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A GLIMPSE INTO MICROSOFT'S NEW MOBILE OS

04-02-2010 [Ben Hanrahan] [Permalink]

Yesterday, on April 1, 2010, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published Microsoft Corporation's patent application for a "Panoramic Graphical User Interface" (U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2010/0083165).  As seen below, the panoramic GUI includes a "contiguous background" and a collection of mixed-media content, such as music, video, games, and podcasts.

The panoramic GUI may extend beyond the boundaries of the display screen in either a vertial or horizontal orientation, and is capable of being panned in a smooth, unrestricted manner to any desired position.  In other words, the GUI need not pan by increments the same width or dimension of the display screen.

The "Panoramic Graphical Unser Interface" is a feature which will likely be found in the new, and widely anticipated Windows Phone 7 Series as well as the Zune HD.