Originally Posted by tpdjr (Post 1455135)

actually i dnt think so because if you google it, it actually says that it will be released in late 2010.

Originally Posted by InsomniacJedi (Post 1455129)

Windows Mobile 7 is a figment of your imagination.

But if you look to your right you'll see Big Foot riding the Loch Ness Monster.

Originally Posted by Noir (Post 1455418)

microsoft is beginning to have a track record for releases within the past 3 years. Let's summarize for a moment

windows vista - laughed out of the face of existence due to the heavy use of resources, sluggish performance, and lack of legacy driver support. While it was made a flagship to many devices, it wasn't the best

zune - It was an interesting device but by the time microsoft entered the foray of mp4 devices, apple already had touch screen and a very competitive advertising campaign. Low sales of the zune often saw it with low prices in compared to its apple counterpart. When the new zune mini was released as competition to the ipod nano, it was received with mixed reviews.

Windows mobile 6/6.1/6.5 - need I say anything about this? to the business user as well as a few other users (ppcgeeks/xda) windows mobile was often ridiculed as slow and unappealing in the eyes of both the apple iphone/ipod touch and google android

and yet...microsoft pressed on...

windows 7 - Nothing but good praise from many users/blog writers, reviewers which define windows 7 to be what vista is truly capable of and arguing that it is more stable than the argued best OS for users windows xp.

zune hd - while smaller than the ipod/iphone, the zune hd is quintessentially the best device for mp4 format. Amoled display, excruciatingly fast and innovative, the zune hd is everything that the zune wasn't. And again, many were impressed with the speed, function, and just beauty of the zune hd.

windows mobile 7???

If anything microsoft is releasing is turning to gold, it has to be its mobile platform. I think microsoft is listening to its consumers a lot more and implementing things seen on other platforms (much akin to pinch gesture on apple) but innovating it (similar to htc by allowing the device to completely reflow text once the zoom is complete). I think in general, the small incremental changes will become a giant leap forward that will keep windows mobile afloat and I don't think many will be dismayed by windows mobile for a bit.

One thing that is unique is evolution - I think the dominance once held by apple is crumbling and even apple is in trouble. If there wasn't any advertising from apple, I am definitely sure the apple wouldn't be selling in favor of the google android handsets. That being said, google seems to be in the forefront of at least taking a large hold of mobile market. But I think that many will go back to the lab after the release of windows mobile 7.

Sadly our devices won't get it unless cmonex and nochem find a bs/p for 6.5 and then 7. If they find it for 6.5, you gotta think it won't be much longer for 7...at least so we hope. If anything, the few handsets with snapdragon processors (hd2, acer, toshiba) will have some alpha leaks in the coming future I'm sure...and microsoft AND htc will announce something this month at CES as per usual and many will gravitate to that like a fly on honey. I guess the point is to stay tuned...

Originally Posted by ppcgpirate (Post 1455185)

I doubt the TP2 meets MS requirements for Winmo 7.

Originally Posted by Noir (Post 1455990)

I am definiely going to echo in on a comment regarding how not bad winmo really is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btIRYSd-wvw
on an iphone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICph...video_response

one thing that really intrigued me is the power dx has over opengl...says a lot to me...

Originally Posted by EGOvoruhk (Post 1456205)

That has nothing to do with an OS, and everything to do with hardware

Originally Posted by Scrufdog (Post 1456647)

the TP2 will never see it, but at this point I'm not concerned about it. By the time WinMo7 comes out, I'll most likely be running an Android ROM on my TP2

Originally Posted by p-slim (Post 1456359)

which is why winmo is hated on alot of the time. If they wouldve been putting in snapdragon processors and capacitive screens, many people wouldn't have left winmo. They are taking too long to jump on.

Originally Posted by p-slim (Post 1456359)

which is why winmo is hated on alot of the time. If they wouldve been putting in snapdragon processors and capacitive screens, many people wouldn't have left winmo. They are taking too long to jump on.

Originally Posted by Okeif_ObD (Post 1457381)

Not to be contrite, but snapdragon processors and capacitive screens aren't necessarily without their own drawbacks.

Sure, you may get more graphics with a snapdragon processor, but if your phone is used primarily for work or just for communication, then that's a mighty large power-drain.

And, equally, capacitive screens have their own limitations; i.e. no stylus. Fat-finger friendly-only may work for the luddites, but I know after 10 years of WinMo I still use my stylus 30-40% of the time.

Sure, I think WinMo needs to start setting the bar with respect to h/w, but I don't think that should come at anyone's expense. The quickest way to kill WinMo, or any other, is to try and replicate someone else's success to the 'T'.

As for this thread: FoF.

Originally Posted by Okeif_ObD (Post 1457381)

Not to be contrite, but snapdragon processors and capacitive screens aren't necessarily without their own drawbacks.

Sure, you may get more graphics with a snapdragon processor, but if your phone is used primarily for work or just for communication, then that's a mighty large power-drain.

Originally Posted by siff (Post 1457944)

Windows Phone 7 will be the last mobil OS from Microsoft. I have a close friend who is on the development team in Redmond.

Originally Posted by Okeif_ObD (Post 1457381)

Not to be contrite, but snapdragon processors and capacitive screens aren't necessarily without their own drawbacks.

Sure, you may get more graphics with a snapdragon processor, but if your phone is used primarily for work or just for communication, then that's a mighty large power-drain.

And, equally, capacitive screens have their own limitations; i.e. no stylus. Fat-finger friendly-only may work for the luddites, but I know after 10 years of WinMo I still use my stylus 30-40% of the time.

Sure, I think WinMo needs to start setting the bar with respect to h/w, but I don't think that should come at anyone's expense. The quickest way to kill WinMo, or any other, is to try and replicate someone else's success to the 'T'.

As for this thread: FoF.

Originally Posted by mikeszekely (Post 1458889)

Windows Mobile 7 will be out late this year. It will almost certainly not be be made available for the Touch Pro2 (in the US, we're having a hard enough time getting the promised 6.5 updates). One of the requirements for WinMo 7 is a capacitive touch screen, and as far as I know the only WinMo phone with a capacitive touch screen is the HD2.