With the launch of its latest operating system, the software development giant, Microsoft, has launched its latest operating system for mobile phones, called Windows Phone 7 series. This new OS is the successor of Windows Mobile 6.5, which was launched in October 2009

Microsoft’s operating systems for mobile phones lie at fourth place in terms of usage in the market.  After Symbian, Rim (for Blackberry), and Apple’s iPhone OS, Microsoft’s OSes are most widely deployed in cellular phones. According to a research, Microsoft’s share is 9% in the market, as far as its OSes usage is concerned.

Microsoft’s new operating system is built around a series of so-called ‘live tiles’, which pull in real time content from a user’s web sites and social networks.

The new interface also has a series of “hubs”, which bring together related content from the web, applications and services into a single view. The six hubs are people, pictures, games, marketplace, music and office.

Although Microsoft will only provide the software for the phones, it will specify certain hardware requirements to manufacturers.

All handsets will be multi-touch and will come with a dedicated hardware button for Microsoft’s search engine Bing.

User can create their own tiles, for example, to keep tabs on the latest posts and pictures from friends or relatives on social networks.

The first phones using the new operating system will be available later this year from manufacturers including Samsung, LG, HTC and Sony Ericsson.

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