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   From: agent1@section31.org   
      
   On 2/14/2011 10:44 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > In message, Sinister Midget III wrote:   
   >   
   >> 1. Microsoft has been dealing with a "phone" OS for a long time.   
   >> Android started from nothingness. Windows Phone, while a new iteration,   
   >> isn't really new. It's had a lot of years to get a head start to end up   
   >> so far behind.   
   >   
   > I think it’s still built on an underlying Windows Mobile kernel. And   
   > furthermore one with a version number something like 6.6, not even 7.0.   
   >   
   > Yup, just like “Windows Seven” wasn’t really version 7.0 of anything,   
   > neither is “Windows Phone 7”.   
      
      
   Actually, that was a mistake on the naming of WP7.  It should have   
   been called "Windows Phone >'07<".   
      
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