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Windows Mobile 7 Phone Release Delayed Again

Posted by timothy on from the many-thousands-will-die-without-seeing-it dept.

jcoventry writes "Microsoft is delaying Windows Mobile 7, and it is thought new phones with the operating system are unlikely to reach the market before 2010. Microsoft partners who had expected to have a final release in their hands by early 2009 have been told that it won't be ready until the second half of 2009. Partners include companies like Verizon, Motorola and Samsung, all of which plan new phones that include the Mobile Windows 7 OS. Windows Mobile 7 is expected to have features like gesture recognition and speech input."

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  1. Like IE vs. Firefox All Over Again. by WiiVault · · Score: 1, Troll

    MS has let Windows Mobile stagnate for a very long time. It has seen glacial changes since Palm entered irrelevance. Now suddenly after seeing its marketshare crash and burn MS seems to care again. Its like Firefox all over again. Yet if we look at that case study it is apparent that even with a new push, MS just doesn't have what it takes to fight the open source Android, or even Apple who is better than MS at their own game. Heck even RIM is doing just fine. Balmer should be drawn and quartered by the shareholders for this, Vista, Zune, and the Xbox.None of which have done anything but hurt an already damaged reputation.