Microsoft Reportedly to Launch Windows Phone 7.8 on November 28

Windows 7.5 users can expect the 7.8 update to start rolling out to them from November 28 onwards, according to the latest report by WMPoweruser. Windows 7.8 is an intermediate update for those users who are on Windows 7.5 instead of moving to Windows 8 platform.

It may be recalled that Microsoft China had earlier hinted at the possibility of releasing the 7.8 update before this year end. If rumors can be trusted going by the earlier announcement from Microsoft China, then users will start getting the update this week.

Some experts believe that a big Nokia event is also being scheduled for 28, where this Windows 7.8 update could be announced. As it is already known Nokia is now the biggest and most serious OEM using Windows OS. At the same time, the event being organized in UK as part of promoting their latest Windows 8 models, Lumia 820 and Lumia 920. A preview to the event can be seen here.

The Windows 7.8 update will bring in a host of new features and enhancements to the current 7.5 version users like a brand new start screen, the lock screen wall paper, more security features in browser and so on. You can check out the top most features of the Windows 7.8 phones in the article published on Gizbot. Along with the Windows 7.8 update, Nokia Windows’s phone users will also start receiving the updated Nokia apps. The exact roll out mode of the updates will be known only when Microsoft announces it officially.