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by George Ponder
Apr 13, 2010
During last month's Microsoft's DevDays in The Hague, Charlie Kindel, a Windows Phone 7 Development Team member, sat down with Tweakers.net and discussed, in part, future features for Windows...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 04, 2010
It looks like things are picking up on the development front with regards to Windows Phone 7 Series. Appcelerator, a company that makes cross platform development tools for mobile systems,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2010
Praise the lord and pass the ammunition (hey, that's what they say in these here parts) -- Microsoft has dropped the "Series" and is now just going with "Windows Phone 7" as the branding for its...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 01, 2010
For those curious, the Zune connector i.e. the sync/charge interface cable from the Microsoft Zune series, won't be used at all with Windows Phone 7 Series devices.That's the good news, since...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 01, 2010
Sure. We get it. It's Windows Phone 7 Series on an iPhone. On April 1. Funny. But not funny "ha ha." The other kind of funny. So stop it. Just stop it. Thanks for nothing, everyone who sent this in...
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by George Ponder
Mar 31, 2010
Channel 9 (a.k.a. five guys at Microsoft) has released a Developer's Training Kit for Windows Phone 7 Series. The Training Kit is designed to give you a jumpstart into the new operating system....
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by George Ponder
Mar 31, 2010
Like the panoramic view of Windows Phone 7 Series? Wish you could have tiles on your personal computer? Want to see more of WP7S on your computer than just the emulator? If such is the case,...
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by George Ponder
Mar 30, 2010
Since the announcement of Windows Phone 7 Series, we've seen an LG WP7S phone and heard rumblings of a Samsung phone in development running the new Microsoft OS. However, one of the more...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 28, 2010
Update: Added video above. Level of skepticism still fairly high.Microsoft has said that the HTC HD2 won't be getting an official upgrade to Windows Phone 7 Series, but that's never stopped anybody...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 26, 2010
For those who use Foursquare, that social network app that pre-dates Google's Buzz and lets you share your location with others, you'll be pleased to see what they have in the works for Windows...
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by George Ponder
Mar 24, 2010
If you're interested in exploring the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator but don't really want to bother with the entire development environment, we've found a way to do that. The emulator .exe...
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by George Ponder
Mar 20, 2010
We need to file this under "strictly rumors" but images of a new Windows Phone 7 Series phone from LG have surfaced. Neowin first published the photos and has since pulled them from their site...
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by George Ponder
Mar 20, 2010
When many first downloaded the Windows Phone 7 Series developer's tools, there were some complaints that the emulator lacked some of the WP7S features. It was only a matter of time before...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 18, 2010
A new promotional video has surfaced on the internet for Windows Phone 7 Series. It highlights the "life maximizing" capabilities of the new mobile operating system from Microsoft. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 18, 2010
Twikini has long been one of our favorite Windows Mobile Twitter clients, and it's already getting the ball rolling for Windows Phone 7 Series. Developer Trinket Software has teamed up with Mist...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2010
LAS VEGAS -- I want to noodle a bit about the Start Experience in Windows Phone 7 series, but before that happens I need to get something off my chest as a way of opening the conversation: I have...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
Just got the bad news from another session at MIX10 in Las Vegas: There won't be any copy-paste action going on, at least at first, as apps are going to be pretty well sandboxed.That's the long...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
So there's that Windows Phone 7 Series "Metro" coffee table design book thingy that Dieter and I were just talking about in the podcast, and istartedsomething's Long Zheng has gone and...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 16, 2010
Before we all wet ourselves over this supposed "leak" of a Windows Phone 7 Series ROM, let's clear a few things up: It's not a "leak," unless by "leak" you mean a public download straight...
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by George Ponder
Mar 16, 2010
When Microsoft said we would learn more about Windows Phone 7 Series at this weeks MIX10 Conference, they weren't kidding. Phil wore out two keyboards yesterday doing a fantastic job of...
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by Dieter Bohn
Mar 15, 2010
We've confirmed what Sascha Segan reported earlier: Windows Phone 7 Series is leaving a lot of power-user functionality by the wayside in the name of stability and battery life, to wit:"True"...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
Now that Windows Phone users will have to get used to having capacitive touchscreens (see what we just did there?), let's take a look at exactly what's supported, including multitouch. We'll...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
Microsoft finally came out and said it (again) today at MIX10 -- No Windows Phone 7 Series upgrade for the HTC HD2. Sorry, it's just not gonna happen. And that news comes a mere 24 hours or so...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
It's not all software at MIX10, as Samsung has slipped a slate Windows Phone into the mix. It's the second actual device we've seen Windows Phone 7 Series on (we're not counting the ASUS...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
One of the things that's new (and long overdue) in the new Windows Phone is better control over how apps look and feel. By now we have a pretty good look at the whole "panoramic" theme going on,...
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by Dieter Bohn
Mar 15, 2010
We've gathered a bit more information on how push notifications on Windows Phone 7 series work. The notifications will come from Microsoft via a service offered free to developers. Our big...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
The new developer tools Microsoft showed off this morning at MIX10 are now available for download. With them you get the Silverlight 4.0 SDK, Windows Phone Emulator, XNA 3.0 Game Studio and...
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by Dieter Bohn
Mar 15, 2010
We're live at MIX10 and liveblogging it starting at 9am Pacific / 12 Eastern. Let's see what Windows Phone 7 Series details drop! We're hoping one of those details will be an official short name for...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
LAS VEGAS--You wanted push notifications in Windows Phone 7 Series, and you're getting 'em. Above you see a little blue bar at the top of the phone's screen that popped down, alerting you to...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
LAS VEGAS--Silverlight was born as a alternative to Adobe Flash, but it's grown beyond the desktop browser and now (finally) finds a home on Windows Phone. For developers, it's a new way to...
