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Full Webcast of the Windows Phone 7 Mango Press Conference.

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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In case you have missed it or want to see the details again about the the New and Improved Features of the Windows Phone Mango update you can now see the detailed webcast right here. As we reported earlier today in this article Windows Phone 7 is getting ready for a major update that will bring over 500 new and improved features to the Windows Phone 7 platform. Watch this full webcast below to see the up and close details of the major new features like Bing Visual, Linked Inbox, Threaded … [Read more...]

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Official Details New Version Windows Phone Mango Released

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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During the press conference this morning in NY City Microsoft's Andy Lees and Derek Snyder announced the new version of Windows Phone. Earlier reports indicated over 500 new features in this update. Of course a lot of these new features are small fixes and enhancements to improve the user experience. The Mango update will come to all current Windows Phone 7 users this fall and will be on all new released Windows Phones. The Mango update will give the  Windows Phone 7 user again a faster user … [Read more...]

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Steve Ballmer Promises over 500 New Windows Phone Features in Mango Tomorrow, Live Feed info.

May 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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As invites went around a couple of weeks ago for a special Windows Phone Event in NY City it becomes more clear that the specifics of the Mango update, possible named Windows Phone 7.5, will be revealed tomorrow.  Steve Ballmer mentioned over 500 new features for the Windows Phone operating system in this update. As we reported earlier together with our sister site WP7.nl the Mango update will bring an extensive added experience and functionality in the Bing client on the devices. However … [Read more...]

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Status Windows Phone 7 Updates are Published

March 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Yesterday I already gave you the details of the released March 2011 NoDo update for Windows Phone 7. However this release was from Microsoft and unbranded non-carrier locked phones are able to receive these updates pretty imminent. My good friend Arne Hess from the::unwired just reported he received the NoDo update notification on his HTC HD7. Windows Phone 7 is also on many different phones and with different carriers in different parts of the world. Since all the these different … [Read more...]

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Windows Phone 7 March 2011 NoDo Update Details

March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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As we wait in anticipation for the next Windows Phone 7 update to roll out it seems that the first unlocked non-carrier branded Windows Phone 7 are receiving a message that the famous NoDo update is being pushed out. However I am still waiting for the small February 2011 update for my AT&T branded Samsung Focus and LG Quantum. It would be nice for an official announcement from either Microsoft or the Carrier that will breakdown by carrier and devices of dates when we will see the … [Read more...]

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HTC awarded as 2011 device manufacturer of the year by the GSMA

February 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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HTC was honored to win the ‘2011 Device Manufacturer of the Year’ award at the prestigious GSMA Global Mobile awards at Mobile World Congress. HTC was voted the winner from a shortlist of three finalists which included Apple and Samsung. Accepting the award, Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corp. said, “This award also belongs to the tens of millions of customers around the world who enjoy our phones and inspire us each day to create new innovative experiences. To those people, to our … [Read more...]

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Nokia and Microsoft announce plans for a broad strategic partnership to build a new global ecosystem

February 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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As a Windows Phone MVP I am pretty excited that Nokia and Microsoft today announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem. What was supposed to be announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona but hit the news already is that Nokia and Microsoft intend to jointly create market-leading mobile products and services designed to offer consumers, operators and developers unrivalled choice and … [Read more...]

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How to easy find the Mac Address on the LG Optimus 7 and LG Quantum Windows Phone 7

November 23, 2010 By 3 Comments

Last week we already uncovered how to easy find the Mac Address on the Samsung Focus and Samsung Omnia 7 Devices. Today we found out out to unveil the Mac address on the LG Optimus 7 and the LG Quantum. A quote from our earlier article explains a little bit more about why it is important to have access to the WIFI Mac Address on your mobile device. Many companies apply mac filtering for giving access to mobile devices on their network. For the strangest thing in the newly released Microsoft … [Read more...]

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How to Use Your Windows Phone 7 Device as a Portable USB Drive

November 18, 2010 By 4 Comments
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With the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform the possibility of having access to the file system on your device has disappeared compared to the Older Windows Phones. However with a couple simple registry edits you are able to have access again to the file system on your Windows Phone 7 , just like an USB drive. As mentioned above it takes just a few steps in the Registry of your computer to make your Windows Phone device visible as one of the drives in "My Computer" If you are not familiar … [Read more...]

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MarketplaceBrowser for Windows Phone 7 Apps, No Windows Phone or Zune Desktop Needed

November 18, 2010 By 4 Comments
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There are now over 2400 Windows Phone 7 applications in the Marketplace. However if you don't have a Windows Phone or the Zune Desktop, but are still interested to see if Windows Phone 7 is for you you need at least to install the Zune desktop software to browse for available applications. Now that is not needed anymore...... A new website has been launched by Paul Willen called MarketplaceBrowser. This site gives everyone easy acces to see and read descriptions of all available … [Read more...]

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