{"id":10235,"date":"2009-07-30T12:36:34","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T16:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/?p=985"},"modified":"2009-07-30T12:36:34","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T16:36:34","slug":"windows-mobile-to-become-windows-phone-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=10235","title":{"rendered":"Windows Mobile to Become Windows Phone? Maybe."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Around the time Microsoft began publically discussing Windows Mobile 6.5, a news story surfaced which stated that the company planned to stop calling their Windows-powered phones \u201cWindows Mobile Smartphones\u201d in favor of the shorter, simpler label \u201cWindows Phones.\u201d\u00a0 This had the ring of truth, so we passed the information along<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We assumed, as did the author of the original Digitimes article<\/a>, that the OS name \u2013 Windows Mobile \u2013 would remain and that the term \u201cWindows Phone\u201d would be what phones running Windows Mobile would be commonly referred to (in ads, store displays, etc.) from WM6.5 forward. But a story at the Inquirer.net tells us that the OS itself is receiving the name change.<\/p>\n

According to the post<\/a>, the current Windows Mobile 6.1, the soon-to-arrive Windows Mobile 6.5, and the heretofore unseen Windows Mobile 7, will each be called Windows Phone without any version numbers at all.\u00a0 This is certainly possible, but it seems unlikely that all three versions of the mobile OS will be called simply \u201cWindows Phone\u201d \u2013 how will consumers know what version of the OS is powering the handset they\u2019re looking to buy?\u00a0 Yes, I\u2019d like the Windows Phone with the October 2009 release of Windows Phone, please.\u00a0 When\u2019s the next Windows Phone Windows Phone coming out? \u2018Cause I hear Windows Phone will have features Windows Phone doesn\u2019t. <\/em>Microsoft has made some odd moves in the mobile space, but this seems unlikely even for them.<\/p>\n

While the Inquirer story could certainly prove to be correct, the original story makes more sense: that Windows Phone will be the name for devices running Windows Mobile 6.5 and above and that, at least on the Settings page, you\u2019ll still see version numbers with the words Windows Mobile somewhere nearby.<\/p>\n

If the story does turn out to the right, and version numbers are completely dropped, perhaps we\u2019ll see version names instead of numbers: Windows Phone Egyptian Mau<\/a> or Windows Phone Maine Coon<\/a> (to borrow a naming scheme).<\/p>\n

So, are you excited about Windows Phone or are you happy with your Windows Phone?\u00a0 Inquirer-ing minds want to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Around the time Microsoft began publically discussing Windows Mobile 6.5, a news story surfaced which stated that the company planned to stop calling their Windows-powered phones \u201cWindows Mobile Smartphones\u201d in favor of the shorter, simpler label \u201cWindows Phones.\u201d\u00a0 This had the ring of truth, so we passed the information along.
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