Windows Mobile 7 due late next year?

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Few can argue that the success of the iPhone hasn't had a sweeping impact on the mobile landscape. After all, how many devices out today now offer downloadable applications, touchscreens and app stores? As the power behind Windows Mobile, Microsoft has been in Apple's crosshairs since the iPhone debuted. But at long last, one company executive says Redmond will have its chance to "redress the balance." Codeguru takes a look at his comments.

A Microsoft executive reportedly told a U.K. audience that the next major revision of the company's smartphone software, Windows Mobile 7, will be out this time next year.