i posted a little question over at the microsoft answers forum. should wp7 be getting faster bug fix updates, and is it possible. reason i was asking this is so many of us are affected right now by the keyboard lag and disappearing keyboard bugs that came with wp7.5 (and other issues like the SMS reset bug that was recently discussed on the web). but particularly w/ the keyboard lag and disappearing update, you would think that msft would be on it, and releasing an update without making users wait for the next major update which will be tango in early 2012.
to be honest, i haven't even heard a response from MSFT regarding the two issues (transparency, another problem with the wp7 team) regarding some of these issues, but if their response is that we should just sit tight until we get tango - and if it rolls out at the same pace and time as the last update, that won't be until feb/march for some people - then some people will have had to deal with this issue for 4 and 5 months. is that really acceptable?
i just added another reply on the other thread, showing how the droid razr recently got a stability/bug/performance update pushed out to it, and it came 42 days after the device launch. i'm pretty up to date w/ all things wp7, but to my knowledge not a single gen 1 or gen 2 device has ever got a firmware/software bug fix close to the launch window.
if msft plans to ramp up marketing for wp7 and eventually get more devices in peoples hands, does anyone think it's really a viable option to make users wait 4 and 5 months for device launch bug fixes?
here's my original topic, with replies from MSFT MVPs
Faster bug fix updates...is it possible? - Microsoft Answers
to be honest, i haven't even heard a response from MSFT regarding the two issues (transparency, another problem with the wp7 team) regarding some of these issues, but if their response is that we should just sit tight until we get tango - and if it rolls out at the same pace and time as the last update, that won't be until feb/march for some people - then some people will have had to deal with this issue for 4 and 5 months. is that really acceptable?
i just added another reply on the other thread, showing how the droid razr recently got a stability/bug/performance update pushed out to it, and it came 42 days after the device launch. i'm pretty up to date w/ all things wp7, but to my knowledge not a single gen 1 or gen 2 device has ever got a firmware/software bug fix close to the launch window.
if msft plans to ramp up marketing for wp7 and eventually get more devices in peoples hands, does anyone think it's really a viable option to make users wait 4 and 5 months for device launch bug fixes?
here's my original topic, with replies from MSFT MVPs
Faster bug fix updates...is it possible? - Microsoft Answers