Bad news, WinMo fans. According to well-connected tech blog VentureBeat, the first handsets running Windows Mobile 7 might not be on sale until 2010. Why? Because Microsoft’s handset partners will reportedly not get access to the new OS until the second half of next year.
Microsoft hasn’t responded officially to the report, other than to say that it’s “not publicly sharing our roadmap at this point”. If true, it will hamper the company’s attempt to seize some of the limelight back from iPhone and Android, although Microsoft may release new WinMo features in a forthcoming update to version 6 of the operating system.
Realistically, though, the ‘delay’ is only around six months – 2010 sounds a long way away, but as it stood, the first WinMo 7 handsets wouldn’t have been out until the second half of 2009 anyway. We’ll keep you posted if Microsoft does confirm the reports.
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