Category: Windows Phone 7 Series

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WP7 Coming in October?

on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 site states that the release date of WP7 is “Holiday 2010.”  I just want to clarify what that likely means. When Windows 7 (desktop) was pre-announced they had a goal of 2009 Holiday.  The actual public release occurred on October 22, 2009. Presumably, when MS uses the phrase ‘holiday’ this [...]

Abandon All Cabs and Existing Phones Ye Who Enters WP7

Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business Director Aaron Woodman, when asked by CNET if people with phones running WM6.5 would be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7 without buying a new device, said no: “I don’t know if any Windows Mobile 6.5 Device today meets those specifications.” He went on to discuss new hardware plans which [...]

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Windows Phone 7 Is A Leap Forward

Ever since watching the release event for Windows Phone 7 Series we’ve been internally discussing what this all means. And the more I think about it, the more I see this as a huge leap forward for the platform. I know that some people are already upset that there aren’t going to be UI replacements and [...]

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MS Docs On App Dev And Multitasking For WP7 Leaked (?)

Check the category- yup, rumor is checked. From Mamaich of XDA come a series of documents which may show how to develop apps for WP7. They claim to be new (from 2010). We don’t know if they are authentic, or anything solid about its source, but here they are:

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The Phone Part of Windows Phone 7 Series

If you watched the demos of WP7 you’ll notice that they always skip over the two things that make a phone a phone. The dialer and sending texts. That’s cause they’re not completed yet. The dialer is particularly not completed. PocketNow was able to dig up an image of the dialer in its current state. [...]

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Watch Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series Press Conference live!

Microsoft has revealed their new Mobile Phone Operating system, called Windows Phone 7 Series.  This is a huge departure from current Windows Mobile devices and brings a new user interface and eexperience with it (Think Zune interface for everything – probably because every Windows Phone 7 series device IS a Zune).  If you want to [...]

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