DUELING WINDOWS PHONE 7 'MANGO' UPDATE RUMORS

Paul Thurrott, Microsoft guru, published an article in Windows IT Pro and stated that the Windows Phone 7 (WP7) update, dubbed 'Mango', that will bring multi-tasking, IE9 and Twitter integration into the WP7 OS, will be delayed until 2012. He writes Mango won't be finalized until the end of the year, making a 2011 release nearly impossible.

Mary Jo Foley, a Microsoft watcher/writer at ZDNet, says Microsoft is promising OEMs and carriers Mango by "early fall at the latest." This would put the update out just in time for the holiday shopping season.

Both writers are highly regarded on Microsoft, so it will be interesting to see who is right on this one.