Windows Phone 8 will not run on older devices

-Short new-
If you want a smartphone operating system from Microsoft, forget what's already there and wait for the new version coming out who knows when.

The message that Microsoft is (at least for me) is clear: Windows Phone 7/7.5 was an experimental market. A test required because the development time of WP8, but that was well received by the media, but not so much by consumers. I personally think WP7 one of the most interesting things in the world of smartphones.

One thing is certain: despite all the cool items of Windows Phone 7, he gives more to recommend the purchase of a smartphone with this operating system. Microsoft has resolved the issue of fragmentation in the most radical way possible: it will not run on older devices. Recommend a Windows Phone 7 today is that not recommend buying a smartphone with Android 2.0. Can not. It is past is over.

Legend has it that they did not sell well (hello, Nokia), then you better just irritate consumers around the world (thousands rather than millions, right?) And tell them to leave or wait for the next update for Windows Phone 7.8 (seven-to eight-, get it?), which will bring a new or another (including the new home screen). WP 7.8 is pretending perfumery to the purchaser of a Lumia has a modern OS. Bah.

Remember that Windows Phone 8 also means a big bear hug at Nokia (now depends exclusively on the Microsoft Smartphone) ¿the second week after the Surface. With a new operating system without upcoming launch, Nokia Lumia gets stuck in "old". And that is not good for the Finns even more because HTC, Samsung and Huawei have said they will launch devices with WP8 as well.