Windows Phone 7 To Arrive In US In November
Its been a while since we've had any Windows Mobile/Windows Phone 7 news, but we finally have some today. This morning, Microsoft COO, Kevin Turner, officially announced that Windows Phone 7 will land in Europe in October and will be in the US in November.
We already knew Microsoft was planning on releasing it in time for the holiday season, and with a November launch, you can't cut it much closer. There's still no specific date for the launch, and there's no information as to which carrier(s) will get the first phones retail.
PPCGeeks started off as a Windows Mobile-only site for its first few years, and as Android started to trickle its way into the CDMA world, we've grown to adopt it along with Blackberry and other platforms. While we're still mostly Windows Mobile users, there's been an obvious shift over to Android, specifically the Evo. There's no telling if Windows Phone 7 will win back any of those Android converts or not, only time will tell. Many believe this is it for Microsoft, a crucial turning point. They'll either succeed or fail because they're going up against Android and Blackberry (and of course the iPhone).
Source: PhoneDog
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I can’t freaking wait! I love Android, but this is something brand new to try!
I love Android too, I think its what Windows Mobile should have been in recent years. I’m not sure whether they’re going to blow people away with it or if it’ll be a failure, but I know I’m going to give it a shot (either buy a phone or try them in stores).
I love the phone and can’t wait to get one but it pisses me off that Europe may get the phone first. I think it should be one big release or at worst do them all in the same month. Plus there’s a big different between November 1st and November 30th. Hopefully it’s closer to the 1st.
Great American company Microsoft …. give it to the Europeans first.
His suit and tie are terrible.
Windows Phone 7 – The cure for a problem that didnt exist!
If it is a HTC device with Sense then I’m in. TP3 maybe?
This is being rushed, coming from Omnia to an Incredible it will be hard for me to go back, they won’t have enough apps for at least 2 years. They also said they were looking at a 5 year projection before WM7 will be where they want it to be. I’ll still keep watching their progress though, my options will always be open to all phones.
eldrego,
android is not complete either, that’s why there are so many updates and projects to make it better. also apple has still not perfected the ios and are up to version 4. microsoft is the only company that is willing to admit, nothing is ever perfect, but they feel they can get to a perfect OS in 5 years.
as for the individuals talking about release for europe first is unfair, think twice before making such comments. europe is being the test market for this release and if there are issues then MS can get the issues resolved and have a non-issue OS for the USA launch.
as for individuals talking about apps not being in abundance like ios and android, where was android when it first launched? here is your answer 0.
the issue with MS will not be MS, it’s the negative individuals on here and every other moron setting up MS for failure. why not just grow up and see what goes on the market instead of saying what everyone else is saying “the better make it perfect” crap. IOS and android are not even close to perfection and the older windows mobile was and still is more feature rich out of the box.
those of you that keep talking crap on how many free apps are out there for different platforms, read this:
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=cO0rm7IA
The reason the aps are cheep to free is due to the ads. If you want to pay $10 for a crappy game then don’t let them data mine. I enjoy ads on Hulu and other sites that let me enjoy premium content for nothing out of my pocket. I do agree that it makes mobile banking a bit sketchy but we have know for years that big brother has been listening. Everything is “use at your own risk” and i prefer cheep. My 1¢.
That is the funniest comment I have ever seen!@JayyboRetro -
i loved (and hated) WM since the mogul. and i love my evo. but for some reason it feels like its missing something… i feel like i could do more with WM. maybe because of the file explore or how i could edit the registry, etc. or maybe i feel more familar with it… but andriod reminds me a lot of spb mobile shell, or a souped up version of it. is it just me?
anyways i cant wait to see what WM7 has in store! im rooting for them!
