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« on: August 26, 2009, 03:27:05 PM » |
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Hey guys. For everyone wondering what M$ is doing on their mobile devices to compete more with Android and the iPhone, here is the lowdown. The current official version of Windows Mobile is 6.1. Sometime this year, coming very soon, is 6.5. 6.5 is a temporary version to help compete until they creat windows 7. Windows 7 is to be a complete overhaul of the OS. It is said to be completely new. Windows 7 will probably come out next year. When windows mobile 7 comes out, there will be an update to 6.5. Microsoft plans to use two operating systems for mobile devices. The Second version of 6.5 will be for less experienced users and Windows 7 will be for power users.
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2009, 03:37:22 PM » |
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I for one is quite happy with how it is now but with a new OS there will be new challenges to be broken and tweaked so Im gona be in heaven both on the mobile and on the desktop/laptop side 
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2009, 04:26:07 PM » |
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But we all love new challenges 
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2009, 05:27:29 PM » |
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I am excited for windows 7. I really dont care about 6.5 cause it is more of the same. Since Microsoft is adding capcitative support and multi-touch in 7, its gonna be really new.
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2009, 07:36:28 PM » |
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Any chance current TP2s running 6.1 and later 6.5 will be able to 'upgrade' to 7 or will those TP2s be limited to 6.x and you'd need a 'new' phone to run 7?
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2009, 08:25:50 PM » |
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You could always get a custom ROM that will have win 7
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2009, 08:29:15 PM » |
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I can pretty much guarantee they will be rolling out within 3 weeks of it's release..
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2009, 08:35:51 PM » |
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I can pretty much guarantee they will be rolling out within 3 weeks of it's release..
I can guarantee they will be rolling out 3 weeks before its release. 6.5 isnt even out yet and I have had it on my old Treo 750 for 2 weeks now.
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2009, 07:31:23 PM » |
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I just found this out. Apparently, Windows Mobile & will require a Snapdragon or Tegra CPU to run. It will also require other hardware components. My favorite is the 3.5 mm headphone jack. http://www.engadget.com/tag/windows+mobile+7+chassis+1/FYI: A Snapdragon and Tegra CPU are the fastest mobile CPUs on the market. The Snapdragon clocks at 1 GHz and the Tegra has 8 cores. They are about 2 times as fast as the one on the TP2.
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2009, 08:16:05 PM » |
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Always got 2 cents don't ya..lol
I should be rich by now
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« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2009, 06:24:33 PM » |
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Um, that's a pretty good 2 cents, but that sounds more like the hardware needed to run the Zune software dgourd... From the stuff I am hearing, the "Windows Phone Experience" or Windows Phone 7.0 will run on the new Tegra 2's and the next gen Snappy's coming next summer (shortly after the Tegra's hit manufacturers) running between 1.6 and 2.0 Ghz...
The one I am interested in is the possible 1GB memory requirement!?
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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2009, 01:48:36 PM » |
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Little late in on this thread but what the hell.. I'm wondering if Windows subsidized the giving the free upgrade I just got.. Seemed pretty nice of them to just give me a 300 dollar phone and let me upgrade for free. But if there worried about loosing there windows phone customers, to droid, it might make sense. I make for a perfect Guenna pig, as I'm not a beginner but I'm not a power user eather.. They just have to make it simple enough for me to figure out.. Which I think HTC has done a great job in putting some good user friendly screens in between the screen and the OS in the background.. Couple more upgrades and I'll have this thing wired for sound..  Yours On Pro2 MarkWF1
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