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It looks like Microsoft is trying to control the fragmentation issue that currently plagues Google’s Android operating system. Although Windows Phone is far behind in the matter of fragmentation, Microsoft wants to be sure it will never come to that.
The company announced two important changes that would affec... |
25 April 2012
05:36 GMT |
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Nuno Silva, Microsoft evangelist, said a few days ago that all Windows Phone 7 devices were meant to be upgraded to the Windows Phone 8 platform. His statement, which emerged in a video on Portuguese forum Zwame, fueled controversy on Microsoft’s actual plans for the upcoming platform. Apparently, Nuno Silv... |
19 April 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7 Connector, Microsoft’s application designed to sync files between your Mac and your Windows Phone 7 or Zune HD, has been updated to version 2.02, which adds (among other things) full sync and import support for Apple’s professional photography software, Aperture.
Using Windows Phone 7 Co... |
5 April 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Applications built for the Windows Phone 7 operating system will work on the next generation mobile platform from Microsoft, Windows Phone 8. The company had announced before that it planned on making all apps built for Windows Phone compatible with future versions of the OS, and it has reiterated it. Windows Phone 8... |
30 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Codenamed Apollo, Windows Phone 8 will arrive on shelves as the next–generation mobile OS from Microsoft. The platform is said to be based on the same code as the Windows 8 desktop client, which was unveiled to the world in September last year. Microsoft is said to plan the release of both new OS versions i... |
25 January 2012
09:27 GMT |
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Those who are into Windows Phone devices will be happy to know that the Samsung Focus is now available for purchase for only $215 (165 EUR). Although the smartphone was launched more than a year ago, it’s still one of the best devices to run Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. Customers ca... |
23 January 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Android has always had its critics. There has been plenty to criticize as well, it's only with ICS that Android can be described as 'pretty,' there have been performance issues, phones that don't get updated to the latest Android version and so on.
But it's getting worse. With the patent war... |
22 December 2011
16:11 GMT |
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There’s no surprise here, Android is still the number one mobile platform in the United States, while Apple’s iOS maintains second place. The NPD Group, a well-known market research company, has just issued its report on the smartphone market from January through October 2011, which states that Andro... |
13 December 2011
10:10 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system has been pushed to various markets around the world already, and should make an appearance on even more of them soon, including China, though that will happen only next year.
Microsoft is reportedly hard at work preparing the release of Windows Phone on the l... |
8 December 2011
19:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has just announced a huge list of partners that will turn the company’s Xbox 360 console into an entertainment hub.
Basically, Microsoft is expanding its already large catalog of movies, television, music and sports with new partners, including EPIX (US), Hulu (Japan), Hulu Plus (US), Sky Go (German... |
5 December 2011
02:38 GMT |
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If you’re curious what the Microsoft camp has to offer for its mobile users, but you’re unwilling to relinquish your Apple religion to do so, check out this handy Windows Phone Demo app on your Safari web browser.You’d think it’s a friendly thing to do at first, but it’s actually quite a... |
30 November 2011
12:11 GMT |
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Microsoft’s chief strategy and research officer Craig Mundie had a chat with Forbes' Eric Savitz to talk about the Windows maker’s plans with touch-based interfaces.During their discussion, (mark 1:45 in the clip embedded above) Mundie uttered the following remarks about Siri, Apple’s personal-... |
23 November 2011
10:59 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering developers free guidance on how to migrate Windows Phone applications, in particular Windows Phone 7 apps, to Windows 8.
The software giant set up a webpage on the new Windows Dev Center, dedicated specially to “Migrating a Windows Phone 7 app.”
Of course, for the time being, devel... |
7 November 2011
11:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced the release of Bing 3.0 for iOS, a brand new decision engine “designed to work beautifully on your iPhone.”“Whatever you're looking for, Bing can find it and help you get there—down the street, the other side of the world, or somewhere in between—Bing has the... |
4 November 2011
08:29 GMT |
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Although HTC HD2 was thought to be the only old Windows Mobile smartphone capable of running Windows Phone 7 platform, it appears that Microsoft's newest mobile platform was successfully ported on another handset, the Toshiba Tsunagi.Also know as Toshiba TG01, the smartphone was delivered with Microsoft Windows ... |
1 November 2011
12:25 GMT |
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The first Windows Phone handsets arrives on shelves about a year ago, yet it seems that the first of them are already being discontinued, and that the HTC Surround is currently in this situation. Wireless carriers AT&T and TELUS have both removed the device from their offering, and those who will try to make a purcha... |
17 October 2011
08:01 GMT |
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Owners of a mobile phone that runs under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system who also own a Mac computer will be happy to learn that a new version of the Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac applications is now available for download.
