No Windows Phone 7 Series upgrade expected for exisitng WM 6.x.x devices

There might be a lot of customers who might feel a bit displaced after some revelations were made about the potential of current Windows Mobile 6.x.x devices getting the upgrade to the Windows Phone 7 Series platform. With T-Mobile expected to launch the venerable HTC HD2 soon, consumers might be tempted to purchase the premier Windows Mobile handset because of its possibility of seeing the light of the next incarnation of Microsoft's platform. Unfortunately Windows Phone 7 Series stops at the current line of WM handsets after Natasha Kwan, Microsoft's General Manager for Mobile Communications Business in the Asia-Pacific market, made some waves saying that all WM 6.x.x devices will not get the upgrade; including the HTC HD2 that some might have thought met the specifications. Kwan said, “Because we have very specific requirements for Windows Phone 7 Series the current phones we have right now will not be upgradable.” The one point where the HTC HD2 misses out on is that it has more than 3 dedicated buttons that's stipulated by Windows Phone 7 Series. Still, that doesn't mean that there might be a distinct potential of seeing it on existing handsets which may come through with the aid of the crew over at xda-developers.

HTC HD2 Specifications | Review

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