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Windows Phone 7.8: hollow, pointless, and essentially useless

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st Feb 2013 18:25 UTC

A few days ago, Microsoft released the long-awaited Windows Phone 7.8 update for all those users who will be stuck on Windows Phone 7 forever because there's no upgrade path to Windows Phone 8 other than buying a new phone. Now that it's here, what, exactly, does WP7.8 to the table?

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RE[3]: Comment by Nelson

by bentoo on Sat 2nd Feb 2013 16:52 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by Nelson"

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2012-09-21

Not true of WP7 devices! You can not hack it to run WP8, no matter what.

Sure you can. There are even WP8 ROMs for the HTC HD2! Of course, it's just about as usable as a Nexus One running ICS.

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RE[4]: Comment by Nelson

by elektrik on Sat 2nd Feb 2013 19:41 in reply to "RE[3]: Comment by Nelson"

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2006-04-18

...except the example you gave, the HD2 was a Windows MOBILE phone, not a Windows 7 phone.....

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RE[4]: Comment by Nelson

by saso on Sat 2nd Feb 2013 20:41 in reply to "RE[3]: Comment by Nelson"

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2007-04-18

Of course, it's just about as usable as a Nexus One running ICS.

Do you have a Nexus One with ICS?

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RE[5]: Comment by Nelson

by darknexus on Sun 3rd Feb 2013 23:33 in reply to "RE[4]: Comment by Nelson"

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2008-07-15

Do you have a Nexus One with ICS?

Anyone can, thanks to Cyanogen or other custom ROMs. Despite what a lot of people think, the Nexus One is quite capable of running ICS. Why didn't Google support it? Probably because they wanted people to buy new phones.

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