MS Maybe Serious About WM Name Change

**hibby50** · #1 (**permalink**) 07-30-2009, 08:16 PM

MS Maybe Serious About WM Name Change

We've discussed as far back as February that Microsoft was likely sending the "Windows Mobile" moniker the way of the dinosaur and instead going with "Windows Phone." Looks like they haven't forgot.
According to The Inquirer (.net, not the tabloid) [via Giz], the change indeed is coming with the next release of Microsoft's operating system for mobile phones. And as much as we loathe the idea of trying to discuss various versions of an OS without the handy numeral suffixes (never mind that our little site here is called WMExperts), we'll (hardly) be the first to say that things are in need of a reboot. Badly.
Says The Inquirer:

The name change also "reflects the upcoming desktop operating system release where people away from their PC can have the same experience everywhere," says Microsoft.

The My Phone service certainly seems to have begun that transition to a more seamless desktop-mobile experience.

Original post at WMExperts

**Whosdaman** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-31-2009, 06:04 AM

they wont change it....period

gedster314 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-31-2009, 10:52 AM

To bad MS isn't serious about the phone market. Rather then change the name, reskinning an out dated turd, how about developing a new OS for the phone. WinMobile has so many bandaids its beginning to look like mummy.

dagnasty · #4 (**permalink**) 07-31-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by gedster314

To bad MS isn't serious about the phone market. Rather then change the name, reskinning an out dated turd, how about developing a new OS for the phone. WinMobile has so many bandaids its beginning to look like mummy.

Couldn't agree more. Once the Hero comes to either Sprint or Verizon, I will be jumping ship to Android and supposedly it will be out Oct. 11th on Sprint

SkippyG4 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-02-2009, 09:29 AM

M$ is definitely changing the name. All the information about the moibile platform coming from the WorldWide Partner Conference in New Orleans stated the term "Windows Phone"

**fixxxer2012** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-02-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dagnasty

Couldn't agree more. Once the Hero comes to either Sprint or Verizon, I will be jumping ship to Android and supposedly it will be out Oct. 11th on Sprint

same here