Tiles are dynamic and update in real time – for example, the tile for an email account would display the number of unread messages or a tile could display a live update of the weather. Users can add, rearrange, or remove tiles.
Tiles are links to applications, features, functions and individual items (such as contacts, web pages, applications or media items). The home screen, called "Start screen", is made up of "Live Tiles". Windows Phone 7 features a user interface based on a design system codenamed and commonly referred to as Metro.
Windows Phone 7 is the only version of Windows Phone that features a kernel based on the Windows Embedded Compact 7 version of Windows Embedded CE, which was also used in Windows Mobile and Pocket PC systems. Support for additional languages and regions were subsequently brought through both the Mango and Tango updates to the OS respectively. Windows Phone initially supported twenty-five languages, with applications being available through Windows Phone Store in 35 countries and regions. Upon the release of Windows Phone 7's "Mango" revision, additional manufacturers became partners, including Acer, Fujitsu, and ZTE. The devices were made available on 60 carriers in 30 countries, with additional devices to be launched in 2011. On October 11, 2010, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced the 10 launch devices for Windows Phone 7, made by HTC, Dell, Samsung, and LG, with sales beginning on Octoin Europe and Australia and Novemin the United States. As its original name was criticized for being too complex and "wordy", the name of the operating system was officially shortened to just Windows Phone 7 on April 2, 2010. HP later decided not to build devices for Windows Phone, citing that it wanted to focus on devices for its newly purchased webOS.
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