Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7
Version of the Windows Phone operating system
	Windows Phone 7 on an HTC Titan
Developer	Microsoft Corporation
OS family	Windows CE
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Closed-source
General; availability	WW: October 21, 2010; US: November 8, 2010;
Final release	Windows Phone 7.8 (Build 7.10.8862.144) / March 13, 2013
Update method	Zune Software
Package manager	XAP
Platforms	32-bit ARM architecture
Kernel type	Monolithic (CE-based)
License	Commercial proprietary software
Preceded by	Windows Mobile 6.5
Succeeded by	Windows Phone 8
Official website	Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Support status
	Windows Phone 7: unsupported as of January 8, 2013.; Windows Phone 7.5: unsupported as of October 14, 2014

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Windows Phone 7 is the first release of the Windows Phone mobile client operating system, released worldwide on October 21, 2010, and in the United States on November 8, 2010. It runs on the Windows CE 6.0 kernel.^[2]

It received multiple large updates, the last being Windows Phone 7.8, which was released in January 2013 and added a few features backported from Windows Phone 8, such as a more customizable start screen.

Microsoft ended support for Windows Phone 7 on January 8, 2013, and for Windows Phone 7.5 on October 14, 2014.^[1] It was succeeded by Windows Phone 8, which was released on October 29, 2012.

^ ^a ^b "Microsoft Support Lifecycle: Windows Phone 7.8". Microsoft Support. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
^ "Windows Phone 7: the complete guide". Engadget. Retrieved 2021-03-26.

[support-1] "Microsoft Support Lifecycle: Windows Phone 7.8". Microsoft Support. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

[2] "Windows Phone 7: the complete guide". Engadget. Retrieved 2021-03-26.

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