About the latest Windows Mobile 7 rumors ... (and Microsoft takes down that screenshot)

Allow'south toss a little water on some of the latest unconfirmed rumors flying through the blogosphere (and I really don't similar that term) regarding Windows Mobile seven, that Office 2022 screenshot and just when Microsoft will denote WM7, shall we? Join us later the break.

Rumor No. 1: The appearance of another supposed Windows Mobile vii screenshot

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Well, look at that. Microsoft itself put this one out forth with the beta release of Part 2022, and Neowin was amidst the first to spot information technology on Wednesday. Only, information technology'due south not a new screenshot. MSFT Kitchen unearthed it a number of weeks agone, and it's sort of still in line with supposed WM7 screenies leaked months ago. Tack onto that that information technology'southward also right in line with what we were shown a number of months ago and were told would exist Windows Mobile half dozen.5.1. (Plainly, at this bespeak, it's not.)

Now, take into account the latest builds of Windows Mobile half-dozen.5.1 (or whatsoever the next "dot" increase is called) making the rounds. These things are growing nearly weekly. Does anyone really matter that a UI nosotros saw months ago is actually going to be Windows Mobile seven?

Annotation that every bit of this morning, Microsoft has removed the picture from the Function ten beta site. While removals often bespeak truth, we don't recall so in this case. More likely someone just got yelled at.

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To Neowin'southward credit, their mail service is titled "Windows Mobile 7 UI confirmed by Microsoft?" Notation the dreaded question mark. Nosotros all utilize it. It spreads the bulletin while allowing a shred of deniability. But only barely. Of form, from there the message gets distorted as the residual of u.s.a. pick information technology up. Information technology happens, and we're all guilty. Neowin draws no decision but posts the following question: "Is this Windows Mobile vii, something in-between or just concept?"

Indeed. Our accept: We even so don't think this will be Windows Mobile 7.

Rumor No. 2: Windows Mobile seven at MIX 2010

From the same Neowin mail: That Microsoft "will unveil its plans for Windows Mobile 7 at the MIX 2022 conference in March adjacent yr." and "Microsoft Role Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the news at the end of solar day two at the Professional Developers Conference here in Los Angeles."

That's all nosotros have to take to go on. We're not discounting what was said, nor do we have issue with how information technology was reported. (Nosotros weren't at that place at PDC to hear it, and we've reached out for more clarification. But today is a travel day for many. Update:Here'south what actually was said.) We're pretty sure Windows Mobile seven will be a big topic at MIX 2022, just as WM6.v was at MIX09.

But we're having a difficult time believing that Microsoft would announce Windows Mobile vii on a smaller stage than it did Windows Mobile six.5, which was made public at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, well-nigh a calendar month before MIX09. Announcing and "unveiling plans" are 2 very dissimilar things.

Of class, that'south all theorize on our part, and we're certainly not beyond coughing upward a big Neglect from fourth dimension to fourth dimension. (And pointing the finger inwards when it happens.) Merely let'south all take a deep breath here. Windows Mobile vii is coming. Information technology will be announced. It volition exist later than nosotros (and Microsoft) wanted information technology to be. Information technology will be loved by many, and panned past many. In that location will be truths. There will be inaccuracies. And at that place volition be many a blog post to come up.

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