Microsoft Updates Windows Phone, Angers Users

From PC World: Microsoft released an update for Windows Phone that fixes a number of issues. That is great, but it comes with some news that has upset many Windows Phone users. Microsoft is abandoning its efforts to keep users informed of which vendors and carriers are providing the update.

A post on the Windows Phone Blog explains, “This week we started to make a new Windows Phone update —8107—available to many Windows Phone customers. The update, available to all carriers that request it, is part of our ongoing maintenance of Windows Phone.”

The latest update includes a couple of security fixes. The Me feature in the People Hub will only send information Wi-Fi access points and cell towers in close proximity if you allow the Check In function to access location data. The update also revokes a number of digital certificates to address an encryption issue.

On the email side, this update resolves a problem with syncing Google Gmail. It also fixes a problem with Exchange Server 2003 so that when you reply to or forward an email message, the original message is included in your email.

There are a couple other tweaks as well, but the thing that has been getting the most attention is the changes in disclosure about the updates. The reality, though, is that nothing has actually changed in how the updates are distributed.

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