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WM7

  • 20-02-2010 7:23pm
    #1
    mkennedy
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    Haven't heard much about WM7 lately but just watching Sky News (of all things) there yesterday and there was some guy giving a sneak peek of WM7.

    Didn't look too bad.
    Wonder what's happening with this OS.
    Is it too little too late.
    Or could they have something impressive in store to rival Android and the iphone.
    There was a HTC guy there saying they were still committed to both Google (Android) and WM so who knows.
    Anyone know what's happening with this.


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  • #2
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    mkennedy wrote: »
    Haven't heard much about WM7 lately but just watching Sky News (of all things) there yesterday and there was some guy giving a sneak peek of WM7.

    Didn't look too bad.
    Wonder what's happening with this OS.
    Is it too little too late.
    Or could they have something impressive in store to rival Android and the iphone.
    There was a HTC guy there saying they were still committed to both Google (Android) and WM so who knows.
    Anyone know what's happening with this.

    There's been a bit of discussion on that subject here.

    I'm hoping that it proves successful when launched, but we won't see anything in stores until either the end of this year or the start of next. Either way, Microsoft will no doubt put as much money as is needed, just like they did with the Xbox, to make this OS successful.


  • #3
    mkennedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭mkennedy


    Rsaeire wrote: »
    There's been a bit of discussion on that subject here.

    I'm hoping that it proves successful when launched, but we won't see anything in stores until either the end of this year or the start of next. Either way, Microsoft will no doubt put as much money as is needed, just like they did with the Xbox, to make this OS successful.

    Thanks for that.
    Sorry, i should've seen that thread- feel free to merge.
    Could be wrong but it seems there may not be much back-compatability with older versions of apps- FFS.
    Kinda building everything from scratch again.


  • #4
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    mkennedy wrote: »
    Thanks for that.
    Sorry, i should've seen that thread- feel free to merge.
    Could be wrong but it seems there may not be much back-compatability with older versions of apps- FFS.
    Kinda building everything from scratch again.

    As far as I'm aware, there isn't going to be any backwards compatibility. While that is a huge disappointment, in the long-run it will be worthwhile. Windows Mobile was designed so long ago that it became antiquated as soon as multimedia rich applications became prevalent; a situation I doubt Microsoft envisioned occurring as soon as it did. Hopefully with the new base for Windows Phone 7, which appears to be substantially different to Windows Mobile, there won't require a complete re-write of the OS anytime soon.


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