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I suspect that WP7 continues to have update issues because it is built on top of the Windows CE kernel. the MS-skeptic in me thinks that it probably a bad foundation for a high-performing device, but this view is not based on any actual knowledge of Windows CE. Would love to hear from someone who actually knows about Windows CE.

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Windows CE -- from a kernel and userland foundations perspective -- is quite solid. It's a hard-RTOS, it supports pervasive SMP as of 7, the kernel is modular as hell and well designed, and it's very performant. There's nothing in the CE design that would make updating difficult in the least.

very interesting. Then they have fewer excuses for not getting their updates out

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