Well, this is not a compitition and I not claming to be an expert on it, but I was under the impression quite a while ago that people would not be able to upgrade the wp7 devices to wp8, I don't even follow it very closely, I really just lisen to the one podcast i mentioned before, thats it, but I also googled it and saw people debating it as far back as mid to end of 2011
I also bet you did not see anywhere from Nokia or MS that you would be able to upgrade a wp7 device to wp8 either? If the current devices have enough grunt or not to run a wp8 OS, I have no idea, i just said is something I assumed would be the case if MS wanted to basically run win8 on a phone... I not saying they can or cannot, I am saying this was my guess but i think the min spec for wp7 was a 1ghz cpu? correct? and i maybe wrong here but did they even lower the spec a little after/for mango 7.5? Anyway I can understand why people are annoyed, especially if you just got a new phone, I got mine the week they came out and I am not really happy either, but I guess I got used to the idea I could not upgrade it already On 25 June 2012 13:17, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote: > A reasonable position would be if they issued a rebate for those that > bought WP7 in the last, say 6 months. It might take the bitter taste away > for them, somewhat. > > Mike > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 2:46 PM, .net noobie <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I just listen to podcasts like windows weekly, they been saying it for >> months, blogs etc, but, also were a lot people claimig that it would >> be upgradable >> >> but I personally did not expect you would be able to upgrade, becuase >> I was thinking the the phone was also going to try and use the same >> core as win8, so the phone would be different and current phones most >> likely would not have the grunt to really do it, but i did expect if >> the phone was more like "windows" that they would be able to still run >> the old apps >> >> but if you google you will see people saying will not be upgradable >> from mid to end of last year, while others saying that MS could not >> cut off wp7 people becuase would kill the phone off >> > > > > -- > Meski > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills > >
