Windows Phone 8 gets its first update
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Dec 2012 23:09 UTC
Windows So, last night, Windows Phone 8 got its first update - specifically for the HTC 8X. In this day and age, where iOS is the gold standard and shows the industry how it ought to be done, and Android is the exact opposite, Windows Phone 7 was a bit of an in-between - every phone got every update, but the staggered rollout was slow and frustrating, often due to carrier meddling. How will Windows Phone 8 fare?
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RE[3]: Nexus Line
by Nelson on Wed 12th Dec 2012 09:09 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Nexus Line"
Nelson
Member since:
2005-11-29

Wrong. Focus 2 came pre-loaded with Tango, a full release after Mango (7.5). It'd help if you knew what you were talking about.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-I667UWAATT

The Focus 2 was not even out during the Mango roll out. The Focus 2 was released like four or five months after, during the Spring.

What the Focus 2 got late was a bunch of carrier and hardware specific firmware upgrades, and a small 7.5 Refresh update.

If the Focus 2 hadn't launched with Tango it wouldn't have had the 4G LTE stack that was added in the Spring update.

Edited 2012-12-12 09:15 UTC

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RE[4]: Nexus Line
by Thom_Holwerda on Wed 12th Dec 2012 09:15 in reply to "RE[3]: Nexus Line"
Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

Wrong. Focus 2 came pre-loaded with Mango. It'd help if you knew what you were talking about.


I meant Tango.

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RE[5]: Nexus Line
by Nelson on Wed 12th Dec 2012 09:18 in reply to "RE[4]: Nexus Line"
Nelson Member since:
2005-11-29

It came pre-loaded with Tango. What it got rather late were firmware updates and a small post-Tango update (8773, some people call it Tango #2)

The problem was that the firmware update is at the discretion of the OEM, but it was requisite for Tango #2. At least, that's what was said.

There's a HUGE difference between missing out on Mango (a major OS update) and missing out on some firmware updates and the ability to attach multiple MMS to a message. That's really all the update was about.

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