The software giant is getting ready for the delivery of a new OS flavor to mobile users

Sep 27, 2011 12:52 GMT  ·  By

Apparently, today is the day when Mango, the new flavor of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system starts arriving on devices out there.

The company was long rumored to plan the release of this update before the third quarter of the ongoing year is over, and it seems that things are finally being set in motion.

Wireless carriers in the United States have already listed the new software update on their websites, namely AT&T and Sprint, and Microsoft themselves have already put the Mango update on their support website.

The Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update is listed on the 'Where's my phone update?' page as being scheduled for delivery in a series of countries around the world, yet no official word on its availability emerged for the time being, WPCentral notes.

In the US, for example, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are listed on the said web page as scheduling the update release, yet it appears that the delivery is imminent, even if it remains to be seen when exactly it begins.

Other wireless carriers that are present on the said website include O2, Hutchinson Group, Vodafone Group, Deutsche Telekom, and Orange Group.

As for the countries that can be seen there, we can count Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, and Singapore.

Clearly, this is only the first step that Microsoft is taking towards the release of Windows Phone Mango for existing devices, and all devices should start receiving it in the near future.

Based on what Sprint and AT&T stated on their websites, the new update will be delivered over the Zune software, which means that users will need to connect their devices to a computer to perform the update.

There are a wide range of enhancements included in the new Mango OS flavor, which is accompanied by the availability of a web version of the Marketplace, so that users can browse, purchase and download applications easier than before.