For those of you unlucky enough to have to buy a Windows Phone between now and Christmas, take heart! You’ll no longer be buying Windows Mobile devices, but rather Windows Phone Classic Edition. According to istartedsomething blogger Long Zheng, these Windows Phone Classic Edition devices will still keep coming as low-end devices for another year or two, well into Windows Phone 7’s run.
Good or bad idea? Considering Microsoft’s push to control the user experience, this seems destined to confuse smartpone newbies, but as long as HTC and Spb are there to provide decent shells… hey, why not! Microsoft has long been known for too many versions of absolutely every product they make, so why should Windows Phones be any different?
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[...] hit the FCC. Considering the recent re-branding of Windows Mobile 6.5-based Windows Phones to “Windows Phone Classic Edition”, I think it is likely that these will be the first Windows Phone Classic Edition devices we [...]
[...] Windows Phone Classic (Windows Mobile 6.5x), and [...]