Although no public announcement in regards to the release date of Windows Mobile 7 was announced, Microsoft has informed some of its partners that it has delayed the release of the new operating system from early next year to the second half of next year. Among other features, the new operating system is expected to offer advanced gesture recognition, as well as improved speech input.
Microsoft was relatively quiet about the delay, only saying that it had met with 17 of the company's largest cell phone maker and carrier partners.
"They all expressed their excitement of what we are doing in the short term and the long term," group product manager Scott Rockfeld said. Carriers have also been working with Microsoft to provide custom content separate from the core features of Windows Mobile.
According to Microsoft, the company is willing to work with carriers to power their own services. "We're happy sharing the limelight," Rockfield said.
Though no major core updates...
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Andrew Lees, who took over as leader of the mobile unit in the middle of that year, quickly halted the Windows Mobile 7 efforts and restarted the project |
It's not surprising, therefore, that the giant is yet to release any official stats regarding the number of handsets sold to date.
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But they will get it out on the next release. Updates are cumulative. If one [carrier] doesn't get their testing done in time, the next push date comes and
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Out of the gate Windows 7 has some glaring inefficiencies like no cut and paste, no multi-tasking and Windows Mobile 6.x apps will not work on Windows 7.
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Windows Mobile 7 features multiple "hubs" that attempt to organize collective experiences and tasks into one unified area. The "Pictures" hub, for instance, |
