Windows Phone 7 to get Mango update soon

Microsoft will begin rolling out Windows Phone 7.5, aka Mango, in "one to two weeks." Mango is the Windows Phone platform's first major overhaul since the mobile operating system launched in December 2010. It comes with hundreds of new features, including the ability to create groups in the People hub, deep Facebook integration, and enhanced email and Office apps. Additionally, Mango will feature support for multitasking, which can ultimately lead to home-screen tiles being updated with data from apps running in the background.

Mango brings a huge number of improvements to the system, and significantly expands the number of locations and languages where Windows Phone is available worldwide. In a blog post, Microsoft has said that during the official Windows Phone 7.5 update process, every Windows Phone will also receive software from the handset manufacturer. This matched and paired firmware has been painstakingly tuned so your phone—and apps—work with all the new features of Windows Phone 7.5.

Earlier this year, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 users experienced a delay when Microsoft tried rolling out a minor "cut and paste" update called NoDo. The developer behind the short-lived ChevronWP7 jailbreak for Windows Phone 7 posted a homebrew tool that let users bypass Microsoft and carriers to update their mobile operating system on their own, which Microsoft warned against installing.

Since its release in October 2010, Windows Phone has failed to make a significant impression on the broader smartphone market, gaining only around 1.2% share, while other platforms including Google's Android, Apple's iOS, Samsung's Bada and even Microsoft's previous mobile OS Windows Mobile, have taken bigger slices.

Microsoft is yet to launch Windows Phone 7 devices in India officially though companies like HTC are selling them since early this year. Sources said that once Mango update is available to consumers, the tech giant will formally introduce Windows Phone 7 in India, enabling features like Xbox Live and Marketplace on the devices already available in the market.  (Newsindia Syndication)