NoDo and Mango, Say Hello to Tango and Apollo

When Windows Phone 7 first launched, people were hopeful about Microsoft's promises to keep the platform unified with fast simple updates. Turns out that Microsoft has had a tougher time with updates than everyone thought and have faced rough criticism after some major missteps (although some of them were actually out of their power). Now that the dust has settled and the passion behind those promises has withered, we've finally begun to make sense of exactly what strategy Microsoft is sticking to long-term. In this year alone we will have had two major updates: NoDo beginning this past March and Mango later this Fall. In the time between each we've also seen smaller updates sprinkled in, like pre-NoDo and the May '7392' security update.

Thanks to a slip of the tongue from a reliable Compal source in a new Digitimes article, we now know that Microsoft is going to be calling their next major update Tango:

Compal has signed with Microsoft for licensed use of the Mango platform and Tango, a platform to succeed Mango, the sources noted.

Now since this source says that Tango will in fact be an update to supersede Mango, it's easy to assume that it will be on the same level as NoDo meaning we will see general feedback-based changes as well as bugfixes and minor features. Then of course there's Apollo, which many are speculating will eventually be known as Windows Phone 8 in order to launch alongside Windows 8 (in case you missed Apollo news, read here). So now that Microsoft is beginning to show its pattern a little bit, what are your thoughts? Is this system working or should Microsoft be hitting us with more frequent, fast and furious updates?

Via: PocketNow
Source: Digitimes

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