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Originally Posted by Rocco Augusto
I thought sitting around and twiddling our thumbs until 2009 was difficult, but 2010 is just downright torture.
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I think that 2010 number is just a misunderstanding. If Microsoft were originally going to release WM 7 in early 2009, it probably would have taken 3-6 months for OEMs to ramp up and release devices, giving a device ship date in mid to late 2009.
Now, with a release date in mid to late 2009, which I think is what C|Net
et al reported, that would obviously lead to device shipments in late 2009 to early 2010.
So 2010 doesn't sound like another delay, as some people seem to be taking it. It's just a logical consequence of not releasing the OS until later in 2009.
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Originally Posted by Rocco Augusto
Come on Microsoft, throw us a bone!
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They are. One of the articles mentioned WM 6.2, possibly coming later this year with the new IE 6-based browser.
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Originally Posted by Rocco Augusto
We can understand not wanting to tell us everything Windows Mobile will have baked into the OS when it is released, but it couldn't hurt too much to tell us why the heck it is taking so long to get this latest release out the door!
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Why would they do this? Do you air your personal problems in public? Worse, telling what the problems were could also give competitors an idea of what was coming, so they could try to get a jump on their response.
While I'd
like explanation, too, I don't seriously
expect one. Apple doesn't tend to pre-announce things, either.
Steve