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We’ve been covering Windows Phone 7’sMango updateso extensively here onTNWmicrosoftthat several details about what will comeafterthe update due late this year have slipped past us. We are here to inform you of what we have learned, and what you need to know. According to afascinating report on WinRumors, this is what appears to be the future of Windows Phone 7 post-Mango: Windows Phone 8 is called ‘Apollo.’ It should land in late 2012, roughly one year post Mango....

Microsoft has someserious updatescoming for the Windows Phone 7 line in the ‘Mango’ release due later this year, perhaps the greatest of which is the addition of full multitasking to the platform. Now that the first Windows Phone 7 update has a date, thefirst two weeks of March, everyone is looking forward to the Mango release which will contain IE9, full multitasking, SkyDrive integration, and Twitter support in the ‘People’ hub....

In a move that is still being digested by those both outside, and inside of Microsoft, Charlie Kindel, general manager of the developer side of the Windows Phone project,has quit. He is leaving to start a new company, one that, he assured the world in his farewell email, everyone will hear about eventually. While his departure does not put the Windows Phone project into doubt, it simply cannot be taken as a good sign....

Oops, Microsoft is about announce the juicy details of its ‘Mango’ update to Windows Phone 7, but the early appearance of aRomanian press releaseappears to have spilled at least some of the beans. AsGizmodonotes, a Google Translate pass overthe releasereveals the following: • Threads. You can toggle between messages, chat up, and Windows Live Messenger, all in the same conversation • Groups. Contact groups Tiles custom Live turns to see the latest statuses and quickly send a message to an email or instant message to the entire group, directly from the Start screen...

It is official at last: the Windows Phone Mango update has been released to manufacturing. That Mango has ‘gone RTM’ is not surprising, as a phone that employs the software is set to be unveiled in mere hours. Phones designed for and running Mango have been rumored to go on sale in either August or September, with the earlier date becoming more likely as time goes along and new information in uncovered....