August 9, 2011
Brandon Watson gets rapper Chamillionaire to ask for a Windows Phone and accept the Windows a Phone challenge. But in a quick turn of events Chamillionaire pulls down his tweets asking for a Windows Phone and replaces it with a thank you to @googlenexus on Twitter for sending him a new phone. Thankfully Brandon Watson […]
Tags: Brandon watson, Chamillionaire, Windows Phone, Windows Phone Challenge, WP7News
August 9, 2011
Nokia has officially given up on Symbian in North America. Although Symbian like Nokia have a cult following in the US, nether one has garnered much of a consumer frenzy. In an interview with All Things D, Nokia President Chris Weber had the following to say: “When we launch Windows Phones we will essentially […]
Tags: Marketshare, Nokia, North America Symbian, US, Windows Phone, WP7News, Phones
August 9, 2011
With all of the speech features that were added in the Mango update it should come as no surprise that Microsoft has added talking caller ID into the OS update. The way it works is your ringtone goes off for a couple of seconds, proabably to command your attention and then the phone continually announces […]
Tags: Mango, talking caller id, update, Windows Phone, WP7News
August 9, 2011
You might have heard of the ‘Tango’ update, which is said to be the update that will be the Mango updates successor. There isn’t much information available yet regarding Tango but CNet’s Mary Jo Foley found out just a little bit to tide us over until Microsoft begins making official announcements about ‘Tango’. An anonymous […]
Tags: Apollo, Mango, Microsoft, Nokia, Tango, Windows Phone, WP7News
August 9, 2011
The screenshot above is from DSL Report’s Mobile Speed test. If you look closely though there is bigger news hidden between the lines. Nokia’s first WindowsPhone, the Nokia Sea Ray is featured on this list running HSDPA via AT&T. 1211mycingular.net Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows Phone OS 7.5;Trident/5.0; IEMobile/9.0; Nokia; SeaRay) Will the Nokia Sea […]
Tags: AT&T, mycingular, Nokia, Sea Ray, Windows Phone, WP7AT&T, News
August 9, 2011
Cnet reporter, Molly Wood has accepted and began her Windows Phone Challenge. Brandon Watson challenged Molly Woods to try a Windows Phone 7 device running Mango and see if Windows Phone gives her everything she was looking for in a smartphone but had never found. If she isn’t satisfied with Windows Phone then Brandon Watson will donate […]
Tags: Android, cnet, Mango, molly wood, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, Windows Phone Challenge, WP7News
August 9, 2011
The Windows Phone Mango update will add tons of features that really make it a heavy hitter in the mobile market. One of the most important add ons to WP7 via Mango are the different languages that it supports. Japanese and other languages will be making their way onto Windows Phone soon but there is […]
Tags: Chinese, Japanese, Mango, Netherlans, Registry Edit, Russion, Windows Phone, WP7News
August 8, 2011
Windows Phone Mango AR Part 1 from Sangar ANNADORAI on Vimeo. Microsoft Singapore has put together a guide to help developers create Layer-like Augmented Reality apps on WP7. Augmented Reality will be an actual reality on Windows Phone as soon as Mango is released. A second video shows developers step by step on how […]
Tags: Augmented Reality, developers, Microsoft Singapore, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
August 8, 2011
aDifference is a simple yet fun new game on Windows Phone 7. You get a picture and another modified picture next to it. Your job is to take notice of all the difference between the 2 pictures and simple press on them. The game is completely free and available on the WP7 marketplace. One small […]
Tags: aDifference, Free Games, images, Pictures, Puzzle, Windows Phone, WP7Apps, Games