Windows Phone Future Updates

Purpose

The purpose of this list is to fully educate current and prospective owners about any features that are missing and will be added in a future update as confirmed by an official source. Hopefully this will avoid frustration and uncertainty since knowing is half the battle.

Missing Features

Copy & Paste (addressed in Update 2)
Custom ringtones (addressed in Update 4)
Turn-by-turn Navigation (addressed in Update 4)
Multitasking (addressed in Update 4)
Adobe Flash (doubtful)
HTML5 (addressed in Update 4)
Silverlight
Tethering
Video Calling (addressed in Update 4)
VoIP Calling
Smart Dialer
Mass Storage Mode
Bluetooth Transfer
Universal Search (to be addressed in Tango Build)
System Wide File Manager
On-device Encryption
VPN

Official Microsoft Request Forums

User Feature Requests
Developer Requests
Bugs & Features

Update History

Update 7.0.7008.0(February 21st 2011)

• Improvements to the way software updates will be delivered to ensure that the process keeps working smoothly.

Update 7.0.7390.0 - NoDo (March 22nd 2011)

• Copy & Paste
• Faster Apps & Games
• Improved Marketplace
• WiFi Improvements
• Microsoft Outlook improvements
• Messaging Improvements
• Facebook Intergration
• Camera Improvements
• Audio Improvements
• Other Performance Improvements

Update 7.0.7392.0 - Bug Fix (May 2011)

• Fix for Fraudulent third-party digital certificates

Update 7.10.7720.68 - Windows Phone 7.5 (Fall 2011)

• Custom ringtones
• Visual voicemail
• New speech commands
• Email & messaging - threads, conversationale view, linked inboxes
• People & social networking - groups, increased sharing, integrated Twitter and LinkIn, improved Me Card, history view
• Multitasking
• App Connect
• Improved Live Tiles
• Improved Marketplace
• Calendar
• Improved browser search
• Local Scout
• Mall maps
• Driving directions
• Camera improvements - picture sharing & tagging, persistent camera settings, redesigned Picture Hub
• Music & videos - playlists, smart DJ, Podcasts
• Skydrive
• Improved Office Hub
• Onenote to do list
• Improved Excel
• Redesigned Game Hub
• Networking - Wi-Fi hotspot, connect to hidden networks
• Manage phone from web

Update 7.10.8107.79 - Bug Fixes (Jan 2012)

• On-screen keyboard - Fixes an issue to prevent the keyboard from disappearing during typing.
• Email - Fixes a Google mail syncing issue.
• Location - Fixes a location access issue. With this fix, the Me feature in the People Hub sends anonymous information about nearby Wi-Fi access points and cell towers to Microsoft only if you agree to allow the Check In function to access and use location information.
• Security - Revokes digital certificates from DigiCert Sdn Bhd to address an encryption issue.
• Email threads - Fixes an email issue related to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. With this fix, when you reply to or forward a message, the original message is now included in your response.
• Voicemail - Fixes a voicemail notification display issue that occurs on some European and Asian networks under certain conditions.

DOS hasn't been "built in" to home versions of Windows since Windows XP. Windows ME was built on DOS, but prevented direct access to it in the way previous versions allowed. Enterprise versions of Windows have been based on the NT kernel since the mid-90s.

A large amount of older software is very difficult to use on newer versions of Windows. Windows XP is as old as Windows 95 was in 2005, so it doesn't count as "modern" by any stretch - unless, of course, someone was running Windows 95 on an Athlon 64 X2 in 2005. Windows Vista and Windows 7 have severe compatibility issues with programs written for versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000, and occasionally run into issues with those designed for 2000/XP.

Windows Mobile was dropped because it was considered a failure. It was, to a large degree, an attempt to place a desktop OS on a phone. It simply didn't work well.

Windows Phone 7, though still based on Windows CE, is a completely different platform that makes use of different APIs. Windows Phone 7's relation to Windows Mobile is no closer than Windows 7's relationship to Windows NT 4.0.

Your assertion that "Windows Phone is a fail because people said so" is also flawed. Everyone may have an opinion, but there is certainly a such thing as an invalid opinion. I, for example, am a mathematician. I am not a very creative individual. I see things very logically and algorithmically. I am also colorblind and have absolutely no education, interest, or background in fine art. I can assert that a piece of art is "a fail," but in the end, my opinion is meaningless because my opinion is uninformed and invalid.

The average salesperson has absolutely no idea that there's a difference between Windows Phone and Windows Mobile, not to mention people pushing technology generally have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Around 2004, going to Best Buy would result in having an Intel Pentium 4-based PC pushed on you, completely ignoring the fact that AMD's offerings at that time were superior in every way.

Hi there!

Inspired by this topic, i've made a new one on the Portuguese forum Zwame with lots of improvements, including more info about the updates, more included future updates and homebrew alternatives to missing features.

The website is in Portuguese, but you can use Google or Bing translator do check it out!

Here is the link: http://forum.zwame.pt/showthread.php?t=645544

Google Translator (PT to EN): http://translate.google.pt/translat...http://forum.zwame.pt/showthread.php?t=645544

Bing Translator (PT to EN): http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...http://forum.zwame.pt/showthread.php?t=645544

And don't forget to thank me!

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Camaradas Portuguese passem pelo fórum da Zwame onde coloquei um novo tópico sobre as actualizações do Windows Phone, inspirado neste, mas com uma data de novidades e até alternativas à falta de funcionalidades (homebrew).

Eis a ligação: http://forum.zwame.pt/showthread.php?t=645544

E não se esqueçam de agradecer!

[BT]Black V said:

This is only partially fixed.
Seriously I can only paste once, then it clears the clipboard

That is not fixed, not fixed at all

/edit spelling fail

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It doesn't clear the clipboard. Where you see the paste icon slide off to the left, you can slide to the right and bring it back and paste as many times as you want.

hoaisonongame said:

I haven't get update yet. But I afraid that Chervon Tool will be deactivated, too.
Need more news from ppl who has updated and using Chervon tool...

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I took my risk to update it.

Everything goes smoooth... and the Chervon unlock is still there! Walah....