Microsoft temporarily suspends Windows Phone 7.8 updates

08 March, 2013
Windows Phone 7.8 updates for Nokia Lumia devices have been held by Microsoft for an indefinite period.

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  • 10 Mar 2013

Anonymous, 09 Mar 2013Thanks... this is what I am saying ... it is same like you ... morelol .... if u find other options similar to whatsapp and that too on windows marketplace .. please let me know i will pay i 1000 dollars or may be more than that ... ROFL

if u hate chrome use the stock browser, dolphin, opera, firefox, UC browser ... see these are called options. there are no options for apps in windows marketplace and the ones available suk big time. Hence i am switching ..i tried windows phone and m not happy even though i like the UI so much..it lacks in features ..if MS really takes it seriously and be quick with updates and fixes and adds gud features may be i will try it again .but for now .. definite no. Looking at the pace of their development i doubt their future ... if u r still happy, use it i am not forcing u to switch, i am just giving out my opinion and no body is fighting with u. Trust me if u dont change ur decision for another year, i appreciate ur loyalty man hats off to u.

if u r talking about sales and stuff .. wait til end of this year when Tizen, ubuntu phones hit the market ... these low end market will be filled up with these phones, high end market will stil be with android and iphone (even thoughi am big hater of ios, have to say it because it sells no matter what), mid range will have android and windows phone is still struggling to cross that tiny 5% mark even after 2.5 years of launch. Good luck with that.

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    • 10 Mar 2013

    AnonD-24171, 09 Mar 2013Stop lying when you never use it. I use Android since 2009... moreFirst of all: Excuse me to report your comment, I clicked on Report my mistake instead of on Reply.

    Second...

    OMG! An Android fanboy again.
    No, stop YOU lying when you never use Windows Phone.

    Android have lags in every version, JellyBean included.

    I am with a Galaxy Ace 2, is the worse sh*t I bought in my life. Dual Core CPU, 768 MB RAM, and Lags everyday.
    Any Linux desktop distribution works without lags with this hardware.

    What means lag? Not only the little lag in transitions but to wait some seconds to load GMail app, lags when it's syncing, when you go the desktop screen with de back button... sometimes ten seconds!

    There are videos in YouTube, anyone can see the lags in Android.

    I am not saying that WP is perfect. Android is more customizable and it has more features, but the user experience is very bad, and also for the system updates.

    You don't use a WP in your life, don't talk about it.

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      • 10 Mar 2013

      Stpid WP and stpid Nokia, it's classic!!!

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        • 09 Mar 2013

        OMG, 09 Mar 2013dont use chrome if u feel it lags .. there may be many othe... moreand thanks once again... An android fanboy honestly accepts that it is smooth...! the rest of choices in apps and preferences time and sales would answer better. Already it has started to answer i hope...(refer sales figure articles in GSMarena and in other tech sites) !!!

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          • 09 Mar 2013

          OMG, 09 Mar 2013dont use chrome if u feel it lags .. there may be many othe... moreThanks... this is what I am saying ... it is same like you said for Chrome. I say find out other options other than Whatsapp. But Chrome is developed by Google (I hope) and Android also and still it is the most lagging OS on the android system. So please answer with proper logic...

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            • 09 Mar 2013

            AnonD-10684, 09 Mar 2013Hoorayy! Nokia finally win! 10,000 is bigger than 3,000! :pCongratulations! U have passed the math test! And as android blinded fanboys...derive pleasure from which is better...starting from their spec to spec comparison...pathetic !!!

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              • 09 Mar 2013

              This is one ship thats.bailing out water and isnt gunna stay afloat.So long nokia bad move getting into bed with microplop.

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                • AnonD-120554
                • Bw1
                • 09 Mar 2013

                Fragmentation, is good news. Rubbish WP7,8 caged prison OS, along with empty in process of getting half baked, no Apps no games™®©

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                  • 09 Mar 2013

                  Anonymous, 08 Mar 2013and google lays off 3000 in Motorola mobility!Hoorayy! Nokia finally win! 10,000 is bigger than 3,000! :p

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                    • 09 Mar 2013

                    Omniafan, 09 Mar 2013This is the advantage of buying a MS OS'ed Phone.How about the dozens of android OSes that never received the updates???