The new release of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac ... |
31 August 2011
04:11 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7 is the latest mobile operating system on which the Kik Messenger landed, and it already proved to be one of the most successful releases for the mobile application and service.
When made available, the application was said to be the best messenger developed for Windows Phone, and it seems that th... |
30 August 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Unveiled in 2009, HTC HD is one of the last smartphones to be launched with Windows Mobile 6.5 on board.However, it appears that the device has a high number of dedicated fans who would not think or get rid of the phone and replace it with one of the new Windows Phone 7 devices that were recently launched on the mark... |
27 August 2011
10:10 GMT |
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More than 300 apps for Symbian smartphones, Nokia N9 and Windows Phone devices will be available in the coming future via Polar Mobile.The company has just announced that it has entered into an agreement with Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia to deliver mobile applications for Nokia smartphones over the next 12 mont... |
19 August 2011
07:26 GMT |
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We already reported that the first Nokia smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform will be manufactures by Compal.Under the agreement, Compal is to deliver Nokia a certain number of Windows Phone 7 smartphones units in Q4 2011.However, the Taiwanese media already reports that Compal will start shi... |
12 August 2011
09:01 GMT |
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Windows Phone Mango, the successor of Windows Phone 7, will be released on September 1st, 2011, according to a third-party report that Microsoft hasn’t confirmed officially. The software giant has yet to announce the availability deadline for the next major iteration of Windows Phone, although it released Mang... |
11 August 2011
10:59 GMT |
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In an attempt to sweeten the waiting for the major Windows Mango update, Microsoft has just released two new free games for WP7 owners, Minesweeper and Sudoku.Both games are free to download via U.S. Marketplace, but they're both ad-supported so don't be surprised to see a rectangular box with advertisement... |
11 August 2011
08:32 GMT |
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Minesweeper and Sudoku are the latest additions to the Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft announced, revealing that the Xbox LIVE variants of the two games can be downloaded free of charge. Owners of Windows Phone 7 devices will be able to grab both Xbox LIVE Sudoku and Xbox LIVE Minesweeper immediately, but only ... |
11 August 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Although Nokia's market share in United States is extremely small for quite some time now, it looks like the company decided to drop its Symbian business in North America.In fact Nokia is determined to give up all its businesses in North America, especially that this is one of the few regions where the company w... |
10 August 2011
10:13 GMT |
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Following yesterday's confirmation from Nokia that the N9 smartphone won't be released in the United States, the Finnish company made another statement, this time regarding the handset's launch in UK.Although the phone has been spotted recently at Expansys UK and is now available for pre-order, it look... |
10 August 2011
09:50 GMT |
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Previously leaked two weeks ago when a photo of the device made it on Flicker, the HTC Ruby has just been spotted again with T-Mobile's logo.Although previous rumors were pointing to HTC Ruby as a Windows Phone 7 smartphone, it looks like the latest photo published by the guys over at Pocketnow shows that the Ru... |
8 August 2011
04:24 GMT |
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Microsoft is handing out Windows Phone Mango devices free of charge, but only to student developers that are building applications for the next version of Windows Phone. Those interested need only to pitch their idea to the software giant, and share a prototype of their Windows Phone application, and they could be e... |
3 August 2011
09:39 GMT |
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Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile platform has been under-development and was hardly capable of meeting the competition, but this is about to change once the major update Mango will be launched on the market.Furthermore, Microsoft seems to be taking care of every aspect of its mobile operating system and is close... |
2 August 2011
03:16 GMT |
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The popular Angry Birds title for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform has just been updated with new levels and several design improvements.
Although the application is one of the most popular on platforms such as Android and iOS, Rovio, the company behind the Angry Birds franchise, decided to release a Wind... |
1 August 2011
09:23 GMT |
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The next generation of Windows Phone has gone gold, but the true question is whether or not the color “green” will be part of its future. Windows Phone 7, while a key reboot of Microsoft’s mobile operating system after the failure of Windows Mobile, has not stopped the company’s share of the ... |
27 July 2011
03:07 GMT |
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The official Facebook application for Windows Phone 7 devices has just been updated to version 2.1 and promises to fix one of the major bugs found in the previous releases.
It appears that WP7 smartphone users who downloaded and installed one of the previous versions of Facebook prevented them from seeing the pict... |
25 July 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Today's smartphone market is dominated by Google's Android operating system, but it seems that the platform still cannot offer level of satisfaction that other platforms out there deliver.
