Microsoft last night previewed the next generation of Windows Phone 7, which will come out in the autumn but will be available to developers free next month.



From Silicon Republic:

The software giant revealed that the next release, known as ‘Mango’, will enable multitasking capabilities in smartphones and possibly tablet computers, too.

The new developer tools are envisaged to help developers create apps faster.

Multitasking capabilities in the next generation of Windows Phone 7 will enable faster app switching, background processing, audio and file transfer and background audio playback for HTML5 pages.

  Microsoft reveals capabilities of next Windows Phone 7 update