Windows Phone 7 devices coming this Autumn will initially work with GSM carriers and will not include carriers of CDMA technology till 2011.According to Microsoft’s spokesman, “Microsoft chose to focus on delivering a great GSM version to the world first, and then a great CDMA version in the first half of 2011.” Microsoft is “placing high-quality customer experiences above all else,” he added. GSM is widely used throughout the world, although in the U.S., where as CDMA represents only about half of America’s wireless customers.
WP 7 Launch: The first mobile phones running Windows Phone 7 are expected to go on sale next month, according to various reports. An Oct. 11 launch date has also been reported.
Microsoft Aims to Recapture Sales: Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft’s attempt to recapture smartphone and mobile phone sales, especially to consumers, after several quarters of disappointing sales with its older brand, Windows Mobile. The OS maker is expected to take a 4.7% share of the smartphone market for 2010 and 3.9% by 2014, according to a recent Gartner forecast.
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