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The Phone Part of Windows Phone 7 Series

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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. … Read more

VGA Sense With Landscape Is HERE

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  All I can say is that Amarulllz is some sort of a genius… He’s done it again. He ported HTC Sense 2.5.2012 to VGA. This means that you can now get Sense with full landscape support on your VGA phone (Fuze, Diamond, etc). His original posting (for chefs) is located here on XDA. Unless … Read more

AmazonMP3 Extracted

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Michael Myers has been a busy man. He extracted the AmazonMP3 application from the HD2 as well. It allows you to browse and purchase music from Amazon directly onto your phone. You can see what happens in VGA- it works except the start screen is a little ugly:) There are problems flicking to the next … Read more

The HD2 Blockbuster Video App – Freed

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WMPowerUser reported that the new Blockbuster Video app on the HD2 will actually allow you to stream movies directly to your phone. Yup, no PC needed. And guess what? They’re right. I know cause I just installed it on a Pure:) So shortly after their reporting it was extracted by MichaelMyers of XDA. Upon installation … Read more

Bolt Browser Upgraded to 1.7

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Bolt is a Java based browser based on Webkit. It just received a large upgrade if you like the browser: – Support for Widgets (web applications) that can be installed directly from BOLT – Direct integration of Twitter Posting – Advanced Download Manager – allowing for multiple simultaneous file downloads with pause – resume option … Read more

Windows 7 Phone Multitasking Sort of Explained

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Gizmodo was able to get a direct answer on whether or not there would be multitasking on Windows Phone 7. To be fair, all of the apps that are integrated into the OS (which include multiple mail account, music, Facebook, photos, etc) are all running live and getting updated from the cloud. The real question … Read more

Hand On With Windows Phone 7

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Before heading over to Barcelona it looks like MS put together a news video with Channel 9. This shows you a great actual demo of how Windows 7 works between moving in and out of applications, the web browser, searches, etc.  It opens in Windows Media Player and you can also see parts of the … Read more

Qualcomm and HTC Line Up For 7

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Both Qualcomm and HTC have issued press releases regarding Windows Phone 7. Qualcomm notes that it is working with its Snapdragon chipset  for Windows Phone 7. Qualcomm notes that it’s “the first chipset company to support Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series.” That implies that MS has approved it for certification but may also suggest that … Read more

Windows 7 Rumors Put To Rest

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Ok, so we have learned a lot about 7. We know that all Windows 7 Phones will have three buttons on the front – start, back and search. Search is powered by Bing. The Bing integration is smart. It knows your location (MS’s location API at work) and if you type something it guesses if … Read more

Video Of Windows Phone 7 Series

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Microsoft has released some videos to show off their latest and greatest…and it appears to be just that. Let’s go through them : First up is the general features of Windows Phone 7. What they’re getting at is very very tight integration between everything you care about. It’s like Sense was a good start at … Read more

Windows Phone 7 Series Is Official

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Let’s start with the complete press release:

BARCELONA, Spain — Feb. 15, 2010 — Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the next generation of Windows® Phones, Windows Phone 7 Series. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications. For the first time ever, Microsoft will bring together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone, exclusively on Windows Phone 7 Series. Partners have already started building phones; customers will be able to purchase the first phones in stores by holiday 2010.

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Skype And Verizon Ink A Deal

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Skype and Verizon are going to have a joint conference at WMC on Tuesday. Skype Tweeted about it and VZ issued a press release.  According to Bloomberg they are going to announce a deal that will lead to VZ including Skype on their phones. This is in part because Skype has been announced for the … Read more