As Microsoft inches closer to finalizing the Windows Phone 7 running program, it's continuing to roll out programs of interest to the current Windows Mobile 6.x consumer base.
On Could eleven,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, Microsoft;s Bing group announced it was introducing tweaks to the Bing application on legacy Windows Telephone devices, as well as new turn-by-turn navigation that builds on Bing Maps and Tellme voice technologies.
The Bing household page for Windows Cellular 6.x telephone end users has gotten a face-lift, as well as improved navigation “to give people faster access to common searches, such as Movies and Traffic,” according to a Bing Community blog post.
When Microsoft rolled out its Bing application for the iPhone late last year, a number of Windows Phone customers complained that the iPhone app was far nicer looking and more useful than the Bing for Windows Phone one.
Microsoft is going to continue to support Windows Telephone customers running Windows Mobile six.x for a few years to come. (I;ve asked for a more precise date; stay tuned.) But the Cellular group is putting almost all of its backing behind Windows Telephone seven and its successors, which run a different and incompatible (though still Windows Compact-based) running method.