This article has been proven to be false. Microsoft’s new Windows Phone mobile operating system will not be backwards-compatible with WM6.
This is very exciting news for me. Why? Because I’ve spent over $300 on Windows Mobile 6 applications over the past two years! Many confirmed internet sources are saying that WM7 is based on an improved version of Windows CE (nicknamed “Chelan”). Some people may be turned off to this fact because people seem to think that Windows CE was a lost cause since inception. This is simply not true, guys. In my opinion, yes Windows CE is antiquated. But a newer version means a newer version. This isn’t going to be a 6.5 to 6.6 update… this is Seven.
The upside to the backward-compatibility news is that:
Your WM6 apps will work with WM7,
We KNOW Internet Explorer 7 for mobile will be improved, and
We KNOW flash support will be improved.
That’s really the only thing most consumers are asking for right now (a better browsing experience). The only sad news is that ActiveSync isn’t going away .
That is the new motto from Microsoft, after revealing the new User Interface for Windows Mobile 7 in this promotional trailer:
Notice the details in the commercial.
Windows Mobile has a lot to live up to. Even the consumers can feel their pressure. Hell, we’re giving them the pressure. But I truly believe WM7 is going to be the next mobile Power House. The next generation of mobile devices (2010-2012) are going to be packed with so much RAM, Vista could run on it. Just kidding, nothing can run Vista.
EDIT, November 20th, 2009. Windows Mobile 7 will actually be officially announced at the MIX conference in MARCH of 2010. I can only assume that Ballmer will give us a release date for WM7. Getting exciting boy.
It’s a little too easy to say that Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft’s little secret, will be here “soon”. That’s not soon enough!
The fact of the matter is, Windows Mobile 7 won’t have an official, official date until late 2010. Most likely October. Why? Because Microsoft can sit back in their comfy recliners and throw us release dates all day. But they’ve already changed Windows Mobile 7′s release date twice (it was pushed back because of 6.5 and then again for unexplained reasons).
Keep in touch though and don’t lose hope. Microsoft is determined to make Windows Mobile 7 a success, says CEO Steve Ballmer. We know Microsoft won’t leave us consumers out in the wind.
All I can say is that the Windows Mobile team has admitted defeat in the Smartphone market share arena. They are going to take as much time as they need in order to be sure they have their big corporate foot in the door.
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