some time, I’m not sure I really see the appeal.
  
  Users will also be able to control their online presence with the Aero thumbnails when using Windows 7.
   
  I believe the next image is only a concept image created by a fan however I think it shows what Messenger 2010 will look like.
  

Others Things To Expect With Wave 4

• Integration – I believe there will be a high level of integration of Windows Live with other Microsoft products and services, we already know the Office Web Apps will be accessed through Windows Live but I also think Windows Mobile (6.6, 7 or the “Zune Phone”) will feature Windows Live very heavily.
• Social – I think Microsoft will try and make Windows Live Wave 4 more of a social networking platform where users can share information easily to many people across various services, for exampling hitting the upload button in Photo Gallery will upload the photo to Windows Live Photo, Facebook, Flickr, Twitpic etc at the same time. I also believe we can expect to see a URL shortening service to help this sharing of information.
• TVs – It has been rumoured that Microsoft have been talking with a few TV makers so we might see some level of access to Windows Live on TVs in the future, I doubt this would be completed in time for the launch of Wave 4 but perhaps later in the year.

If you want to keep track of the latest Windows Live Wave 4 news then you might to check out this collection of posts.

Continuing on with my belief that we will be seeing a video hosting service when Wave 4 is launched I put some thought into the service, clearly Microsoft wont be using Flash to play the videos but Silverlight instead. After doing some searching I found Microsoft already provide a video uploading tool for Silverlight video playback as a Windows Live service beta (not a Wave 3 branding).This service already has ads appearing in videos, similar to the ways ads appear in Youtube videos, something I would expect to see in the free service.

Its not to hard to believe that a video service would be coming to Windows Live if, what seems to be, a lot of the backend work has already been done albeit in a beta state.

Windows Live redirections

I was playing around the other day and found some interesting things about where different .live.com addresses redirect too. First thing to note is that gibberish.live.com redirects to home.live.com so you would assume that all addresses other than live services redirect to home.live.com. However, this is wrong as shown by entering some of the rumoured new services coming to the Windows Live suite.

Devices.live.com redirects to skydrive.live.com which one would guess means groundwork has been laid for the arrival of the Devices which is likely to have very close integration with SkyDrive. Interestingly documents.live.com redirects to home.live.com.

Another interesting redirection is webim.live.com which redirects to a bing search of webim.live.com perhaps meaning there will be a dedicated service for Web IM and not just through Hotmail or http://webim.live.sg/.

Unfortunately it isn’t possible to check if videos.live.com redirected to an intriguing domain as, like images.live.com, it redirects to bing page for searching that media type.

This could all be circumstantial but I don’t see why some speculated services’ domains wouldn’t redirect to home.live.com. If you know of/discover any other good .live.com addresses and redirections please let me know.