According to a Japanese Microsoft Developers Forum, Microsoft’s CEO confirmed that the next Windows Phone update, codenamed Mango, will add “over 500 new features” to the mobile operating system. Microsoft has an event scheduled for Tuesday, May 24th in New York City, during which it will unveil the new update (again) and discuss its features in greater detail. Earlier this month we heard rumors that the update will deliver Bing Audio, Bing Vision, turn-by-turn navigation in Bing Maps, a new native podcast player, speech recognition, and more. Microsoft first introduced WP7 in February 2010. The platform officially launched worldwide in October 2010. The first crop of devices was very good, but not quite a match for the headlining Android smartphones available from most carriers. It didn’t help that WP7 only launched on AT&T and T-Mobile at first. Sprint didn’t pick up any WP7 handsets until earlier this year, and Verizon is releasing its first WP7 smartphone this week. Check out the video clip of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussing Mango: The big question is, can Microsoft successfully deliver this update to existing and future handsets in a timely manner? Experience to-date tells us no. Stay tuned for more news and info on the topic by following us on Facebook, Twitter and/or by subscribing to our RSS Feed. You may also like to read: Authors: