Via Twitter:
Tis the season for Series finales. We’ve got one too – dropping the ‘Series’ and keeping the ‘Windows Phone 7.’ Done.
Thank goodness :)
Thanks to Clayton L. for the tip!
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Well, at least it’s not QUITE a mouthful as before. And I think it aligns the whole “brand strategy” of everything a little better.
I never really understood what all the fuss was about with the name. Microsoft wasn’t expecting everybody to “Windows Phone 7 Series” everytime one mentioned the phone. In normal conversation it’s just “Windows Phone”.
Right. But it became a humor point for the anti-Microsoft crowd. I knew they were going to change it, I’m just glad it happened relatively quickly.
I even recall 2 third party app developers biffing the name @ MIX10. Thank goodness!
Yeah, I had heard at MIX that the “Series” part was being dropped. So I knew it was coming, but wasn’t clear what the timing was.