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Several features of Windows Phone that very popular and quite useful to keep in touch with your friend and family

The Start screen in Windows Phone 7.5

The successor to its Windows Mobile platform

Windows Phone was launched in the second half of 2010, with a release in Asia following in early 2011.With Windows Phone, Microsoft created a new user interface, featuring its design language called Metro.The home screen, called the "Start screen", is made up of "Live Tiles".

Similar to Windows 8 live tiles. Tiles are links to applications, features, functions and individual items (such as contacts, web pages, applications or media items)Users can add, rearrange, or remove tiles Tiles are dynamic and update in real time.

Several features of Windows Phone are organized into "hubs", which combine local and online content via Windows Phone's integration with popular social networks such as Facebook, Windows Live, and Twitter.
For example, the Pictures hub shows photos captured with the device's camera and the user's Facebook photo albums,and the People hub shows contacts aggregated from multiple sources including Windows Live, Facebook, and Gmail. From the Hub, users can directly comment and 'like' on social network updates. The other built-in hubs are Music and Video (which integrates with Zune), Games (which integrates with Xbox Live), Windows Phone Marketplace, and Microsoft Office.

Screenshot of Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

Windows Phone uses multi-touch technology. The default Windows Phone user interface has a dark theme that prolongs battery life on OLED screens as fully black pixels don't emit light. You may choose a light theme instead, and can also choose from several accent colors. User interface elements such as tiles are shown in your chosen accent color. Third-party applications can be automatically themed with these colors.