Windows Phone 7 update may be delayed

10.03.2011
An official in French says that the first substantial update for Windows Phone devices may not come until the end of the month, a week or two later than expected.

In February, , which will include cut-and-paste functionality and performance enhancements, in early March.

But the Wednesday blog post on the French site, spotted by the , said users should expect to be notified of the update in the second half of March.

Microsoft did not reply to a request for comment about the potential delay.

All About Microsoft's Mary Jo Foley cites unnamed sources who say the update is now .

The delay could be due to persistent problems Microsoft is having with its very first update, which was designed to improve the update process. It had to suspend sending out the update to Samsung phone users because it made some phones unusable. Once it resumed sending out the update, that prevented some Samsung customers from installing the update. It has since devised a workaround for that problem.