Microsoft's Mango update for Windows Phone 7 has finally hit release to manufacturing, which means it's only a matter of time before we see Mango handsets on the horizon.
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Mango update, officially called Windows Phone 7.5, has hit the release to manufacturing stage (RTM), which means everything is on schedule for us to see Mango-toting devices this coming fall.
"Earlier this morning, the Windows Phone development team officially signed off on the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of “Mango” – the latest version of the Windows Phone operating system," Microsoft's Terry Myserson said via the Windows blog. "This marks the point in the development process where we hand code to our handset and mobile operator partners to optimize Mango for their specific phone and network configurations," he continued, adding that the Windows Phone team is now preparing for the update process.
Microsoft whipped users into a frenzy over Mango back at its MIX conference in April of this year and officially took the wraps off Mango in May. Features on offer with Mango include hardware-accelerated IE9 with HTML5; enhanced multitasking capabilities; Twitter in the People hub; better support for Office documents in SkyDrive; Threads, which brings together text, IM, and Facebook chat into one conversation; and Conversation View for email.
I'm curious to see how WP7 will interface with W7 first-hand (currently using an iPhone 4 with my MacBook Air).
macbook air is for girls...get a real portable computer like the macbook pro...lol
Thanks Toms!
In all fairness, there has definitely been less spam and it is taken down much quicker, tide is turning!
They do their best to take it down quickly all right, but the tide isn't turning. Pumping harder only gets you so far when your boat is leaky.
For a tech site, it's amazing how little they seem to be able to do against spammers. There are plenty of simple yet efficient solutions. For example, they could require a captcha every time you try to post anything until you prove you're a real Tom's user, for example by obtaining some of those forum badges.
The fact that your post was followed by a spammer is pretty much the definition of irony. : )
Indeed a valid question lost within all the eyecandy probably. I suppose Wintendo also turns to the cloud for their stuff in 2011 after enforcing every jackass to use outlook for the past 2 decades! I guess I'll get a Nokia C7 instead.