14 DAY TRIAL // Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to provide software updates to all of the users of its new Windows Phone 7 operating system.
According to the company, the updating of these handsets is its responsibility, and it intends to make sure that all users are provided with the necessary software when the time comes.
The company has been heavily criticized before for its slow update process when the older Windows Mobile platform was involved.
However, while with that mobile platform flavor the company came up with updates rather rarely, while not offering support for all devices on the market, things have changed with the new Windows Phone 7 OS.
According to a recent article on ZDNet, the Redmond company committed once again to providing updates for the new Windows Phone 7 OS more often than before, while also aiming at offering these solutions to all users out there.
“Microsoft will push Windows Phone 7 software updates to end users and all Windows Phone 7 devices will be eligible for updates,” the company announced officially.
One of the first updates for the new mobile operating system should be released into the wild in early 2011, previous reports suggested.
The said update is expected to expand the functionality of Windows Phone 7 with the inclusion of Copy/Paste features, and more.
Of course, it still remains to be seen whether the availability of these software updates won't depend on mobile phone makers and wireless carriers, as it happens with devices running under Google's Android OS.
Many of these devices receive software updates far later than when the OS is brought to the market for the first time.
One such example would be the Motorola CLIQ, which received an update to Android 2.1 this week, more than 8 months after the solution was promised for the first time.
However, Microsoft seems set to take on another approach with Windows Phone 7, and chances are that no such delays would be included into the mix, though only time will tell how things will turn out in the end.