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ChevronWP7 Labs official Windows Phone unlocking service now available

ChevronWP7 LabsThe ChevronWP7 team (Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh, and Long Zheng) has finally signed off on their “ChevronWP7 Labs” official unlocking service for Windows Phone users. To recap, ChevonWP7 Labs allows hobbyist developers to unlock their personal Windows Phone devices and …

Hotmail Calendar gets Wave 5 M2 upgrade, other Windows Live web services to follow soon?

While browsing Hotmail Calendar today, something caught our sharp eyes as we noticed some very subtle changes to the Windows Live header. But having seen this before in internal Windows Live testing sites, we immediately realised that the service had …

Nokia on the future of Windows Phone: Tango, Apollo and beyond

Windows PhoneLast Wednesday at Nokia World Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, finally unveiled to the world the first fruits from the Nokia-Microsoft partnership – the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. However, to those who had been paying close attention to …

Lenovo to become new Windows Phone OEM? New “LePhone S2” images leaked

LenovoEarlier this month, Andy Lees, President of the Windows Phone division, mentioned during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong that new OEMs will be coming onboard with Windows Phone. Reuters also recently suspected that Microsoft could be in talks …

Microsoft to strip out Xbox LIVE from Games hub in emerging markets? [Updated]

Windows Phone TangoAndy Lees, President of the Windows Phone division, announced during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong earlier this month that Windows Phone will be launching in mainland China in 2012. Earlier this week Nokia also indicated that it plans …

EA to bring big-name games to Nokia Windows Phones

EA MobileWhile Xbox LIVE games on Windows Phones are probably one of the more popular apps on the marketplace, the range of big-name titles do seem pale when compared to what’s available on rival platforms such as Apple’s App Store. In …

Official Facebook for Windows Phone app to be updated to “Mango” version next week

With Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update, Microsoft baked the best of Facebook directly into the OS, bringing features like Facebook Chat and Check-ins in addition to the integrated contact list, social feeds, photo albums and more.  You might argue that …

Nokia Pulse for Windows Phone app now available for download in marketplace

Nokia Pulse LogoSo the Nokia World keynote just finished, with Stephen Elop revealing several Nokia-specific apps for Windows Phone – including Nokia Drive, Maps, Music, and Pulse (we’re hearing Live View and Tracks are coming too!). It seems like the Nokia Pulse

Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music and Nokia Pulse for Windows Phone announced

Nokia DriveAlong with the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 devices, today at Nokia World the company also unveiled some of the unique innovations they have made on the software side for Windows Phones. Four new Nokia …

Nokia Lumia advertisement videos now on YouTube

As the Nokia World keynote is happening right now, Nokia has already posted on their official YouTube account the new Nokia Lumia advertisements. Check them out below:
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Titled “The Amazing Everyday”, here’s a little bit of description for …