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How to: Get Twitter and LinkedIn contacts syncing with your Windows Phone “Mango” Beta 2 Refresh build

Microsoft released the “Beta 2 Refresh” build (Build 7712) of their latest Windows Phone “Mango” OS to developers earlier this week. If you are a registered developer on App Hub and haven’t upgraded, you can check out the Windows Phone

Windows Phone: The one where sharing photos via SkyDrive…doesn’t

One of the promises of Windows Phone early on was the easy ability to share photos, via Flickr, Facebook, or Windows Live.  In fact, it was featured quite prominently in the early marketing materials:

picture share

And in a section on uploading …

Microsoft updates Mango for devs (but not to RTM); includes Twitter integration, more?

Toshiba-Fujitsu-IS12TThis morning, as promised, Microsoft released an updated version of Windows Phone Mango, available to developers who are willing to shell out $99 for an App Hub membership, allowing them to submit apps for Windows Phone.

Although Mango was released …

Microsoft announces first Windows Phone “Mango” device – Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T

As we reported yesterday, Microsoft together with au by KDDI and Toshiba-Fujitsu announced the world’s first Windows Phone 7.5 device in Japan today – the Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T. Check out the image below for a render of the new device …

Linked Live IDs disabled

Remember our previous post about Windows live sign-in now set for use with one account? How we were wondering why Linked-IDs was not mentioned in the team’s post when telling how to best set up things in the new design? …

Microsoft to unveil first Windows Phone “Mango” device in Japan tomorrow

The day is here – Microsoft is set to officially unveil the first Windows Phone “Mango” device during a press event tomorrow (Wednesday July 27) at 10am Tokyo time in Japan (check your local time here). Together with au …

Microsoft talks more about Twitter integration on Windows Phone “Mango”

We reported a few weeks ago that Microsoft had been testing Twitter integration on Windows Phone “Mango” and Windows Live internally. Today, the Windows Phone team posted several new videos on their YouTube account, with various program managers talking …

ITC ruling against HTC’s Android may push OEMs to adopt Windows Phone; Huawei now interested

Apple vs HTCThe U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently ruled against HTC that it had infringed two patents belonging to Apple Inc., according to reports from AllThingsD.com. At least one of the patent, 5,946,647, appears to be related to Google’s …

Nokia WP7 Sea Ray video emerges

The guys at WPCentral have spotted a Youku (a Chinese version of YouTube) video showing Nokia’s first Windows Phone device, code named Sea Ray.  The video shows a little unboxing ceremony, (note the actual hardware buttons for home, search, and …

Games for Windows Marketplace now on Xbox.com; wild rumors on Xbox and Windows 8 integration, and more

Two weeks ago we reported that Games for Windows Marketplace is slated to be migrated to Xbox.com, potentially being the first step for the convergence of Xbox LIVE across the Xbox 360, Windows Phone, and the Windows PC. Today, …