Mango SDK coming tomorrow, OS as early as September?

Officially, this stands as a rumor (until tomorrow), but Neowin has received information that the Windows Phone “Mango” SDK will be available to developers in full tomorrow. This coincides with Microsoft’s preview for the platform, in which they are rumored to be announcing several new devices, and over 500 updates to the OS. Additionally, Neowin … Read more

In The Last 6 Months Interest In WP7 Has Decreased While Android Increased

Nielson has some new figures about the desirability of various mobile operating systems. Interestingly, when asked what smartphone people were intending to buy, Windows Phones were picked 7% of the time in the initial polling (done from July 2010-September 2010) whereas the most recent polling (from January – March 2011) sets that number at just … Read more

Windows Phone Support Tool analyzes and fixes update errors

A new tool released by Microsoft is making WP7 user’s update errors much less of a headache. The tool (released on their support site) fixes the following error codes: 800705B4: The timer ran out on what we were trying to do. 80180080: We couldn’t update your phone because your operating system might be corrupt. Several … Read more

AT&T still ‘testing’ NoDo on all WP7 models, HD7 & Venue Pro updates coming soon

It’s not exactly the best news Windows Phone users are looking for right now, but those looking for the famed “NoDo” update can stop compulsively checking Zune for at least a few more weeks. While the NoDo update has indeed begun to roll out, a new support page launched by Microsoft makes it rather clear … Read more

Koush Turns Down Sony Over Geohot

If you’re reading our site you probably have heard of Koushik Dutta for his Windows Mobile APIs or his Android exploits. Well Sony reached out to him in connection with a software engineer job at Sony and he informed them that he couldn’t work for Sony because of the legal actions they’ve brought against George … Read more

Turn By Turn Directions Comes to Windows Phone Via A-to-B (Free)

Wish your Windows Phone had turn by turn directions with an optional 3D view? Ok, done. A-to-B is a Turn-by-Turn application built to demonstrate some of the capabilities of the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone. Warning: The application is meant for demonstration purposes only! Do not rely solely on the suggested routes or instructions given … Read more