Our own Ramon Trotman is live at the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Launch in New York and we are bringing you all the live goodness we can. Be sure to also follow us on Twitter as Ramon Tweets Live: Mobility Digest Twitter Mobility Digest WP7 Launch Photo Gallery VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL
For all the hype, we’re now told that copy and paste is just a few months off for WP7 and, according to CNet who went hands on, it’s not as we were told: Instead, it starts out taking advantage of the fact that, while not visible, the operating system does recognize individual words, something needed … Read more
Today ATT announced plans to allow XBox 360 users to utilize their machines as a U-Verse receiver. The price to update your 360 to allow U-Verse is $99 which will pay for itself in less than a year as there will be no need for the extra receiver charge. They also announced a new … Read more
Here it is, all official (the good stuff is in red): T-Mobile announces the upcoming launch of the HTC HD7, one of the world’s first smartphones using the Windows Phone 7 operating system. Pairing rich mobile multimedia features with a 4.3-inch touch display — the largest screen available on a Windows Phone in the U.S. … Read more
From AT&T: (notice the lack of front facing camera) All three Windows Phones from AT&T will be available in AT&T company-owned retails stores and online at www.wireless.att.com for $199.99. The Samsung Focus will be available on November 8 and the HTC Surround and LG Quantum will be available in time for the holidays. Each of … Read more
Direct from MS: TMobile is getting better phones than AT&T it looks… “All Windows Phone 7 phones will include the high-performance Snapdragon™ processor from Qualcomm” In North America: AT&T • HTC Surround, United States • Samsung Focus, United States •LG Quantum, United States T-Mobile USA •HTC HD7, United States •Dell Venue Pro, United States TELUS … Read more
Meet the phones: Dell Venue Pro (LIGHTNING!!) with Gorilla Glass presumably, HTC HD7 (4.3” screen), HTC Surround (Yamaha Speaker), LG Quantum (slide out QWERTY and voice to text) Samsung Focus, 4” AMOLED, enhanced camera:
Here is the internet explorer walk through on windows phone from todays Windows Phone Press Conference. Seems a little slow but that might because of the ton of people using the WIFI network there. What are your thoughts?
Nothing like a giant touchscreen to demo Windows Phone 7 and here’s one in the Scottsdale Microsoft store. This is actually the emulator (so it’s x86 and not ARM) but it seems a little annoying how the screens media gets in the way or really interacting with it.
As I search the web looking for Windows Phone 7 news I am always amazed at the amount of help developers of the platform have. New day, new assistance. Just released was a silverlight tutorial on “How To Make A Browser App” courtesy of Microsoft MVP Victor Guadioso. Take a gander and maybe learn a … Read more