News · 5 Aug 2011 · MTW Editorial Team
Slow news day it seems, so here’s a quick confirmation of what I have been told during the Mango VIP event back in May: Mango will launch when OMEs and carrier are ready. There won’t be a big worldwide or EU launch day unlike last year’s launch which was a total mess because OEMs weren’t ready and didn’t manufacture enough handsets on time:
For those of you wondering when Mango will officially launch, there is no one answer as we will be launching Mango via the carriers and each carrier will have its own timeline (and before you ask, I don’t have any info as to when that will be for Rogers, Telus and Bell ). The general target we are all looking at globally, however, is later in the 2011 calendar year.
For example Fujitsu couldn’t give a firm launch date for the IS12T handset and only sated September/October. The launch of the new Mango devices will also be depended on the carriers’ timeline and calendar but I’m guessing that HTC Samsung, LG, and Nokia should strat to unveil their handsets in the coming weeks to start to createsome buzz (and not get eaten alive by the iPhone 5 buzz..)
source: MSDN Canada
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