ZDNet: It’s official – Existing Windows Mobile apps won’t run on Windows Phone 7
Analysis by ZDNet Microsoft blogger Mary-Jo Foley of recent revelation that applications for previous versions of Windows Mobile won’t run on the new Windows Phone 7 OS.
“The rumors about Microsoft totally cutting the compatibility cord with Windows Phone 7 were true.
Charlie Kindel, Microsoft Partner Group Program Manager for the Windows Phone Application Platform & Developer Experience, in a March 4 blog post, acknowledged that existing Windows Mobile apps won’t be able to run on Windows Phone 7 devices. From his post:
‘To enable the fantastic user experiences you’ve seen in the Windows Phone 7 Series demos so far we’ve had to break from the past.To deliver what developers expect in the developer platform we’ve had to change how phone apps were written. One result of this is previous Windows mobile applications will not run on Windows Phone 7 Series.’”