I see Joe Wilcox of Betanews is at it again. This time he’s having a go about the HTC Touch HD2 not being upgradable to Windows 7 (well, nothing is confirmed on that front, but he is at least right in saying it’s unlikely, very unlikely).
Joe tells us that the HD2 will be dead the moment Windows Phone 7 arrives.
Really?
Is that like corporations all dropped Windows XP the moment Vista came out?
Worse than Vista, Windows Mobile 7 is almost a Version 1 OS that’s being rushed out (that’s possibly a bit harsh as MS are getting no end of flack for not releasing soon enough, and it sounds like the phone will be based around the .Net framework, which is a huge step forward in my opinion).
I’m intrigued to know what happens on Windows 7 launch day to make the HD2 “dead”, especially since Microsoft will still be supporting (possibly developing Windows Mobile “classic” [although lets be honest there won’t be a lot of work going on]).
Perhaps the many years of mature Windows Mobile applications available will stop working all of a sudden? Perhaps it will no longer take calls? Perhaps it will emit a high pitch scream to let your friends know you’re running the “old” OS?
Or perhaps the people who are comfortable with Windows Phone 6.5, who have many years of applications and time invested in these devices, and those few who actually like the old OS, will be happy to buy the latest refresh that will take them forward until WinMo7 settles down after the inevitable initial teething problems are sorted out?
I can see more people will be thinking twice about buying a Windows mobile device until WinMo 7 arrives, but frankly some people will not know, some people will want the old OS, and some just won’t care.
The HD2 will almost certainly have lower sales due to the impending OS release, but I think any announcements of its death are somewhat premature.
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