Microsoft (re)confirms HTC HD2s won't run Windows Phone 7 operating system
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After APC Magazine recently quoted a Microsoft official saying Windows Mobile 6.x devices wouldn’t be able to get an upgrade to the Windows Phone 7.0 OS, the Softies spread a little uncertainty as to the veracity of that report.
We were all told that we’d get the real and official backward-compatibility story at the upcoming Mix 10 conference, giving some HTC users a thread of hope.
But after a second Microsoft official was quoted saying there’d be no upgrade for HTC HD2s to Microsoft’s next-generation phone OS, I figured it was time to check in and see if Microsoft’s mobile team was ready to admit what many expected.
Here’s the statement I just received from a Microsoft mobile spokesperson via e-mail:
“For Windows Phone 7 Series we are enforcing a strict set of hardware requirements to ensure a consistently great experience for end-users and developers. While we cannot confirm that WM6.X phones that satisfy those requirements will be upgradeable, every Windows Phone 7 Series device will be upgradeable with improvements and features we deliver with subsequent Windows Phone 7 Series releases. We currently do not have plans to update the HTC HD2 to Windows Phone 7 Series.”
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