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"Everyone in the world of technology has at least one eye on Microsoft's latest efforts in the mobile space. The Redmond giant is determined to get back into the phone-game, and that means that there is a massive potential for market disruption in the next year.\r\n\r\nAfter some initial hype as to just what Microsoft was going to include in their first major update for Windows Phone 7, a bucket of cold water has been dumped upon the heads of the hopeful.\r\n\r\nThe hype seemed to begin when popular Windows Phone 7 guru @ChrisWalshie had this to say (as compiled by WPCentral):\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGreat stuff, right? Big fat updates that will bring the new platform to complete feature parity with iOS and Android in a single quarter? Such an amazing upgrade that it should be called Windows Phone 8? As a writer focused on Microsoft, can I say yes please any louder?\r\n\r\nAs it turns out, sources that we trust a wee touch more have heard very different things, and we are inclined to\u00A0believe\u00A0them. Ina Fried said this just a few hours ago:\r\n...let me assure you that the forthcoming update to Windows Phone 7 is neither \u201Cmassive\u201D nor an iPhone killer, despite some reports to the contrary.\r\nThe software update, which could come as early as January, will add two things that are very important for Microsoft... the update will pave the way for Windows Phone 7 devices that work on Sprint and Verizon\u2019s networks...The second key feature is copy and paste.\r\nThere you have it, carrier support and copy/paste. Two nice things, but nothing that calls for the story that Walshie is pushing. Either he knows something that has slipped by Ina (not likely), or he is having us all on. Time will tell, but you know where our money is."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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