14 DAY TRIAL // Following a long series of news and rumors on the arrival of the first software update for Windows Phone 7, called NoDo, Microsoft has finally decided to shed some light on the matter, and confirmed that the roll-out is expected to happen in the second half of this month.
In all fairness, this is not exactly the first update for Windows Phone 7, but it is the first one to bring along a series of performance improvements, along with other enhancements, including the addition of a new feature, which some users missed ever since the launch of the new platform, namely copy and paste.
Dubbed NoDo, this update was preceded by another software pushed out from Redmond, one that Microsoft calls the February update, and which caused various issues with devices coming from Samsung.
“As you might recall, this minor update is an important but invisible under-the-hood tweak designed to improve the phone update process itself. It results in no visible changes to your phone,” Eric Hautala, in charge with the team responsible for the updates Windwos Phone 7 receives, notes.
“If you’ve been following along, you know that we did encounter a few issues, which we quickly identified and fixed or provided workarounds for. […] We’re carefully studying the current update process and will apply the lessons learned from it to all future ones. This is how we get better,” he continues.
Starting from here, he explains that one of the reason for which NoDo is not here yet is the fact that Microsoft is keen on making sure that no similar issues emerge when it is pushed to devices.
“I’ve decided to take some extra time to ensure the update process meets our standards, your standards, and the standards of our partners. As a result, our plan is to start delivering the copy-and-paste update in the latter half of March,” Eric Hautala explains.
According to him, other software updates that Microsoft unveiled for the Windows Phone 7 platform should roll-out as announced, which suggests that Mango might have not been pushed to the next year after all.
“This short pause should in no way impact the timing of future updates, including the one announced recently at Mobile World Congress featuring multitasking, a Twitter feature, and a new HTML 5-friendly version of Internet Explorer Mobile,” Hautala concludes.