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                      • 09 Mar 2013

                      Anonymous, 09 Mar 2013- what is the use of an OS...which lags when you use google... moredont use chrome if u feel it lags .. there may be many other options.
                      I dont care who develops the apps, when I am using an OS i need the apps which i use daily to work properly. Whether MS forces whatsapp to build a solid app or whatsapp itself builds a solid app ..i dont care, Whatsapp may not care because it knows that the user base is very less and hence will not build a super quality app.
                      U find only a few very good apps in MS marketplace . fro example, flixter, LinkedIn, IMDB, and there are few more.
                      Android also has issues i dont disagree with that, but atleast it has features too .. so that will compensate. I prefer to choose a OS which crashes once a while but has amzing features over a OS which is smooth but u cannot do anything on the phone.

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                        • 09 Mar 2013

                        AnonD-41271, 08 Mar 2013Yes they are.Thanks mate, for replying.

                        Now that we are clear about the 7.8 upgrade, why doesnt GSMARENA mention about those phones in the article??

                        why only about Nokia phones, the buyer of samsung omnia or HTC titan might be eagerly waiting the same way as the Nokia user. why not acknowledge them and put a line in the article?

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                          • 09 Mar 2013

                          Anonymous, 09 Mar 2013s3 is a flagship .. it has 4.8 inch screen, many other feat... morebe clear man ... i dont get a single word what ur saying. try to improve ur stlye of commenting in open forums.

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                            • 09 Mar 2013

                            Anonymous, 09 Mar 2013- what is the use of an OS...which lags when you use google... moreS3 does not have a stylus bro ... Galaxy note Has ... and its very useful for a phone of that size.
                            I am not a big fan of stylus either donnowhy u mentioned it here.

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                              • 09 Mar 2013

                              Thank god i sold my Nokia Lumia 610 and bought Samsung Galaxy Grand...

                              Now i am very happy... With my purchase.

                              Fcckk Microsoft and is so called beta operating system.

                              And Nokia you are such a big fool that you selected windows phone rather than android.

                              You would have been shining on the seven sky today if you would have went for Android.

                              I am very sorry Nokia... Forgive me for selling Lumia but i still use your E71 from past 4 years :) and will continue to do so forever... Its still the best phone ever.

                              But now things have changed - Hail Samsung Galaxy Grand...

                              Its awesome :)

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                                • 09 Mar 2013

                                hahaha... so much for samsung bashers and lumia loyalists..what will you do with them now...?Microsoft will be the nemesis of nokia.true..android may be complex but the greatest virtue comes to the fore now.It's free and not bound to the whim of a single manufacturer...You don't release an update and your phone is dead in the market.Other manufacturers will overtake you...Nokia is being taken for a ride by the Apple and MS..

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                                  • 09 Mar 2013

                                  hope have other way to fix this phone problem. o.o i love nokia but. hate it problem

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                                    • 09 Mar 2013

                                    Anonymous, 09 Mar 2013- what is the use of an OS...which lags when you use google... moreStop lying when you never use it.
                                    I use Android since 2009 and yes it lagged on early editions of android 1.6 and 2.1 but in Froyo i didn't experience any lag at all on Galaxy S1.
                                    You naive because i had Note 1 before i own S3, the stylus is so accurate in writing messages or drawing, even cropping...etc its so useful i even wished i stayed on Note 1 instead of S3 because of the stylus.

                                    So keep this lame logo of yours "Android lags" because it doesn't, while M$ WP8 and WP7 lags like no tomorrow on Surface and Lumia devices and you can check it on Youtube or WP forum how laggy and buggy WP is. Its like an experimental OS not valid for daily use.

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                                      • 09 Mar 2013

                                      This is the advantage of buying a MS OS'ed Phone.

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                                        • 09 Mar 2013

                                        i hope nokia will stay with microsoft. wp 8 is excellent,simple,elegant,minimalist. my farty granma can use wp 8 with no problem, it is the only os wich she understood how to operate it. this means that wp8 and future wp9,10,etc will be very well received by the masses wich adore simple mobiles. the only problem is to populate quickly their app store with all the possible junk apps like android and ios did,and pay to the media channels to announce every month:"windows phone marketplace reaches this months xyz number of apps", and so on. they must pay for these