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Daily Archives: June 22, 2012

Condolences to Windows Phone 7 Owners

June 22, 2012
Brian Hurley . Ottawa . epic fail, mobile, windows phone

Condolences for those early adopters that were unfortunate enough to buy a Windows Phone 7… Now there is Windows Phone 8.

Microsoft said that no existing Windows Phone devices will be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8.

 

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June 22, 2012
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