Just a few days ago we got a leaked photo of the HTC Omega Windows Phone device all cloaked in white. The Omega will sport the Mango Update for Windows phone as well as rumored Snapdragon MSM8255 1.5Ghz processor (single core) and a 3.8 inch Super LCD screen. Also loaded is an 8 mega pixel … Read more
I am not a huge fan of white colored devices even though they attract a lot of interest from consumers and the press. The iPhone and several Android phones have both been released in white. But what about Windows Phone device owners? Where’s the love Microsoft? If you like white devices, then check out the … Read more
Microsoft has released Zune 4.8 which is the Mango compliant version of Zune in preparation for Mango’s availability. They also provided this chart of available services by country: Still lots of gaps to fill.
After reading the blog post from Microsoft about the new Music Search that was coming in Mango (and Xbox) I was pretty excited. In fact, I surmised that this would end Shazam as an app on Windows Phones. Unfortunately that’s not the case. I’m running the dev Mango release and I’ve put Music Search to … Read more
If you’re reading this it is a safe bet that you know about Brandon Watson’s terrific Windows Phone challenge where he gets Windows Phone Mango into the hands of celebrities who have been complaining about their experience on other platforms,particularly Mango. Today Molly Wood, of CNET, gave her final verdict and it was lukewarm. I … Read more
If you have an Xbox 360 with Kinect then you’re probably loving the voice commands that are built into it (like navigating Netflix with your voice) but know there’s plenty of room to make the experience deeper. Currently there’s an Xbox dashboard and then you convert to a Kinect dashboard and need to navigate through … Read more
A lot has been made of recent beta builds of Windows Phone 7.5 aka Mango and the recent alleged internal RTM leak. There is no secret that us early adopters of Windows Phone 7 have pointed to Mango as the starting point where Windows Phone starts to gain marketshare. But are we not missing something … Read more
While some of the features in mango are simply amazing there are still some things that need a bit of ironing. I was super excited that they worked out the photo and video sharing features in Mango but they’re not perfect yet. First off, if you share a picture in Mango to Twitter what it … Read more
So I decided to give you guys a few screenshots of what the voice features are in the dev Mango build. These are the ‘help’ screens and they show you what’s possible. Launching apps is sweet (“Open Angry Birds”) and everything works great. In fact some of the features are not covered here, like the … Read more
What a difference a year makes. In October of 2010 Microsoft launched its newest Mobile OS, Windows Phone 7. With it came a centralized place to browse, locate and purchase your favorite apps and games. There wasn’t many to start than a little got added each week. Weeks turned into months and with each coming … Read more