Microsoft Windows Phone Update

Bangalore: The extension of Windows Mobile 6, Windows Phone Classic, will have an extra low-end version especially for the developing economies. Called Windows Phone Starter Edition, it will imitate the role of Windows 7 Home Basic and Starter by giving certain countries a less advanced, less demanding but cheaper operator system.

It should support most common cell network types, including China's TD-SCDMA, and will have the option of coming with or without Office, according to Electronista. The company did not reveal the pricing or the names of firms making the Windows Phone Starter devices, but many partners are queuing up to launch the first prototypes this year. It is suspected that Windows Phone 7 will eventually receive a similar response once it's superceded by a newer release.

Microsoft has already said that Windows Phone Classic and now Starter will exist primarily to keep supporting legacy customers, particularly in Asia and regions where Windows Mobile 6 has a longstanding footprint. Keeping the aging OS around may also help it bring about its Fone+ project to aid poorer communities. Windows Phone 7 cuts off support for most all Windows Mobile 6 apps and requires much more expensive hardware.

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