I do not think Microsoft will have a say in the end. I have a samsung Omnia running a port of HTC Touch flow . I have a modifed cooked rom on my HTC HD2.
Unless the MS GUI is something special there will be people out there that skin it anyway. As for the Bing button it will just be code set and someone will soon write code that will allow it to change.
Microsoft saying you cant do something will make those who are a damn site cleverer than me want to write that that says yes you can really lol
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Except it doesn't work like that Damien.
MS release updates to the manufacturers as they're the customers, and by applying the newer versions to new handsets it stimulates sales.
MS don't release updates such as from 6.1 to 6.5 for users to download, not because of hardware or interface differences, but because there is no financial case for it.
They already give manufacturers minimum spec for WM, I've not got a problem with that, it makes sense.
Customised interfaces sit on top of the OS not instead of.
I can shut down TF3D and have the WM6.1 interface.
So to insist that users have 1 interface doesn't make sense.
It's like with Windows 7 and getting rid of the classic start menu.
Not one of the W7 users at work like it.
Thankfully I've re-activated the quicklaunch toolbar on my W7 work laptop so I rarely have to click on the start button.
It reduces the customer base. People with look elsewhere or don't upgrade until they absolutely have to or something better comes along.
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there are loads of modified roms for the Blackstone on XDA-developers
What I want to see an end of is branded handsets you can not update with official firmware updates cuz Tmobile or O2 etc have screwed them up