There were a couple of interviews with members of the Windows Phone 7 team that I thought were worth looking at. They were both short interviews. While they don't tell you definitively what is yet to come they do show that Microsoft is aware of many of the needs expressed by the community and it also explains why Microsoft has been so quiet
From the
WMPoserUser interview with Brandon Watson.
WMPowerUser.com asked Brandon Watson some consumer oriented questions in a recent interview. I don't want to repost the entire interview here (you can head to their site to see that. But there were a few replies that I wanted to mention. When asked about Enterprise Scenarios Brandon mentions some of the needs of Enterprise LOB applications such as side loading or a private Marketplace and mentioned that Microsoft is working with Enterprise customers to ensure that they have what they need. He also mentions some popular request such as sockets and databases. While nothing commiting was stated it is good to see the Microosft is aware of features that developers want and need. From reading the interview it doesn't look like we will be seeing native code any time soon (and to that I am not complaining)
Interview with Loke Uei Tan and Tim Huckaby
In Loke Uei's interview he said something that explains why Microsoft has been so quiet about forthcoming information.
It's very frustrating when people talk to you and ask you when, why,
how, and you can't really share it with them. Because there are so
many people working in that division. Working really hard to ship a product. We just don't want to prerelease information. Some one might take it wrongly and cause a stir. We needed to have a proper cascde of information. And that's the reason we are keeping a lot of information internal for now.
Tags: Windows Phone 7