As long as I can get HSPL on this thing and flash custom ROMs I am all in on this thing.
lol only 14 comments….guess nobody really cares
I know I dont…
I care. Since i’ve had my first WM phone (PPC 6600) i’ve loved it. to me, its always been the top phone for me. When people around me started getting the i-phone….i was like…”so, my phone already had those capabilities.” if you ask me, all of those other OS are copycats of the WM phones. they’re at the level that WM phones were at about 3 years ago, but to a certain perfection. Now WM phones are on to the next thing. It won’t be long before I-phones, Adroids, and other OS adapt the current style. then everone can see that WM phones are and have always been the trend-setter when it comes to phone OS. my 35 cents
Ms’s only chage to get back winmo users to have have an upgrade path to current 6.x phones.
i so cant wait
Im in no rush for Win Phone 7.. i have no problems sitting back and waiting to see how it goes first.. 3 of my 4 lines are sitting at full upgrade status, but im in no hurry to snatch the first phone available on it launch day when theres nothing available for Win 7 yet…
looks like theyll hit their target date range afterall, anywhere in that mid nov-dec like they said awhile ago
i just hope the hardware is on the level of phones like the EVO if they come out the gate swinging like that they cant fail
@Pandaman – My thoughts exactly….
Hooray. Can’t wait to get a new WinMo device….But I may have to, if Sprint requires me to change my Plan in order to have the privilege of purchasing a new WinMo device.
@JayyboRetro –
+1 for that lol
@marctown2004 –
the only capabilities my win-mo devices ever had were being unreliable and snail-paced…
I grew tired of waiting on MS. I just order the EVO but I presently use the TP2 and I love it. I’m giving myself 1 week before I either put down the TP2 or send the EVO back to Sprint.
Longtime MS lover:)
How long after will Sprint release it for Touch Pro 2?
Will it have higher resolution?
Hope sprint gets the schubert with a different name. Q bert works for me http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/rumored-htc-schubert-windows-phone-7-device-caught-on-video/4429
I was a winmo user for several years. I used custom roms since the tp. The last phone I had was the tp2 with a custom rom. I enjoyed the phone with custom rom otherwise it would have gone out the window a long time ago. Since then I now have the evo and I love it and haven’t looked back. If I was still on sero I would buy a win 7 phone but as of now I love android. If somehow windows gets c ool apps like android and allows htc sense I might switch for a little bit. My wife still has sero so I might get her a win 7 phone. I guess time will tell. Microsoft better blow android out of the water. Not to mention iphone may come to verizon in january. Good luck ms.
@gregjuice – speed is not everything, production is. you obviously don’t know the power of windows mobile
@marctown2004 –
Amen!
@PropagandaX –
i didn’t realize something has to have a problem for something new to come out..
does this mean you use the old palm os on your treo? it’s fast and extremely stable..
My fear with the whole windows 7 thing is I expect it to be a typical MS Too little, Too late release.
I haven’t yet made the switch to the Droid but it does seem like a more open and more flexible base to work with.
From everything I have heard Win7 is nothing more than MS’ attempt to adopt the Apple I own everything you buy and you have to buy it from me approach to marketing.
Yes I’m sure the usual guru’s will jailbreak Win7 as well but we have been asking MS to fix what is wrong with WinMo for so long only to see them replace it with a more limiting and thereby inferior product.
@Asphyx – this is not MS’s fault, the consumers are asking for such a device.
@itster –
I wouldn’t say that. Yes consumers want a phone that works like an iPhone but they don’t HAVE one which is why they don’t know they won’t be able to install their own programs on it.
Every operating system is capable of doing what the iPhone does it is so simplistic.
What MS should have done was use the UI innovations, the multitouch hardware and just removed the bloat they have packed into WM as it is now.
@Asphyx – well, the ui is a grid of icons which is extremely boring and android has adopted it also. plus the grid of icons is not something apple or android have innovated, palm did with their palm os phones.
the iphone wouldn’t be this popular if 80% of their users were not apple freaks that buy anything apple puts out. android on the other hand would still be popular because google is popular among all. but microsoft will take control of the market again with their seemless integration with everything computer related, it’s how they did it when they trounced handspring/palm when they first introduced windows mobile.
most will say they’re so far behind in apps, didn’t we hear the same crap with android launch too? let’s face it, most people will download tons of apps, delete 99% of them and keep a handful. people get tired of the crap apps and they stop downloading them because of it. bottom line afterall that, what can the phone do? MS always wins on the front
I went from the Treo 700wx, to the Mogul and now to the TP. I tried the EVO; loved the hardware, didn’t care for the OS and went back to my old trusty TP. I know some will argue that “trusty TP” is an oxymoron, but I currently have it tweaked so it’s stable, has great battery life and does exactly what I want it to do and I’m excited about WP7. I just hope they don’t fumble the hardware part of it.
My 2¢
can’t wait \m/
@itster –
i love winmo. and you drive a good point