Imagine today, but a year from now. You might still be waiting for the next version of Windows Mobile. Apparently hardware vendors had been expecting the final version to arrive “by early next year” but were recently told that it wouldn’t be ready until the second half on next year, according to CNET.
In other news, guess what’s white hot right now? Operating systems for mobile phones. Microsoft stands to lose a lot of market share by sitting on WinMo 6 for another year. Apparently we’re to see a big update to the Internet Explorer mobile browser this year still that’ll allow it to harness the IE6 rendering engine, which means true Ajax and Flash support. That’s a step in the right direction, but I betcha every other mobile browser is about to add the same functionality, and some might even beat Microsoft to the punch.
I envision a world where all my emulators will move to a mobile device so versatile I will never need to buy a handheld game. Just an entry for the contest.
I expect nothing less from Microsoft, long delays and failure to deliver.
Wasn’t it the version after WinMo 7 that was going to be great? While I really like microsoft’s development environment (.net), it seems like the OS that uses it are going to be terrible for at least another year.
Another Microsoft product delay. Really?
Why does it seem like all the blogs are breaking out their pom-poms over this?
Wow! What a blunder by Microsoft. It seems they are going to concede this market to Apple and Google. I was going to wait until next year before upgrading my phone so I could compare iPhone, Android, and Windows 7, but I guess I will visit a Tmobile store soon.
no big surprise here – I’m hoping I can get Andriod on my HTC Wizard before then!