Windows 7 Device Stage?

[nekrosoft13]

What do you think about new feature in windows 7 called Device Stage?

little more about it
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/hardware-home-pages-master-your-devices-with-device-stage

http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/Windows%207/Main/9/a/9ad36a48-d18e-4e58-a9be-695de32489e6/9ad36a48-d18e-4e58-a9be-695de32489e6.jpg

Can this be done with HTC phones?

[myriad46]

I like the concept. It's about time, we can get a picture of our own phone/mp3 player on the screen, color included. Itunes has only done that for about 4 versions now.

Here is the link to the developer kit: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/DeviceExperience/Dev-Kit.mspx

Which I assume will never get utilized by phone manufacturers, since Microsoft is leaving it up to them. Maybe for the newest ones.

Nice article about it: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354491,00.asp

If there is a place likely to develop these custom .xml profiles before waiting for the phone companies to do it, XDA seems like the place.

Any takers on cooking these profiles up? 1 Vote for the Tilt.

[Monty Burns]

... It's about time, we can get a picture of our own phone/mp3 player on the screen, color included....

I've gone through a few phones recently and many of them already do this in WMDC but I suspect you need a manufacturer that can be bothered. In fact, I remember my tosh g900 doing this a couple of years ago.