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Windows Mobile 7 Delayed Half a Year [Wm7]
Gizmodo —
... Microsoft has informed their investors that Windows Mobile 7, formerly slated for early 2009, would be pushed back for a release sometime in late (second half) 2009. Microsoft did not comment as to any specific reasons for the setback, but it's hard to see the Android launch timing as a complete coincidence (though maybe it is and the entire tech world is not driven by deep, dark conspiracies). [CNET] ...
Windows Mobile 7 pushed back to second half of 2009?
Engadget —
... Good thing nobody's working on anything right now in the smartphone space, or this could be really bad news for Microsoft, whose current version of Windows Mobile lost the technology and usability edge a while ago, and is being bandaged up by the likes of HTC to ...
Rumor: Windows Mobile 7 to see mid 2009 release with Vista-like UI
Gizmo Watch —
... We aren’t very sure if Microsoft is serious about a new version of the Windows Mobile, considering the recent downturn in the usage of its OS on smartphones. Yet, the rumor about the release of the Mobile OS version 7 next year is too delicious to let go. We hear from Microsoft partners that the company would go ahead with the development of this OS and release it in 2009. CNET ...
Windows Mobile 7 Delayed to Mid 2009
Mobilewhack.com —
wm7leakold The mobile space now has a couple of major players, what with Apple and Google entering the fray with their respective platforms. Microsoft may be losing relevance in the market, and the greatly delayed release of Windows Mobile 7 isn’t helping things either. CNET reports that the company has informed some of its partners that it has had to delay the mobile operating system to the second half of next year. It was previously expected early next year. The current version – WinMo 6.1 – has become so outdated that companies like HTC and Sony Ericsson are having to ...
Windows 7 to strip down to the basics
Gadgetell —
... 7....Microsoft says January 2010...CEO Steve Ballmer says he’s shooting for a release next year. (Better decide on an answer gentlemen). Only time will tell how they plan to distribute the Live programs in conjunction with Windows 7-based PCs. Could be they will end up making deals with computer makers and retailers to provide access to the software. Regardless, for once, Microsoft just may be realizing the truth behind the saying “less is more”.
via [C|NET]
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Microsoft delay Windows Mobile 7
D' Technology Weblog —
... is a significant blow for the software maker, which has been counting on the next version of Windows Mobile to enable devices that better rival Apple’s iPhone. Among the features widely expected to be part of the release is advanced gesture recognition, perhaps along the lines of the iPhone, but possibly also using the camera as a means for reading gestures. Microsoft’s Tellme unit, which focuses on speech input, has also been working on Windows Mobile 7 features.
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Microsoft delays Windows Mobile 7 until late 2009
Phones Review —
... informed it will be in the second half of 2009.
This delay can be considered a significant blow to Microsoft as they had been counting on Windows Mobile 7 to enable mobile phones that better rival the Apple iPhone 3G.
This delay comes in the face of the launch of Google’s Android G1 and Apple’s updating of the iPhone 3G and new BlackBerrys hitting the streets, which probably puts even more pressure on Microsoft to get Windows Mobile 7 out there.
Source – cnet
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Windows Mobile missing the boat?
Gadgetell —
... sure about anymore/yet. But then you’ve got cut-and-paste.
Better for people to assume you are dumb, rather than release an OS and prove it.
Ouch, even for me that is harsh. But the fact is the market is changing. Business customers are showing that deep down, they are swayed by fun phones. Windows Mobile has to leap frog, not just merely update the curtains like Windows Mobile 6 offered. The world waits—but for what?
Read [C|NET]
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WinMo 7 delayed until the second half of next year?
CrunchGear —
... . Apparently hardware vendors had been expecting the final version to arrive “by early next year” but were recently told that it wouldn’t be ready until the second half on next year, according to CNET. ...
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