Microsoft Files for Trademark on Start Screen UI
Microsoft has filed for a trademark for the look and feel of Windows Phone 7 home screen and the live tiles it contains.
Microsoft writes:
"The mark consists of eight boxes; the upper left-hand box containing the word "PHONE" along with a telephone receiver; the upper right-hand box containing the word "PEOPLE"; the lower left-hand box containing the word "MESSAGING" along with a character face; the lower right-hand box containing the word "OUTLOOK" along with the letter "O", an envelope and a check mark; the lower four boxes are empty."
The design of the Windows Phone 7 UI is perhaps the only one in recent times which eschews the appearance of virtual real-world objects if favour of an "authentic digital" look which has little extras. IT should be noted that this UI has be widely copied, and unofficially by hackers on Android and even the Apple iPhone.
With this move to trademark Metro UI I don't think Microsoft if going to give up the idea of their UI, and a side note that with it being ported Microsoft might think it has a jewel on their hands. You tell us PPCGeekers.... What does this all mean for Microsoft, and the UI that it gives it's users? Is it rally that radical of a UI? Why is it so popular on the other platforms?
Source: WMPoweruser.com
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This is pretty funny they are trademarking Tile positions now?
its a pretty damn popular interface if its available on android phones now
Just goes to prove that WinP7 is nothing more than an INTERFACE, not an Operating system.
So you see that Android can do what WinP7 can’t. You can easily add a plugin and get everything WinP7 provides but WinP7 can’t offer all the features Android does.
Still think it is superior?
The fact it can be run on Android before you can even buy WinP7 phones from the major carriers is just proof that WinP7 is nothing more than Titanium SQUARED!
It is not an operating system just a today plugin!
and there are also skins and shells that can be used to put the android look on WM and theres also an iPhonetoday plugin to make WM and possibly android look like apple so i guess android and iOS are nothing but today plugins too right? and name some features in android that arent currently available in wp7, dont really see any. all youve done so far was state your bullshit ass opinion and not have provided any facts
Yes again all of them nothing more than TODAY plugins and launchers…
Android is an OPERATING system!
Did you know that I can tweak the Linux and have my phone IP assigned to a dynamic DNS and turn my phone into a web server if I wanted?
Can YOU do that?
Did you know that just about everything that can be done on a linux desktop can be done on an Android phone?
No you didn’t know that, how could you as you have never seen or operated Android!
so is WP7, its your opinion that it isnt. what site have you gone to that said WP7 wasnt an OS? ill answer for you: NONE. you are just trolling and spreading your garbage
Yeh, Asphyx (What’s that your way of saying you like getting packed) is just a Droid boy. Like I always say, You don’t talk about what you don’t care about. Its like the ugly chick, when do you talk about her? You don’t. You think and talk about the nice looking chick all of the time. That’s because you want her to think about you. That way you have a chance.
He’s just threatened by the WP7 OS, that’s why he trolls. Deep down he wishes he had one. The Droid is nothing but an Iphone knock off as far as the UI goes and being app driven. The Droid needs to get its own look. That’s why MS is trying to trademark the WM7 OS, so people like Google and Apple don’t start copying it. Google had to copy the apple UI to get popular, thats why I do not want one, there’s nothing original about it. It copied the apple UI, the WM6 capabilities (copy/paste, multitasking etc) and are trying to pass it off as an original. Try again google, come up with your own ideas. There is nothing original about the droid, it just a glorified knockoff phone.
Asphyx go ahead convert your phone into a web server, it’ll be the first original thing a droid has done LMFAO. I can’t believe you tried to pass that off as something great. LMFAO, that’s to funny. LMFAO, LMFAO, LMFAO, LMFAO, I can’t breath, LMFAO, LMFAO, LMFAO, LMFAO, I can’t breath. LMFAO, LMFAO, LMFAO. Hey everybody my phone is web server, really hey let me connect to it and slow my PC’s connection down. Isn’t that what everybody wants? LMFAO, Can you say useless functionally.
and lets not forget the whole oracle scandal
Would someone please explain to me why anyone would buy a Windows Phone 7 phone over Android?
the comment above explains why.