[gilbenl]

While I don't think VZW will do a darn thing in terms of upgrading the Imagio, the idea of us having WM7 is highly likely...except for one caveat: Multi-Touch. In a great many of the requirements I've seen for WM7, they all list multi-touch as mandatory (IE capacitive rather than resistive screen.) The Imagio has more than enough power to run wm7, and the ARMv6 chipset is also compatible. Quite frankly, I don't buy the 1ghz processor claim as there is only two devices currently on the market the HD2 and LG Expo, that have such a processor. Unless we have a heaping helping of 1Ghz toys coming over the summer/fall, I just don't see that being the minimum. Even if it takes until fall to see wm7, I wouldn't expect many more. Then again, if they choose to release it bundled with the rumored zune phone, which will undoubtedly have a 1Ghz chipset, then we're boned. Our biggest hurdle will be the lack of multi-touch, so unless someone comes up with a work-around, we may be hosed. Nevertheless, any hope of vzw upgrading this thing is a fantasy. We may get extremely lucky and see 6.5.3 but I wouldn't hope for too much more folks...