only a few days have passed because Microsoft’s Eric Hautala blogged concerning news of Mango, the most recent update to the company’s Windows Mobile operating system.
Earlier than possibly expected on the basis of that post, Mango has been released, as well as those of you available utilizing a Windows smartphone will begin to see notifications as such.
Unfortunately, because of mobile carriers still applying the completing at their end, the release is not installable on all Windows Phone handsets just yet. Currently, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon as well as open-market phones are all noted as “scheduling”, with the next stop being “delivering”, something of which – according to Microsoft, might take as much as 10 company days (so two weeks, basically). The lion’s share of carriers outside of north america are likewise currently in the arranging phase, so it seems in spite of the software application itself being complete, the calibration process is still ongoing, as well as we’ll be approaching mid-October before all Windows Mobile individuals will be in an updatable position.
You can inspect the development of your specific device/carrier through Microsoft’s “Where’s my phone update?” feature, which aims to keep all individuals from playing the guessing game frequently allied to releases of this kind.
How to set up it:
The alert is OTA (over-the-air), although the update itself isn’t, as well as as such you will requirement to link to your PC while running the Zune software, or Mac whilst utilizing the WP7 Connector software application – both of which are linked to at the bottom of this post. The applications will backup your gadget very first as a precautionary measure, before proceeding to download as well as set up Mango. The whole process takes around an hour, so certainly update each time when you don’t utilize your gadget as much:
A whole hold of new features await, including the capability for individuals to produce get in touch with groups as well as view assorted message types (e-mail, SMS etc.) in one unified inbox. Those of you who’ve updated, what do you believe – are the features good? Does it run smoothly as well as responsively without hiccup? Leave your thoughts as well as comments on our Facebook page!
Before you go, right here are – as guaranteed – the links for those of you planning to update
Windows Phone 7 Connector (Mac individuals only)
Zune software application (Windows individuals only)
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