Gadget News Today about the minimum hardware requirements to use the smartphone Windows Mobile 7 OS. Microsoft announced the Minimum hardware requirements for Windows phone Phone 7. Andy Lees, Senior Vice President of Microsoft’s mobile communications business, said in a press conference Explaining the minimalistic requirements of Windows 7, that “With this new model, we provide as a minimum what the hardware should be able to; we don ‘t stop people from adding value over and above that. And what that means, which means the software and hardware optimized to work together. “In addition to the Zune-like interface, Windows phone 7 OS will come with the minimum hardware requirements that will limit the OS to a specific smartphone.Microsoft, the giant Redmond-based software, has plans to work with smartphone manufacturers to synchronize Windows 7 with their hardware to maintain the user interface offered by the OS.