http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
I think it would sound MUCH better "Windows 7 phone"]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Or "Windows 7 Mobile"]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
from 730Li(30 mAH lithium-ion battery powered) all the way up to 760S(solar powered)]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Makes you wonder what the hell were Microsoft thinking. They come up with the weirdest of names.

No hard feelings now, lets not take this personal. I'm not anybody's fanboy.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.windowsphone7series.com/ to http://www.windowsphone7.com/]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
OR Windows 7 Phone Series ^_^]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/OK, Windows Mobile has been a mobile operating system.
Windows Phone 7 is much more than that since a lot of aspects (power, size, buttons ...) of the phones are controlled by Microsoft.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
I guess this just goes to show they REALLY ARE listening to us. But if they are listening in regards to copyNpaste and Multitasking, we have yet to find out..

But great decision, Id much rather prefer "Windows 7 Phone" Windows 7 Mobile brings back bad memories.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
There about a hundred different names that would be better than the original.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/04/02/microsoft-definitely-working-on-copy-paste-for-windows-phone-7/ Yeah!]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Seriously, if they listened to complaints about the name why haven't they listened to the complaints about the copy and paste/multitasking issues?!]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Looser.. STFU!.. Windows Phone 7 Sounds Great!]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Talk about making a big deal out of nothing. Who seriously cares? If a platforms NAME is helping make your decision about what phone to buy then your priorities are messed up. When spoken out load, Windows Phone 7 Series takes about as long as iPhone 3GS.

It's a lot like the HUGE issue Engadget has repeatedly made about Windows 7 (Starter, Home, Pro, and Ultimate). All that complaining for these editors because MS released 10 sku's to cover their world-wide market. You know, in the real world, I haven't heard a single complaint of being confused as to which version of Windows 7 a consumer should buy.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Except it looks nothing like anything Apple has released.

Also, why are people still complaining about the multitasking and copy and paste. They already said they'll have it soon after release and it has suspend-state multitasking. If you're not using the app in the foreground, then there is no reason for it to be active, unless of course it's a music app. However, they have also said there will be exceptions to some apps, like music ones. Do you're research people or read more.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
It is "7" because it is replacing Windows Mobile 6.x. If "Windows Phone" was a new product, instead of the next version of Windows Mobile, it would be Windows Phone 1.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/They have made it simple...Errrr :)]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
i'm looking forward to the WP7 OS, but what are the ads are going to be like? "get your Windows Phone 7 Phone now!"]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
yes!]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
... tell that to all the people making the same, stale iPad jokes around the interwebs.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Better, and obvious. Nobody I knew ever threw in the gratuitous "series" at the end when talking about it. Once there is more than 7.0 (for example when they drop a 7.1 or 7.5 or whatever), you can refer to them collectively as "7.x" or "7 series", but that will follow naturally.

I guess MS branding is just catching up to what people in the real world are saying. Actually I kind of get the feeling they were referring to all WP7 as the "series" but it somehow got picked up as being the official name for 7.0.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/I am a phone and Windows Phone 7 is my idea.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
They should have went with "W Phone" (yes, upper case).... just to mock that other phone.

Windows Phone 7 is ok, cause when Windows Phone 8 comes out they can drop the 8... if everyone has one.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Umm... Am I the only one that thinks it's obvious to call it "7 Series"? A much sleeker name, and it removes the affiliation with Windows.

Really, Windows??? Especially when they're constantly telling you "it's not a PC, it's not a PC!", and then call it after the PC...]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Windows phone 7 iPhone series sounds even better! It's a copy and paste job on the iPhone, excuse the pun....]]>Apr 2nd 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Agreed. I'm not hating on the iPad because of its stupid name. ]]>Apr 2nd 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
So, would the W Phone be shaped like a stag beetle?

Yeah, nobody's gonna get that, but I had to say it...]]>Apr 2nd 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
I would say that not calling it WM7 is to dissociate this new OS from the previous WM6.5 . Windows Phone 7 Series did just that and so does WP7, just its easier to say.]]>Apr 2nd 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO8AgDmyrKQ]]>Apr 2nd 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 3rd 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://bit.ly/xna-games-windows-phone
]]>Apr 3rd 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Sounds good but that would make create a sense of chronology and it would make sense, and Microsoft probably wasn't going for that.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_7_(disambiguation)]]>Apr 4th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/Apr 2nd 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
So it just cuts off at the end, and that's it? Man, just like The Sopranos. ]]>Apr 2nd 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Anyone want to buy WP7Series.com?

Seriously, cheap!]]>Apr 2nd 2010 4:50PM