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What is Microsoft’s official line on Windows 7 Phone software updates? Will they be taken care of by Microsoft itself, the way Apple takes care of iOS devices? Or will the carriers and handset makers engage in a free-for-all, confusing the customer and using updates as leverage to force you to upgrade your handset, like Android? Ed Bott of ZDNEt asked Microsoft, and the answer is clear and unambiguous:
Microsoft will push Windows Phone 7 software updates to end users and all Windows Phone 7 devices will be eligible for updates.
Good news all round, unless you’re a cellphone carrier. This fits in with the whole new Win7Phone approach, which sets minimum hardware specs for handset makers and keeps a tight leash on pre-installed carrier bloatware.What is distinctly odd is that some roles seem to have switched. Android is now the equivalent to desktop Windows, riddled with fragmented OS versions, uncountable hardware options and all the associated crapware and malware its “open” platform brings. Apple now seems to be selling its non-Mac hardware cheaper than anyone else can manage, and Microsoft, despite its insistence on using the Windows name for a non-windowing phone OS, has grown a pair and is now pushing the hardware makers around.
What next? Non-bearded consumers buying an easy-to-use Linux distribution?
Microsoft is in the driver’s seat for Windows Phone updates [ZDNet]
See Also:
- Bloatware Creeps Into Android Phones
- Android's Rapid Growth Has Some Developers Worried
- Android Fragmentation Declines, But Older Versions Still Rule …
- Why Windows Phone 7 Will Make Android Look Chaotic
- How Microsoft Hit CTRL+ALT+DEL on Windows Phone
- Windows Phone 7 Debuts in U.S. Stores
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