Windows phone 7 upgrades may be possible; up to OEMs ... maybe

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The big news of the day (on an evidently slow one) is that Microsoft may allow OEMs to upgrade devices to Windows Phone 7 Series software.

Shocking, we know. You can sit back down now.

Basically, Tracy and Matt asked Microsoft's Alex Reeve (Director of the company's UK Mobile Business Group) on Twitter about the upgrade possibility and he tweeted back with 

It's early days yet, and that's really for our hardware partners to think about.

So there you go, 100% definitive proof that OEMs can think about doing something with certain devices. Whether it actually happens? That's a whole 'nother ball of wax. Try not too loose any sleep over it tonight. [Updated to fix source]

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