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Windows Phone 7 Tango Update Rumored For March/April Release

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February 5, 2012
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A recent post from Digitimes suggests that Windows Phone 7 Tango update would go live in March or April, based on Microsoft’s roadmap for Windows Phone outlined in a rumor.

The largest update, Apollo or possibly Windows Phone 8, was slated for its expected late 2012 release. However, a “large volume” of devices based on it would ship in the initial half of 2013.

The Tango updates are believed to be adding support for true native apps, more languages, lower memory requirements, and support for lower resolutions to cater to a primarily Asian demand for cheaper models. WP8/Apollo would More >

Unlock Your Windows Phone 7 With ChevronWP7 Labs

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November 5, 2011
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The enthusiast developers at ChevronWP7 have released their inexpensive Windows Phone unlocking tool, ChevronWP7 Labs. This tool provides users with a way to inexpensively “developer unlock” their device, providing them with two key capabilities:

  • Inexpensively run self-created apps on a physical device — Normally, budding developers would need to pay for Microsoft’s expensive ($99 per year) developer program, App Hub for Windows Phone 7, to run self-made apps on a physical device. (Enthusiast developers can run self-made apps for free in an emulator.) But ChevronWP7 Labs provides More >

Samsung Agrees To Pay Microsoft Royalties On Android Sales

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September 29, 2011
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the company has signed a cross-licensing agreement with Samsung. As a result of the agreement, Microsoft will be receiving royalties from Samsung for its Android-powered smartphones and tablets. Additionally, Microsoft mentioned that the two firms will continue to cooperate on the Windows Phone operating system.

“Through the cross-licensing of our respective patent portfolios, Samsung and Microsoft can continue to bring the latest innovations to the mobile industry,” executive vice president of global product strategy at Samsung’s mobile More >

Nokia Releases It’s New Smartphone: The Nokia N9

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June 23, 2011
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Earlier this week, Nokia unveiled its latest smartphone, the Nokia N9. The N9 is the struggling company’s first smartphone which runs the open sourced MeeGo operating system, a joint collaboration between Nokia’s Maemo project and Intel’s Moblin software. It is also the company’s first smartphone in at least three years, which is why many people have generally been excited to hear about it and get their hands on it.

Predictably, the Nokia N9 was met with a disenchanted press upon its release. Although Nokia is still a dominant mobile manufacturer, the company has struggled to compete in the More >

ChevronWP7 Labs Offers Jailbreak Apps For Windows Phone 7 Officially

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June 21, 2011
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Jailbreaking and jailbreak apps are officially coming to Microsoft Windows Phone 7 thanks to ChevronWP7 Labs. We already know Microsoft has a different approach to dealing with jailbreakers compared to Apple and Sony, which is a pretty interesting move by the company. The company will be officially supporting homebrew apps on their WP7 devices.

For those of you who don’t already know about it, ChevronWP7 was a tool that was released to jailbreak Windows Phone 7. The team was welcomed by Microsoft so they can work together and the same team is the one working behind the ChevronWP7 Labs that More >

Xbox Live To Be Integrated Into Windows 8

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June 13, 2011
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Microsoft is taking some affirmative steps towards unifying their themes and services across different platforms. The first efforts were seen in the form of the Metro design language which started from Windows Phone 7 and then moved on to Xbox Live, Microsoft Office, and Windows 8. Recent news takes this process of unifying a step further: Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming and entertainment service for Windows Phone 7 and Xbox 360 is coming to Windows 8 next year.

The news was revealed recently by the Vice President of Global Marketing at Microsoft, Mike Delman in an interview with The Seattle More >

Nokia Plans To Release Windows Phone Devices Frequently

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May 28, 2011
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Nokia’s Windows Phones will soon be coming out at a relatively rapid clip after the first one appears later this year according to Nokia’s executive vice president of smart devices, Jo Harlow. “We should be launching new devices in a rhythm that might be every couple of months, every three months, something like that,” she said.

The first Windows Phones came out in October and we personally haven’t seen many devices since then. According to a recent sales figure from Gartner, the phones haven’t sold very well at all (which isn’t a surprise) although many surveys show that, out of the More >

Microsoft Officially Announces Windows Phone 7.1 ‘Mango’ Update

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May 25, 2011
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In a recent New York City event, Microsoft announced the Windows Phone “Mango” update which brings over 500 new features to the platform. Senior product manager of mobile communications for Windows Phone at Microsoft, Greg Sullivan, said:

When we looked ahead to the next release, we wanted to stay true to the principles of Windows Phone 7 – that software should get out of your way and quickly connect you to the things that matter most,” he further added that: “Mango builds on the work that we did in Windows Phone 7 and extends a lot of key scenarios around communications, apps, and More >

Windows Phone 7 ‘Mango’ Update To Deliver Over 500 New Features

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May 23, 2011
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According to a Japanese Microsoft Developers Forum, Microsoft’s CEO confirmed that the next Windows Phone update, codenamed Mango, will add “over 500 new features” to the mobile operating system.

Microsoft has an event scheduled for Tuesday, May 24th in New York City, during which it will unveil the new update (again) and discuss its features in greater detail. Earlier this month we heard rumors that the update will deliver Bing Audio, Bing Vision, turn-by-turn navigation in Bing Maps, a new native podcast player, speech recognition, and more.

Microsoft first introduced WP7 in February More >

Use Your Windows Phone 7 As A USB Storage Device

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May 19, 2011
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One of the limitations of the Windows Phone 7 device is the lack of using the phone as a USB storage device. Now, thanks to a genius developer, you can use your Windows Phone 7 handset like a USB flash drive to store data on the go.

XDA forum member MarcHoover has developed a ‘USB Storage Enabler Tool’ for Windows Phone 7 which makes it easy to enable or disable the WP7 USB functionality.

You need to have Zune installed and one device connected for least one time. To enter the USB Storage you’ll close Zune.

The tool requires .NET 2.0 and has been tested on NT 6.x (Vista and Windows

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