Only 50 percent of Android users declare that they are very satisfied with the choice they made when purchasing Go... |
19 July 2011
13:41 GMT |
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One of the first major carriers to debut the famous “Back-to-School” promotion is U.S. Cellular. The operator has just dropped the prices on many smartphones, including Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 devices.
U.S. Cellular's promotion runs through September 8 and offers customers a wide r... |
18 July 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Windows Phone, Microsoft's mobile operating system, now offers a new application for WHS 2011 Server, integrating the mobile operating system with the Server. Called Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for Windows Home Server 2011, the application is already available for download via the Windows Phone M... |
18 July 2011
12:51 GMT |
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The turn-by-turn navigation solutions niche for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform has been badly covered by developers, but as of lately it appears that the number of apps is growing.
Windows Phone 7 users who are forced to operate the default Telenav GPS app that some carriers bundle with their devices fo... |
7 July 2011
09:47 GMT |
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One of the largest online marketplace for buyers and sellers of tickets for sports, concerts, theater and other live entertainment events, StubHub has its own application for Windows Phone devices.
With StubHub for Windows Phone fans will be able to buy and sell tickets while on the move through one of the most im... |
7 July 2011
03:42 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is reportedly gearing up for the release of a successor for its Optimus 7 smartphone that arrived on the market last year with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system on board. Most probably, the company will bring the new device on the market sometime in fall... |
6 July 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Owners of mobile phones running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system now have a new, updated flavor of the Foursquare application available for download for their devices.
The new Foursquare 2.0 application for Windows Phone 7 comes with a wide range of new features included into the mix, alon... |
5 July 2011
04:48 GMT |
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HTC HD2, the flagship Windows Mobile 6.5-based handset that HTC brought to the market about two years ago, has just got a taste of Windows Phone Mango, as the videos embedded at the bottom of this article show.
Apparently, the handset is getting along pretty well with the next version of Windows Phone 7, even if... |
4 July 2011
02:38 GMT |
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Owners of mobile phones running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system have now a new application available for download for their devices, namely Accuweather, providing info coming from the already highly popular weather website.
The new mobile software was meant to offer users the possibility t... |
2 July 2011
04:37 GMT |
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Microsoft must be proud that its storefront for mobile devices running Windows Phone 7 has recently broken the 25,000 apps barrier.Windows Phone Applist tracker now shows that users can search among 25,076 applications available for download via Zune software.Furthermore, WP7applist explains that around 4,000 of the ... |
1 July 2011
08:21 GMT |
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Leaked more than a month ago, along with the allegedly HTC Omega, the HTC Eternity has just been pictured confirming its existence.
HTC Bresson, Omega and Eternity are among the first upcoming Windows Phone 7 devices to feature 1.5GHz processors and are expected to be announced in Q3 2011.
Thanks to the guys ov... |
30 June 2011
10:12 GMT |
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Until Microsoft will enable Windows Phone 7 smartphone end-users the capability of taking screenshots of their devices, we're left with a simple emulator tool that take marketplace-compatible screenshots.This is only useful for developers who wish to post screenshots of their apps in the marketplace, but there&#... |
24 June 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of their first handsets based on Microsoft' Windows Phone operating system, but it seems that it might not manufacture the first batch of devices, but will have them made by a third-party company, Compal Communications. “Industry sources&rdquo... |
24 June 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Owners of handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system have now the possibility to download and install a new highly popular game, namely Plants vs. Zombies. Already available on a wide range of other platforms out there, both on mobile devices and on desktop PCs, the game was just brought t... |
23 June 2011
04:34 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7, the mobile operating system that Microsoft brought to the market in October last year, has now an unlocking service available from third-party developers, but officially approved by the Redmond-based software giant. This is not the first unlocking solution that emerges for the Windows Phone platform... |
20 June 2011
03:20 GMT |
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A new wireless carrier in the United States has made the HTC 7 Pro available for purchase on its airwaves, namely Cellular South, following the launch of this device on US Cellular earlier this week, and its availability at Sprint since March, under the name of HTC Arrive.
The new device was put for sale with a p... |
18 June 2011
04:38 GMT |
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SuiteLinq, a well-known provider of digital content, commerce and connectivity solutions, has just announced the availability of its mobile application developed specifically for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform. According to SuiteLinq, the application extends the functionality of the SuiteLinq Digital Host ... |
17 June 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Evernote has just announced the availability of their mobile application for handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system.The application was already expected to arrive on this mobile platform, and things have finally been put in order, offering users a new way in which they can keep idea... |
17 June 2011
02:54 GMT |
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