Windows Mobile 7 Not Coming Until Late 2010
According to Phil Moore of Microsoft UK, WM7 has been pushed back until late 2010. If he's referring to the release date, then it could be a couple of months before we even see the devices with WM7 or the upgrades coming out. If history follows itself, devices will also come out in Europe before they hit the states.
"It has been put back until late next year but it is definitely coming. You’re going to see a lot more on Windows Mobile 7. Giving the enterprise users and consumers what they want will be part of Windows Mobile 7. You’ll get flexibility on a much easier touch UI."
I doubt they will be showing it off at the World Mobile Congress in February if the launch date is pushed back until late 2010. Also, at this rate, it is even more unlikely that the HD2 will get an upgrade since HTC could be well onto the "HD3" by then. The good news is that we will still hopefully get leaks like we have with WM6.5, so maybe, just maybe, we'll get to play with it well before the end of 2010.
Source: MSMobiles
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Wasn’t it always coming out late 2010?
There were rumors that we would see devices by summer 2010.
Good gosh… that is terrible.. I may have to defect by then.. and get one of the other OSes.. Especially since that means it will be over a year for Verizon to get them.. Not good when you force your loyal customers to jump off the ship
Probably 2011 until it hits GA devices in that case. That’s pretty bad news for MSFT as they are going see a significant loss in market share as consumers defect over to Android.
-Doc
Whether or not people defect to other OSes, if WM7 is great and is marketed well, then people will come back. I currently have a Diamond, Palm Pre, and an iPhone. Each OS has their strengths and weaknesses. If MS can produce an OS that maintains the strengths of WM and address the weaknesses while at the same time making the OS appealing, MS and WM will be just fine…
Windows and Mozilla should team up and adopt the motto: “One of these days.”
In a nutshell, this means we won’t see devices with WM 7 till 2011 (I’d put bets down that It will be delayed again)….I might just sign a 1 year contract and get a new 6.5 phone….
WinMo 7 is going to have to be absolutely stellar if they’re going to wait until late 2010. Android is kicking it’s ass right now, never mind what the iPhone is doing.
I hope, for windows mobile 7, they disable that annoying screen wakeup whenever the phone looks for a signal. probably one of the quicker ways to kill off battery, and accidentally have your phone do things when its in your pocket!
I have a Zune HD and love the way the Zune is touch friendly. Windows 7 is suppose to be similar in feel as the Zune HD. I cant wait until windows 7 is out for mobile phones! You all should check out the Zune HD.
I truly love the way people always say
wm better be stellar its doing so much horrible compared to other OS brands
and the like
it makes me laugh a bit. As I think of it I mean windows waited for the zune hd and it surpasses the ipod touch in almost every single category (except screen size and internet browser)
From even the mocks, I am both intrigued and interested in windows. It gives us the opportunity for windows to saturate markets and mature
This is what I’m thinking
6.5.3 will be officially announced (as predicted) in winter with a brand new slew of capacitive devices to compete openly with iphone and android (surprisingly the iphone earlier in the year). I think then microsoft will announce the rest in the latter part of the year and almost create decisive competition amongst the other oses because the OS brand is evolving. So on the one hand its a dangerous gambit, but its also very wise because it detracts a variety of statements that many assume microsoft has
microsoft doesn’t have capacitive touch screen devices – nope
microsoft os isn’t finger friendly – nope
the only problem with microsoft is that the OS brand isn’t marketed properly. Beyond that, microsoft’s bold move may work for them in the long run especially for the move to amoled/capacitive screen devices.
In many words, dangerous move but unique in the long run
I really don’t see a huge problem with this. People are just getting super impatient if you ask me.
@Beejis –
That’s my point, it is consumer impatience that is going to cause extensive OS defection.