Windows Phone 7 owners rage at Microsoft over update no-shows

24.03.2011
Windows Phone 7 users are not happy about the slow pace of updates to their smartphones.

In more than 130 comments added to a Microsoft blog post, Windows Phone 7 owners mostly raged and ranted about a that showed no U.S. users were yet receiving either February's or this month's updates.

Of the available in the U.S. powered by Windows Phone 7, three display the "Testing" label, meaning that carriers are conducting their tests before releasing the updates. Two of the five -- 's Venue Pro and HTC's HD7 -- show their status as "Scheduling," which means that testing is complete and that is prepping the update for roll out.

None are pegged with the coveted "Delivering update."

Angry users flooded the of the blog post, which was written by Eric Hautala, the general manager of Windows Phone 7's customer experience engineering team.

"So when Steve Ballmer says, first half of March, then wait, we want to get it right, second half of March, he really means second half of March to late April, possibly May, maybe later, depending on carrier testing and if we roll the 'here it is' beacon out to your phone that week," said someone identified as "dkb1898" in a comment posted Wednesday.