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The first update for Windows Phone 7 seems to have gone wrong for Microsoft, with reports of it crashing smart phones of a certain manufacturer prompting it to take down the update pending a resolution.  Two days ago Microsoft had announced the availability of the first update for its Windows Phone 7 smart phone platform, albeit without the much awaited copy - paste functionality. The “relatively small” update was designed to improve the software update process itself, but ended up crashing smart phones altogether, specially those made by Samsung, specifically the Omnia and Focus models, according to media reports. Reports quoted a Microsoft statement saying the company had identified a “technical issue with the Windows Phone update process that impacts a small number of phones,” because of which it was taking down the update for Samsung phones temporarily in order to correct the issue and then redistribute the update.The news, perhaps, casts the recent Microsoft – Nokia arrangement, where Nokia adopted Windows Phone 7 as its platform of choice for its smart phone line of products, in a more negative light. Reports said that Microsoft suggested via Twitter that users should exchanged their bricked smart phones for a new set at their retailers. |
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