Winextra – New images of Windows Phone 7 running on an LG

We still have months to go before Windows Phone 7 actually hits the shelves but luckily for us there are some new images of it caught in the wild running on an LG Panther handset.

The team over at Pocket-Lint managed to grab some face time with the beastie at a demo of of the latest build of the software on the prototype Panther.

One stand-out aspect dwelled upon in the demo was intuitive and seamless Facebook integration, with the phone automatically pulling contacts’ updates when you access them via the address book. They’re current status details appear alongside phone number, address, etc.

Another cunning feature on show involved the software’s recognition of street addresses, and its ability to then offer one-click access to map locations and details (via bing, of course). Every application, including email and text, automatically creates a link for an address.

Along with that will be Zune integration and Xbox Live support. Alex Reeve, UK Mobile Business Group director did say that it is hard to get people to understand a smartphone that isn’t a sea of icons but according to the guys at Pocket-Lint using the phone was really smooth even for a prototype and an early release of the software.