WP7 Connect - Follow us on Twitter WP7 Connect - Become a Fan on Facebook

Tag Archive

Ford SYNC Making its’ Way to Europe

April 22, 2011 No Comments

Ford SYNC, the Microsoft the voice controlled car system will be making its’ way to Europe in 2012. It has an 8-inch touchscreen and displays four major hubs, climate control, media player, navigation and mobile phone. Ford SYNC boasts an impressive 10,000 voice commands so that the driver can keep his or her eyes on […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Apps, News

It’s 100% Official: Nokia and Microsoft Sign Contract

April 21, 2011 No Comments

Good news for us WP7 lovers, the contract between Nokia and Microsoft has been signed. While we all pretty much knew it was a sure thing, the contract of course makes it final. Microsoft phone unit President Andy Lees and Nokia Executive Vice President Kai Oistamo both stressed that things are ahead of schedule and […]

Tags: , , , , , , News

More Game Room WP7 Games Coming This Week

April 18, 2011 No Comments

Windows Phone 7 is slated to get two more Game Room titles this week. Asteroids Deluxe and Pitfall will be the two new titles added to the Game Room this week. Both will be Xbox Live titles which means that for you achievement fiends out there, these will probably be must haves. Asteroids is a […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Games

HTC Working on a 16 Megapixel WP7 Device

April 17, 2011 2 Comments

Whoa… That’s all that came out of my mouth as I found out that HTC might be preparing a 16 Mega-pixel Windows Phone 7 device. Not only would it be the most for WP7. It also be the most for any phone out HTC has ever produced. Some were worried about how different companies would […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , Phones

President Obama Wants Cool Phone – Microsoft Wants to Help

April 16, 2011 No Comments

In Chicago, President Obama was speaking to donors about the need to push our technology. He then clearly stated that he wants a cool new phone. “The Oval Office, I always thought I was going to have really cool phones and stuff,” he said during a small fundraising event at a Chicago restaurant. “I’m like, […]

Tags: , , , News

Kik App to be Released in ‘Next Few Weeks’

April 13, 2011 No Comments

I’ve complained many, many times about the lack of a usable messenger client on Windows Phone 7. It’s nice to finally announce that the official Kik app is set to be released in the next couple of weeks. It’s good to know that I will finally be able to have a real time conversation through IM. It has […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , Apps, News

Mix11 WP7 Press Release

April 13, 2011 No Comments

LAS VEGAS — April 13, 2011 — On the heels of its recently announced Nokia partnership, and a range of improvements to its Windows Phone platform and developer toolkit, Microsoft rode into Las Vegas for MIX11 this week on a wave of Windows Phone momentum. The company’s corporate vice president of Mobile, Joe Belfiore, took […]

Tags: , , , , , Apps

Microsoft Working on Marketplace Expansion

April 13, 2011 No Comments

One of Microsofts’ main focuses on Windows Phone 7 has been applications. They have worked hard to develop the Marketplace in order to make it a viable competitor with other OS’s. Unfortunately many countries have been unable to access the Marketplace because it was not yet available to certain countries. At Mix11 Joe Belfiore announced […]

Tags: , , , , , , Apps, News

Microsoft Publishes MIX11 Sessions Timetable: Preview into the Future of WP7

April 12, 2011 No Comments

So no big news for Windows Phone 7 at MIX11 as of yet but don’t fret. Microsoft has just let us in on all the details we need for the next 2 days. They just published the whole timetable for their MIX sessions online. The list below specifies Multitasking, Developer Tools, Sensor Access, New Data […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , News

Bing Search Hits 30% – Google Loses 3%

April 12, 2011 No Comments

Well well well look what we have here. I have been a Bing user ever since it came out and everyone looked at me like I was from another planet. Now Microsoft’s search engine Bing controls 30% marketshare (including Yahoo of course). While Google keeps on slipping and fell another 3%, taking it down to […]

Tags: , , , , News

AT&T to Roll Out Mango Update Starting September 27

Thanks to a lot of digging by wpcentral, we know have the full details on how this AT&T Mango...

Dell Venue Pro: Dell Officially Announces Mango Update

Dell has jumped on the Mango update wagon and has publicly announced that they will be supporting the Mango...