I know they’re trying to get things out the door, but really guys? Doesn’t seem too hard to do but apparently the SDK only lets you insert ads in Silverlight based apps. So that means that XNA (3D and many games) will not be able to be Microsoft ad based (so you’ll have to get … Read more
So with the RTM release of the developers tools also came a new OS build for those lucky enough to have a developers device in hand. And in order to update the phone you needed to flash it (so it’s a significant update). Nothing overly exciting here, but something about flashing WP7 gives me hopes … Read more
Garett Rogers writes the Googling Google Blog for ZDNet and he’s posted an article titled “Windows Phone 7 is really good”. Guess what he thinks about WP7? Here you have someone who is a straight Googler and he gets his hands on a prototype Windows phone 7 device and here are some of his quotes: … Read more
Here’s a great looking bowling game for Windows Phone 7 that has great graphics, straightforward gameplay and even a replay from a new camera angle after you bowl. Looks solid. I’d love to know more (a little turn by turn two player action would be great)
Looks like it’s not Verizon who is behind the delay. CNET has confirmed that it’s Microsoft who made a decision to hold off on any CDMA phones at launch saying that they had to prioritize. Didn’t know it was so hard to write it for CDMA but what do I now? Oh right – I … Read more
Wow they’re all in on Android, huh? Bloomberg has Verizon on record: Verizon Wireless won’t offer a device at the planned fall introduction or at any point this year, Brenda Raney, a Verizon spokeswoman, said today in an interview. The carrier plans to support the new operating system and will probably release a phone in … Read more
Guess you don’t always need an app for that. “[I]t appears that Microsoft is using publicly available application programming interfaces to access and play the underlying H.264-encoded YouTube videos”. So that means you can just go the site and YouTube to your heart’s content. There appears to be an app in the works as well, … Read more
Here’s Pocketpt.net states it: Pocketpt.net had exclusive access to the new HTC Mozart, a Windows Phone equipment 7 very interesting. One of the components that still few people had access to was the HUB interface HTC, which presents itself as the best ever made by HTC. We can see that the weather animation matches what … Read more
Never know what to make of a YouTube video that clearly shows some awesome WP7 customization and it’s clearly HTC’s. The corner even says ‘HTC Confidential’ and ‘for internal use only’ and the video isn’t the work of an amateur. With that said, it looks AWESOME. You get the HTC feel like you would from … Read more
With the release of the dev tools MS is also showing off some of the apps we can expect. These are noted as “applications running on actual Windows Phone 7 hardware devices connected to the web over 3G”. Look like the emulator to me but who cares? Here they are: Happy yet?