subject: Halting Updates On Samsung Phones By Microsoft [print this page] Microsoft is continuously being in news after the abnormal performance of their Window Phone 7 Operating system. There is also some problem in the update of the Window phone 7 as well as Windows server 2008 R2 and also in the emerging Window 8 scenario. The Samsung Glitch has faced failure in the update of the Window Phone 7 as well as various data spiking errors and creates the sense of tension in Microsoft about the future of Windows phone 7 as a smartphone Operating system as well as for the reliability and the trustability factor. In last few weeks we are watching a vociferate market after the failure of update of Window phone 7 in various Samsung smartphones. After the exaggerated publicity by the Microsoft with their successful launch, Windows Phone 7 has been in trouble due to the unexpected errors in its working. Also the high advancement in the Android market as well as iPhone penetration has slightly blemished the Window Phone 7 platform. On the other hand the tie up of Microsoft with Nokia leads the undisputed mobile market in trouble.
Microsoft is already very familiar to the bugs, errors and glitches. But in present market scenario, the high advancement of Apple products as well as Android is taking the centre stage of the market. Hence Microsoft has to take extreme steps in order to stand up in the potentially explosive market. After the big success of the Androids 3.0 Honeycomb as well as Androids 2.2 Froyo on Samsung Galaxy Tablets, Microsoft has to take crucial steps in order to develop a glitch free platform.
Also the crashing of the Samsung Omnia 7 and Samsung Focus smartphones with the Windows update causes a big harm to their reputation. The upside reason is the existence of different type of versions of firmware available in the range of Samsung smartphones. The downside reason is with Microsoft that they have not tested the updates with all the versions of the firmware. Is it the mistake of Microsoft or of Samsung but overall problems are only faced by the customer.
From a large span of time, Microsoft is well known for its robustness and its ability universal patch management. And these facilities are still not available with the android as well as Apples Platform.
In order to solve the problems coming in the updates, Microsoft has withdrawn all its updates leave the comment that they are investigating the problem and during the time people would not attempt the update process. The problems are concerned with few devices and Microsoft is continuously attempting to find the root cause.
