Windows Phone Future Updates

[meechieballer]

According to a german news Mango phones won't get updated to Windows Phone 8 but will get a feature update with some features of Apollo. Like 7.6 or 7.7. That's because to the new Kernel Apollo uses.

Those informations come from a source in Nokia/MS.

(in german) Source

Nope not believing it one bit, i want it to be said directly out their mouths 100% confirmed by Microsoft!

 

[maatn]

Nope not believing it one bit, i want it to be said directly out their mouths 100% confirmed by Microsoft!

i'd say we have to wait until 06/22...

 

[hv010293]

when will windows phone 8 release?

 

[patrick_dube]

It's official, coming from Microsoft themselves...

NO update to Windows Phone 8.

All first and second generation phones will be 'stuck' with a revamped Windows Phone 7.8, that will look like 8, bot will not get the fancy stuff.

It's a sad day for Nokia (and all other OEM), as they might see their sales dwindle...

Hopefully, new phones will come quickly...

 

[guilhermedsx]

They are basically closing the "New Apps" section from Marketplace for us, since I believe 99.9% of them will be for the new kernel with native code / DirectX.

And they speak badly of Android.

 

[pLUSpISTOL]

Help me, please!

I want restore/Install booloader to DLOAD/Qcom but:

NSS not find my phone.

That's off topic, go to the Nokia Lumia 800 section!

As for the future updates; as a Omnia7 owner = I'm happy with 7.8. As my friends have Lumia's... I can feel slightly bad for them but in all honesty I don't think it's worth getting upset over no WP8, 7.8 is close enough! It's obviously a lot to do with kernels, processors and programming.

 

[Drewskie]

I can feel slightly bad for them but in all honesty I don't think it's worth getting upset over no WP8, 7.8 is close enough! It's obviously a lot to do with kernels, processors and programming.

Like I've said before I'm mad because they knew about this 3 months ago when the 900 was launched. All they had to do was say that there would be no WP8 for that phone. I just feel like they withheld it on purpose for obvious reasons.

 

[vpwp]

They are basically closing the "New Apps" section from Marketplace for us, since I believe 99.9% of them will be for the new kernel with native code / DirectX.

And they speak badly of Android.

Dead wrong.

 

[OndraSter]

http://sdrv.ms/KWUrJV




// WHAT THE HELL, I WANT OLD SMILEYS BACK!

 

[bobzero]

http://sdrv.ms/KWUrJV




// WHAT THE HELL, I WANT OLD SMILEYS BACK!

What is that link, my live account became blocked after clicking it...

 

[OndraSter]

It is picture on skydrive.

 

[Maledict]

What, are there new (presumably uglier) smileys in WP8?

 

[OndraSter]

No, here on forums.

 

[ZOMO]

They are basically closing the "New Apps" section from Marketplace for us, since I believe 99.9% of them will be for the new kernel with native code / DirectX.

And they speak badly of Android.

And we should expect them closing WP8 market about end of 2014 because new NONCOMPATIBILE WP9. Just to be clear - you are buying telephone for 2 years, then you have to bin it an buy new one - simple. (unless you have HTC HD2)

 

[pbp8ntballer]

I purchased an HTC Titan last December. While I'm not entirely in the same bought as Lumia owners, (despite having the phone less than a year and realizing it's being cut off from WP8), I'm not entirely distressed from not getting the update. WP7.8 is fine enough for me in the meantime, while I can wait and see if WP8 will have any launch bugs and issues that'll make me regret adopting early. If everything seems ship-shape, then I'll make the switch.

No big deal, in my opinion.

 

[sdkswk]

7.8 and we need APN

 

[Skywalker134]

I heard that none of the current Windows Phones will be eligible to receive any future updates...

 

[dazza9075]

I heard that none of the current Windows Phones will be eligible to receive any future updates...

then you heard wrong, there will be updates, you just wont get any WP8 hardware / kernal dependant updates.

up to a point this will stay true, i would "assume" based on absolutely no fact what so ever, that from release of WP8 MS will provide support for 7.x for a further 18 months, which would tidy over most users until the end of their current contracts.

remember folks, you own a phone that you selected and paid out for, bar bug fixes there really isnt and required level of support from MS at all.
it will be outdated sooner or later, but it wont suddenly stop working.

As for app developers, until WP7 market is small enough not to bother with they would be foolish to ignore it. If they can develop an app that is supported on Tango hardware then they would get a much bigger user base and thus potential sales then if they targeted it at WP8 only. MS has already said that porting to WP8 is already~80% done so its not like its a massive undertaking!

the other small thing is that as with all 1st gen devices, there will be much better ones around the corner so we'd do well to not move to WP8 for the sake of it just now anyway

 

[ra3ed2012]

Tttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[go0gle]