It takes so long because, unlike the OS for the iphone, WM7 has to be coded in a way where a lot of different phones with different architectures may be able to run WM7. And why skip to windows mobile 8, if they can just add it to windows mobile 7? According to the leaks for WM7, that is still a far milestone to reach and i bet additional time is taken to prevent any compatability issues from previous windows mobile.
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It takes so long because, unlike the OS for the iphone, WM7 has to be coded in a way where a lot of different phones with different architectures may be able to run WM7. And why skip to windows mobile 8, if they can just add it to windows mobile 7? According to the leaks for WM7, that is still a far milestone to reach and i bet additional time is taken to prevent any compatability issues from previous windows mobile.