First generation of Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system
Operating system
Windows Phone 7
Version of the Windows Phone operating system
Windows Phone 7 on an HTC Titan
Developer
Microsoft Corporation
OS family
Windows CE
Working state
Discontinued
Source model
Closed-source
General availability
WW: October 21, 2010
US: November 8, 2010
Final release
Windows Phone 7.8 (Build 7.10.8862.144) / March 13, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-13)
Update method
Zune Software
Package manager
XAP
Platforms
32-bit ARM architecture
Kernel type
Monolithic (CE-based)
License
Commercial proprietary software
Preceded by
Windows Mobile 6.5
Succeeded by
Windows Phone 8
Official website
Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Support status
Windows Phone 7: unsupported as of January 8, 2013.[1] Windows Phone 7.5: unsupported as of October 14, 2014
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Windows Phone 7 is the first release of the Windows Phone mobile client operating system, released worldwide on October 21, 2010, and in the United States on November 8, 2010. It runs on the Windows CE 6.0 kernel.[2]
It received multiple large updates, the last being Windows Phone 7.8, which was released in January 2013 and added a few features backported from Windows Phone 8, such as a more customizable start screen.
Microsoft ended support for Windows Phone 7 on January 8, 2013, and for Windows Phone 7.5 on October 14, 2014.[1] It was succeeded by Windows Phone 8, which was released on October 29, 2012.
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