News · 1 Aug 2011 · MTW Editorial Team
There’s apparently a 7.10.8200 build of Windows Phone which was recently spotted by the “Dude, where’s my update?” application (Mango RTM is 7.10.7720). Nothing surprising here given that Microsoft is constantly working on the OS and has several branches in parallel. Some are speculating that this may be the rumored Tango release/update but once again nothing is certain especially when you remember that the Tango name originated on Digitimes which has one of the worst track records when it comes Windows Phone related rumors (and Apple too..). I have yet to be able to confirm the Tango codename and the only upcoming update that we currently know about is Apollo which is scheduled to ship in more that 14 months. This is not to say that their won’t be updates between Mango and Apollo but the code name and content of those releases are still a mystery.
One thing to not is that Mango is Windows Phone 7.1 (Build 7.1.XXX) even-though Microsoft will refer to it publicly as Windows Phone 7.5 (just like Windows 7 is windows 6.1..) but the platform and products will still be marketed as Windows Phone.
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