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A Different Kind Of Fruit: WP7's Mango Update To Feature IE9 Mobile


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Old 02-13-2011, 05:00 PM
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Default A Different Kind Of Fruit: WP7's Mango Update To Feature IE9 Mobile
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft...e-mobile-9/8680

"Yes, Microsoft is going to play a very fast game of catch up on the browser front with Windows Phone 7. Currently, WP7 phones are running a version of IE Mobile, known as IE Mobile 7, which that is a variant of IE 7 with some IE 8 functionality added. But Windows Phone 7s running Mango will be running a mobile version of IE 9, Microsoft's latest, HTML5-compliant IE browser that the company is expected to release to the Web this spring."

Before anyone gets excited, Mango is due later this year; the update coming soon (with copy & paste) is codenamed NoDo, and has been delayed to March. Microsoft is expected to release more details about the Mango update at Mobile World Congress starting tomorrow, so we'll probably learn soon enough what else to expect. I'd be interested in particularly at the pace of updates - Will Microsoft display the kind of commitment that Google and Apple have given their respective platforms by frequent support updates? Will there be any interim updates at all? Stay tuned.

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Old 02-13-2011, 06:44 PM
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Do updates come straight from MS or does each OEM have to customize it? Picking up a Focus this week and don't want to have to wait for Samsung to get it's crap together to release an update if MS will be releasing the Copy & Paste update soon....
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Old 02-13-2011, 10:50 PM
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If someone could explain me, please. Will this Mango be an update compatable with current hardware devices, or will I have to get a new, more powerful one, the way Google does it?
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Old 02-14-2011, 11:10 PM
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Hmmm this is why I haven't been around this site much. The community isn't as vibrant as it once was, people use to fight to answer questions first...now all is quiet....
 
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Old 02-15-2011, 04:23 AM
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Hmmm this is why I haven't been around this site much. The community isn't as vibrant as it once was, people use to fight to answer questions first...now all is quiet....
You get out of community what you put into it.
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Old 02-15-2011, 04:30 AM
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Cute. Still didn't answer my question. Didn't realize you are penalized for ignorance and seeking answers. Off to more helpful and friendly places.
 
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Old 02-15-2011, 04:22 AM
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If someone could explain me, please. Will this Mango be an update compatable with current hardware devices, or will I have to get a new, more powerful one, the way Google does it?
It will be compatible with current hardware; that was one of the key reasons Microsoft standardized upon the Chassis 1 spec: it will be the basis for everything they do moving forward. Don't quote me on this, but I suspect Windows Phone 8 will be compatible with the current crop of devices. I think Microsoft is going to make people happy with the update process...once it actually starts happening that is.
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Do updates come straight from MS or does each OEM have to customize it? Picking up a Focus this week and don't want to have to wait for Samsung to get it's crap together to release an update if MS will be releasing the Copy & Paste update soon....
They come straight from Microsoft. No more of the old way of doing things, which was a disaster as you well know...
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