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Microsoft developer evangelist retracts claim that Mango devices will get Apollo

Microsoft developer evangelist Nuno Silva has retracted comments from an interview earlier this week, in which he claimed that every Windows Phone sold to date should be getting the upgrade to the next “major version of Windows Phone,” contradicting other sources on the matter.

Microsoft developer evangelist Nuno Silva has retracted comments from an interview earlier this week, in which he claimed that every Windows Phone sold to date should be getting the upgrade to the next “major version of Windows Phone,” contradicting other sources on the matter.

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Microsoft developer evangelist Nuno Silva has retracted comments from an interview earlier this week, in which he claimed that every Windows Phone sold to date should be getting the upgrade to the next “major version of Windows Phone,” contradicting our sources on the matter. Silva says today that he was merely attempting to make the point “that existing Windows Phone applications will run on the next version of Windows Phone,” and that he “mistakenly confused app compatibility with phone updateability.” It’s not a total surprise given what we’ve heard elsewhere, but it’s still sad to see a glimmer of hope vanish so quickly for Mango users. We’ll be sure to let you know if anything changes with Microsoft’s plans for Apollo.

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