LG – Windows Mobile 7 coming to US in September

January 16, 2010 | By Surur

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It seems LG just can not keep the lid on the Windows Mobile 7 news, despite Microsoft’s best efforts to keep a lid on the news.

In the latest revelation they told a French tech blogger Presse-Citron who was participating in a design session at LG Design Labs that they expect to release Windows Mobile 7 in September.

Of course this news was promptly tweeted, but has since been deleted. Fortunately Google’s cache is a bit slower in doing it, and the tweet can at the moment still be seen if you search for Presse Citron’s tweets.

In the background of Microsoft’s rumour control efforts which is convincing many that Windows Mobile 7 will not be announced at Mobile World Congress, this is certainly welcome news.

To keep an eye on the latest Windows Mobile 7 news follow our tweets at twitter.com/wmpoweruser

Are you still expecting WM7 at MWC? Let us know below.

About Surur

Site Admin and Windows Phone enthusiast, he has been using Windows Mobile devices since before they were called PocketPC’s. He is currently sporting a HTC 7 Trophy.

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http://tweakers.net Arnoud

I just like to point out that the blogger event hosted by LG in their Design Lab was completely about the upcoming Android device GW620 Eve (I know, cause I attend). Windows Mobile was not a discussion topic at the event.
There can be two reasons why he pulled the tweets offline, ome of which is the possibility that he found out the information was incorrect and didn't want it to spread. The other one.. well, you can think of another reason he pulled it offline, can you?
I haven't been speaking to him since this afternoon, so I don't know the exact reason why he tweeted it and why he pulled it offline later. But from what I've heard, he's got some more information later that convinced him deleting the tweets would be the best option

GP007

If it was just a mistake he could've said so right? Just a "ooops I heard wrong, sorry." type of deal? I don't see why you'd have to go through the trouble of deleting them period unless there is some trouth and a NDA involved, and someones head will roll. heh.
drphysx

Please, when you know why he deleted the tweet, post it here.

drphysx

New Twitter support on Windows Mobile 7 is as easy as: ATDT,6352636,yourtweet

What does that mean? It was tweeted by Miguel de Icaza: http://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/505734877…

http://intensedebate.com/people/wmpoweruser wmpoweruser

Expect that tweet to disappear soon also
GP007

Oh god, these news "leaks" and stuff are, imo, greenlit from MS I bet. As MWC is getting closer we're probably going to start seeing way little tidbits like this on twitter and so on. Just to help build up the hype. MS keeping quiet about it all is meant to keep us guessing if these bits are real or not.

As for the twitter bit. if true, then all you have to do is craft your msg like the above format.

"ATDT" the network your on, so probably AT&T, then your phone number and the msg. So I'm guessing they've made it as simple as writing a text msg. The system probably has your twitter info in it linked to your phone number so it'll do the work for you. That's my best guess right now.

http://intensedebate.com/people/l3v5y l3v5y

Twitter currently supports updates via text, so that's hardly anything new…
Rico

Back in the old days of dialup, ATDT (ATtention Dial DTMF Tone) was the command you would use tell you modem to dial a number. Unless this update is saying you can use scripting to control events like Twitter updates, i don’t see what the big deal is. As l3v5y said, you can send an SMS to Twitter to appear as an update.

GP007

*shrug* I took a stab at it. If anyone has better ideas shoot.

John Mitas

could this mean some type of PowerShell in native WinMo7?
Wesley

I will wait till Mobile World Conference to hear what Microsoft are really doing and forget there rumours…they cannot afford to not bring Winmo 7 out too late and September is too late IMO.
http://twitter.com/visitken @visitken

As many of you have speculated, the reason those tweets were pulled was because the information was wrong. Exact dates of WinMo 7 devices are not yet confirmed. If we at LG don't know these details, how would Presse-Citron?

drphysx

Of course no exact dates, but I am sure you are at least planning something… which might be a WM7 device this fall?

http://www.presse-citron.net Eric

Hi,
I am Eric from Presse-citron, sorry I couldnt reply earlier, being on my flight back from Seoul to Paris.
The reason why I deleted this tweet is simply because of a NDA we all signed for another purpose but I was not sure this news was under NDA or not. Having a doubt about this I’d rather delete my tweet, due to the respect of confidentiality LG team deserves.
I hope you understand my english and the reason I made this

drphysx

Hi Eric. Thank you very much for the clarification.