Dkb1898 was referring to comments made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last month that the latest update, nicknamed "NoDo," would be released in the first half of March. But two weeks ago, Hautala confirmed that the until the last half of this month.

Users blasted mobile carriers for dragging their feet and hammered Microsoft for not lighting a fire under those same carriers. But mostly they seethed at the delays, no matter who caused them.

"This is wholly unacceptable, and, as we all know, it is also wholly unnecessary," said a user labeled "jimpict" in a Thursday comment. "You have betrayed the trust of early adopters, and your inability to get out a single update with anything even resembling moderate success only shows either how deeply you misunderstand the hostility toward your product you have generated or just how incredibly incompetent you are at a basic and fundamental task."

Jimpict and several others compared the problems Microsoft has updating Windows Phone 7 with the smoother process owners experience.

"The iPhone is on numerous carriers worldwide, but it doesn't take Apple forever to test, schedule and release an update, yet they have millions more customers then Windows Phone 7," observed "conor.okelly" in a comment Wednesday.