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Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) Global Upgrade Today Official Begin

Many Windows Phone Users highly anticipated Mango upgrade finally begun. At the beginning, 10% users can upgrade, this number will gradually increase to 98% in the following four weeks. To allow users to check whether their phones can be upgraded, they also produced a “Where’s my phone update?” Page. Once your phone can upgrade, you can connect it to a computer to use the Zune (use Windows Phone 7 Connector on Mac) to complete the upgrade.

So what new functions this upgrade will bring?

  • Facebook Places support integrated
  • Dynamic Live Tiles for third party developers
  • Contacts can be grouped and pinned to homescreen
  • Twitter/LinkedIn support
  • Windows Live Messenger and Facebook Chat
  • Threaded messages and e-mail
  • A suite of Bing stuff (Song ID, QR code reader, Album/CD cover identifier, etc.)
  • New camera UI
  • Internet Explorer 9
  • Ringtone management
  • Front facing camera support
  • Optional, depending on the carrier: Visual voicemail, internet tethering

But this time Microsoft also announced two new features not previously mentioned: Web Marketplace (to allow the desktop browsing applications, and remote install on the phone) and Tethering (to allow sharing of mobile Internet access, sharing devices up to 5 ) .

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