Windows Phone 7

You know You Are An Apple Fan Boy When

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The battle lines are not quite what they used to be with the Apple iPhone and the Windows Mobile guys are they? We still have the die hard Windows Mobile fans, mainly because of the killer devices from HTC. I still wonder if Ballmer sent HTC a thank you card for keeping them in the … Read more

Is A Slide Out Speaker On A Phone Pure Genius or Stupidity?

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Let’s hit this head on. By now you’ve seen HTC’s latest WP7 contender and have had a chance to discuss it. But let’s focus on ‘the’ feature this phone brings. It’s a partial slider concealing a speaker. As Murani notes, this is a multimedia win and he notes that in gaming, watching videos and making … Read more

Wallstreet Comes To Windows Phone 7

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Here’s a great looking app to follow stocks/news written for Windows Phone 7. It’s described as follows: This is a stock app that displays the current price of a list of stocks that you provide. You can drill down to get more information, graphs and company news. The application also gives you an overview over … Read more

HTC Delivers Premium Windows Phone 7 Device

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Engadget today popped another exclusive for us.  HTC has a premium device which at first glance appears to be nothing more than a nice looking black slab.  Clearly we are wrong.  HTC has introduced a seldom used but cool feature of having a slide out speaker plus added a kickstand on the back.  The second … Read more

IE In WP7 Holds Its Own

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PocketNow put the iPhone 4, NexusOne (running 2.2) and a developers LG version of WP7 against each other in a browser speed comparison.  You should remember that the WP7 software is old (it’s actually the same build in the emulator so it’s a bit out of date) and the hardware will never hit the streets … Read more

CrossTalk – IM and BBM App Coming To Android, iPhone and WP7

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One of the reasons people stick with Blackberry’s is the ability to BBM (which I’ve never fully understand but I’ll let it go). Anyway, the ability to instant message through Gtalk, AIM, MSN, Facebook and BBM is coming thanks to CrossTalk. They note “Now your Blackberry users can BBM your GTalk Android users or anyone … Read more

Developing with WP7

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Microsoft is making it easy for new developers to learn the basics and to get a firm grasp on writing apps for their new  phone.  Windows Team Blog has put up a nice little 12 session “Jump Start Training” program. Microsoft is also offering Firestarter hands on training course for developers who want to learn … Read more

LG WP7 Phone Shown Off In Blurrovision

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I just love to watch blurry YouTube clips and speculate based on them. Anyway, here’s some footage of the LG E900 which is said to be the keyboardless version of the phone we were just shown the other day, but losing that keyboard is like trimming off the fat. It actually looks pretty good…wait it … Read more