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Microsoft to Announce Windows Mobile 7 On Feb. 15

Feb 12, 2010, 11:43 AM by Eric M. Zeman

According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft will announce the next version of its Windows Phone platform at Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona. The Journal's sources say, "The operating system sports a revamped user interface that resembles the look of Microsoft's Zune HD music player and is designed for devices with touch-sensing screens." No more details about the OS were shared. Microsoft only recently admitted to the existence of WinMo 6.5.3, a stop-gap between WinMo 7 and WinMo 6.5, which was introduced in October 2009. WinMo 6.5.3 hasn't officially reached the market yet.

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bluecoyote

Feb 12, 2010, 12:49 PM

The answer to.... "what makes Android look like a well organized platform"

Windows Mobile is in its current state unbelievably bad- it's like an also-ran of also-rans. It's always been pretty much unusable- the fact it once took 7 taps just to kill an app so you could check your email blows my mind.

Microsoft has two options-

1) Start clean ala WebOS (sounds like what they're doing) - except they have zero developer support left. I mean honestly, they're going to be fighting for whoever doesn't want to develop for the iPhone, WebOS, Blackberry, S60, and Android. Way to enter a half-over marathon.

2) Slap on another layer of pig lipstick.

Let's hope if nothing else they at least add in a decent web browser (highly unlikely, Windows 7 doesn't even get one) decent media player (likely), sy...
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Caucasian

In all honesty, I disagree. Windows may not have a trillion fart apps, and for that I am actually glad.

For example, WMWifiRouter. Every single WinMo device I've had since the HTC 6800 has been a walking WiFi hotspot for my laptop or PMP. Never had...
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