
Office 365 & SkyDrive support: In Mango, you will be able to save and share Office documents through Microsoft’s Office 365 and Windows Live SkyDrive, allowing you to keep and access documents from the cloud. Pinnable email folders: Just as Microsoft is making it possible to pin any page of an app to the homescreen grid, now you can pin folders of email as well. Threaded email conversations: Much like Gmail, Windows Phones will now appropriately group email conversations together, making it easier to sort through your correspondence. We’re assuming that games on the Phone will now be able to communicate instantly with games on your console, allowing you to resume a game or complete a special task on the go. Auto Sync & Xbox Live: We’re not quite sure of the implications of either of these, but a screenshot on the Dev Podcast shows a Settings screen with an on/off toggle for “Connect to Xbox Live” and “Automatic Sync” for games. Music Hearting: Finally, the Zune Like/Dislike rating system of Hearting and Broken Hearting songs will come to Windows Phone as will smart dj mixes. Along with Windows Live Messenger, Facebook Chat will be built right into Windows Phone. Facebook Chat: The Windows Dev Podcast announced this feature (and some others) this week. In April, we detailed some new developer features Microsoft will be adding, and yesterday Redmond announced some new productivity features that will be added to the smartphone operating system. #MANGO OFFICE CHAT UPDATE#
Windows Phone 7 will be getting its much-needed “Mango” update this fall and it looks to add features on all fronts.