Hello Windows Phone OS (codenamed “Mango”)

re: Hello Windows Phone OS (codenamed “Mango”)

jpalioto — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:46:58 GMT

No announcements on Bluetooth at the moment. I agree it is something I would like to see as well.

re: Hello Windows Phone OS (codenamed “Mango”)

Sebastian Herp — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:33:24 GMT

Finally ... socket support! Does that mean we will also be able to communicate via bluetooth to other phones or devices with RFCOMM/SPP? Would be nice to use a WP7 phone as display / controller for DIY projects ...

re: Hello Windows Phone OS (codenamed “Mango”)

jpalioto — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:49:00 GMT

@Frank Who is this? Frank Rizzo! Who? FRANK RIZZO! I come down and start work tomorrow! :) To your question, it takes a great deal of work to get a new runtime onto the Phone. Silverlight 5 just announced it's beta today, so I don't think mixing those development timelines would have been the right thing to do for the release schedule of Mango.

re: Hello Windows Phone OS (codenamed “Mango”)

Frank Rizzo — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:16:07 GMT

Why not have Silverlight 5 as the runtime? Sounds like it will be available in the same time frame as Mango.