Behind the scenes: Windows Phone 7
6/18/2010 12:23:00 PM
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The first Windows Phone 7 devices won't hit the market until the holidays. But in various conference rooms here on this Thursday in late May, it's already crunch time.
Microsoft has only a few weeks to get a near-final version of its code ready so various wireless carriers can begin the months of testing required before they'll start selling a new device.
In Studio F, one of three newer buildings that house Microsoft's vast phone effort, the team working on the phone operating system itself is having its daily meeting to assess the software in terms of bugs and performance goals. Microsoft developers call these gatherings the "shiproom," because in days gone by it was in those conference rooms that Microsoft would declare a product to be good enough to ship--that is, release to manufacturing.
Microsoft has only a few weeks to get a near-final version of its code ready so various wireless carriers can begin the months of testing required before they'll start selling a new device.
In Studio F, one of three newer buildings that house Microsoft's vast phone effort, the team working on the phone operating system itself is having its daily meeting to assess the software in terms of bugs and performance goals. Microsoft developers call these gatherings the "shiproom," because in days gone by it was in those conference rooms that Microsoft would declare a product to be good enough to ship--that is, release to manufacturing.
