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MSN Player Added to WP7 Features

With months of waiting still ahead for the release of Windows Phone 7 series, it looks like Microsoft is making every week worth the wait with new announcements about device capabilities, more features and better support.

This week alone saw two major add-ons for the platform. First off, it has been now been confirmed that Windows Phone 7 will have support for Adobe Flash. The actual update has not been implemented in the system in progress -and from what it looks like the initial build of WP7 will remain without Flash support.

The update is expected to come out shortly after the launch of the very first WP7 handset. This comes as great news to anyone who loves to browse online with their smart phones as the lack of Flash renders many web pages with missing functions and content. With Steve jobs at the helm of Apple, support for Adobe’s Flash is impossible to launch for the upcoming iPad.

The demonstration of the new XNA games studio featured 3D graphics running on the ASUS handset with WP7. While the initial screens have yet to show full-3D the fact that the technology is actually possible brings a lot of potential to the system –something game developers would surely enjoy.

New to WP7 is the addition of the MSN Player. Just a few weeks back, it has been announced that a new BBC player has been released for the iPhone. Microsoft will be matching this new update with their MSN video library that sports over a thousand hours of video content. It has been reported that MSN currently holds the largest market of users that stay for long periods –up to 25 minutes; making the player quite lucrative for many advertisers.

Get the full info on the MSN Player straight from the source at MSN Mobile UK.