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Student Creates Ad For Windows Phone Mango

July 25, 2011 4 Comments

Mango Ad Attempt from Izzy Gramp on Vimeo.   This very short film was created by Izzy Gramp, a photographer and Microsoft student partner. She was given an assignment that was due in only 24hrs. She created a pretty cool advertisement about Windows Phone and the Mango update. It’s a bit rough considering the time […]

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Mango Released to Manufacturers and Carriers for Testing

July 22, 2011 No Comments

Awesome news for anyone waiting for the next generation of Windows Phones. According to the WindowsPhoneDev Podcast, Mango the next big update for Windows Phone 7 has been released to manufacturers. That’s not even where the good news ends. They have also sent the update to carriers so that they may begin testing it on […]

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How-To: Revert back to NoDo from Mango Beta

July 22, 2011 36 Comments

Okay so you’ve got your Mango going, sliced the fruit into a few pieces… but you realize the fruit isn’t as ripe as you would have liked. Boy I love analogies. Not satisfied with the pre-release version of Mango 7.5? This post is for you. I took the plunge and loaded the beta version of […]

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In App Purchases Not Coming to Windows Phone with Mango

July 21, 2011 No Comments

Knowing that the Mango update would bring lots of changes to Windows Phone many developers sat idly by waiting for the announcement of in-app purchasing. The fact that the recent game release Beards and Beaks featured in app purchasing for downdoadable content it seemed like it may be a sure thing. Apparently that is not […]

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Mango Update: Contact History and Live Notifications

July 20, 2011 No Comments

In another video like the one we posted earlier Microsoft’s People Hub Program Manager discusses some of the changes we can expect with the Mango update. In the video the gentleman named Greg gives us a little more information on what we can expect in the Fall. The video focused on two key points. The […]

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BBC News Mobile Mango App in Development [video]

July 15, 2011 No Comments

The Mango version of the BBC News app is currently in development and the developer is generously sharing the progress on his blog. His latest posting tells of features that have been added to the application and also a video demo of the app so far. New features include: Double Sided Live Tiles Pin individual […]

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More Mango Flavored Tweets Surfacing

July 14, 2011 No Comments

With the release of Mango coming fast we are bound to catch some new things being tested. That is exactly the case with the Twitter being baked into the OS via the Mango update..As it so happens there are more and more tweets surfacing that have the source of the tweets listed as “via Windows […]

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Microsoft Unveils New Mango Devices – Samsung SGH-i937 (Video)

July 12, 2011 No Comments

We have all been curious about the second generation of Windows Phones. We have waited patiently for Microsoft to give us any snippet of information pertaining to the new devices so that we could satisfy our curiousity, even if only for a moment. Apparently the time has come and Microsoft has given us a glimpse […]

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Microsoft Amused at HTC HD2 Mango Hackers – “Enjoy The Juice”

July 11, 2011 No Comments

I don’t think that there was a phone more liked on Windows Mobile than the HTC HD2. It came along at the end of the winmo era and tons of people flocked to it because of the giant 4.3 screen and a couple of other cool specs at the time. I really had hoped the […]

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Another WP7 Mango Device – Samsung GT-i8350 Leaked

July 11, 2011 No Comments

An .xml file on Samsung’s site was found revealing information on a phone tagged GT-i8350. The device itself is marked ‘Windows” and is set to run Internet Explorer 9. To top it all off, Samsung already has a blank support page ready for the GT-i8350. With only a few months left till we see a […]

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HTC Surround: It Was Fun While it Lasted (Discontinued)

It was really fun while it lasted, but the HTC Surround is no longer available on AT&T and Telus....

Mango: Windows Phone Officially Launches in India

Windows Phone has officially landed in India. It is really great to see the Windows Phone platform expanding to...