Windows Mobile Is Dead, Long Live Windows Phone

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft decided it was high time to put an end to the Windows Mobile nomenclature for its operating system for mobile phones, and will have the platform under the name of Windows Phone. It seems that the company plans to clear up any confusion that might arise connected to the current naming, thus introducing the new brand that has been rumored/expected to be announced for quite a while now.

According to the news, the change will not affect only the Windows Mobile 6.5 flavor of the platform, but the Windows Mobile 7 iteration too, as well as the older versions of the OS, at least all that come in the 6.x scheme. The Redmond company also says that the brand “reflects the upcoming desktop operating system release where people away from their PC can have the same experience everywhere.”

On the other hand, there are also those who suggest that Microsoft might be trying to detach the upcoming operating system flavors from the negative publicity that the Windows Mobile brand has seen over the years. According to The Inquirer, the move towards the new name will get somewhat official tomorrow, when a video that will deliver a preview of the final version of Windows Phone will also become available.

Microsoft's operating system for mobile phones will most probably represent the same thing for users out there, regardless of the name under which it will come towards them. For what it's worth, the Windows Mobile name is reportedly worn out, so a major change was needed. In case the user experience that the upcoming Windows Phone OS will deliver will rise high above what the older flavor was able to offer, then Microsoft has made the move at the right moment. Hopefully, all the goodies it has been rumored to include will be there, and the rose will smell sweeter.