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Microsoft Releases SP1 for WP7 in January!
So some of the biggest beefs of WP7 is no flash, no Copy and Paste, no real good navigation program. Well it appears that Microsoft listened, and in the unveiling of Windows Phone 7, Steve Balmer did say we would get these features in the early 2011 time frame. Well now we have confirmation.
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Microsoft & At&t Press Conference Oct. 11th To Launch Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will launch the long-awaited Windows Phone 7 on October 11th with events worldwide, including the main one in New York City. In NYC, there will be keynote presentations by both Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega. AT&T is the preferred launch partner in the US and…
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Iphone VS Windows Phone 7 Video
Everyone has seen many videos comparing the Iphone to other devices but there aren’t many that compare it to the new Windows Phone 7 series. We have found an interesting video that does just that!!
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Say Goodbye To The Microsoft Kin
I think most of us saw this coming for a while now. Microsoft’s featurephone, the Kin (One and Two), are officially dead, after only being in the market for about two months. Microsoft is rolling the Kin team into the Windows Phone 7 team and has halted plans to release the Kin series in Europe,…
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Windows Phone 7 to Take 5 years to Complete?!
On Cnet’s behind the scene look at the Windows Phone 7 team, we get some insight as to where things actually stand with the new mobile OS and the realistic expectations come the holidays. Terry Myerson, vice president at Microsoft, is leading the team and explains: “We’re going to reset, but it is going to…
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Developers to Get Windows Phone 7 Devices Next Month!
Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience at Microsoft posted on manyniches.com on June 8th that: “Developer devices are also on everyone’s lips. During the Windows Phone session yesterday, Terry Myerson (he runs engineering for Windows Phone 7) stated that we will start putting phones into select developers’ hands next month. That’s exciting stuff. Obviously we’re…
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Pricing Announced for Kin One and Two
The red-headed stepchild to Windows Phone 7, the Kin One and Kin Two finally received a release date and price. Both will come to Verizon Wireless’ website on May 6th and brick and mortar stores on the 13th. The Kin One will set you back $50 and the Kin Two $100, after requisite two year…
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Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Updated
There is a new service pack for Microsoft’s SQL Server Compact 3.5. Not sure what that is? In a nutshell, SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a free, easy-to-use embedded database engine that lets developers build robust Windows Desktop and mobile applications that run on all Windows platforms including Windows XP, Vista, Pocket PC, and Smartphone.…
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How Many Apps In That App Store?
Apps, apps, apps! With Google’s recent announcement that the Android Market has reached 38,000 applications, I decided to find out how many applications are in each of the major smartphone app stores. Remember that these figures are only for the number of applications in the official application store and do not include the total number…
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“It’s Time To Share” Event To Reveal “Pure” and “Turtle”
You may have read yesterday that Microsoft is planning a media event on April 12th with the line “It’s Time To Share”. We didn’t report on this earlier because there wasn’t any other information to share. Now it appears that both CNet and the Wall Street Journal have a source that says “The event will…
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Windows Phone 7 Series Becomes Windows Phone 7
I think we can all agree that Windows Phone 7 Series was a mouthful, and most of us referred to it as Windows Phone 7, or WP7 for short. Apparently Microsoft agreed. According to their official Twitter page, they’ve decided to drop the “Series” from the name. Since they’re listening to the users, maybe some…
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Windows Phone 7 Series Build 7.0.0.6077 Extracted
While we can’t use it on our devices, it may offer some more insight into Windows Phone 7 Series and may reveal details that Microsoft hasn’t released yet. This build was extracted from the emulator that was released yesterday at MIX10. The build date is March 2, 2010 and it will only run on x86…
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MIX10 – Day 1 In Review
We knew Microsoft was planning big things for MIX10, which started today. There are quite a few announcements from the blogosphere today, including developer tools, Marketplace news, etc. Read on for more details! Update: Hardware requirements confirmed.
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Windows Phone 7 XNA Game Shown Off
Engadget has been lucky enough when it comes to Windows Phone 7, but now they got to see a demo of a new 3D XNA game coming to WP7. One of them is called The Harvest, which is a dungeon-type game by Luma Arcade. The second game is called Battle Punks, which is a one-on-one…
