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Originally Posted by alese
And lastly - the new devices in 2009 will have 800MHz or even 1GHz CPUs and I guess more RAM/Flash, but that will only be some high end devices, I'm sure there will be a bunch of WM devices released in 2009 with pretty much the specs as they are now - so will we have a Vist/XP situation here, where high end devices will get WM 6.5 and IE Mobile 6 and "normal" devices will stay stuck with WM 6.1 and PIE?
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I don't think MS lying or deceiving anybody. From the beginning MS was shooting for mobile device that can run full Windows OS, and as you mentioned, New devices for 2009 will have enough muscle to do it. that's why I think MS still didn't release WM7 but going with WM6.5, Showing of IE6 is just what you call "testing waters" to see how public will react. And to be fair, from what I've seen on IE6 it is more powerful than any Opera Mobile or Skyfire or even Safari browsers available today. So my take on it is that new WM7 devices will have larger screens 3.5' - 4', give you more Windows, maybe even XP experience with friendlier interface for finger use, and actually become more of MIDs with phone features, than your regular smartphone.