So... The new super duper magical comment processing algorithm decides this is the top comment? LOL :)

Apple now has ... turn-by-turn navigation

It's not all that difficult to lose fat - just stop eating anything sweet and any fast-absorbing (highly glycemic) carbs

True, but calling it electroshock therapy sounds so much more dramatic :)

Blame Google Chrome, Probably

I follow the WP market very closely and until this morning the unofficial word was that the most recent Mango devices would be able to run Apollo

it's a WP7 screenshot.

Don't promote the trolls! :)

Basing WP7 on a 15 year old codebase in the face of competition from iPhone and Android was inexcusable.

Do you have a Windows Phone?

My take on it is this: WP7 is what Microsoft had to do in order to have a hope of staying in the smartphone market. But the Windows kernel wasn't at a state where it could possibly be used on a mobile device. WP8 is what they wanted to do all along, and now can.

Well, there are two differences:

Personally I prefer simple honesty.

MS has never really been a loyal vendor

I just upgraded to the Lumia 900 from my focus.

Another word: iOS 6.

Existing users screwed? Well, no. They get 7.8 which gives the main new UI features from 8, and by the time that starts getting stale, they'll be coming off contract and ready for a Windows 8 phone.

Not disagreeing with your overall point, but it was actually 16 months (between 4 and 4S releases).

So you're saying, if you find money on the street, it's a crime to take it?

Pre-natal even!