Mobile

Nokia Windows Phones to be announced on October 26?

After Nokia and Microsoft has inked the deal back in April, We’ve heard quite a bit of rumors around lately about Nokia Windows Phones, said to be launched sometime in Q4 2011. Rumor has it that the first wave of …

Windows Phone “Mango” public beta to be available to App Hub developers in the next 24 hours?

Windows Phone 7.5 BetaMicrosoft lifted the embargo yesterday on Windows Phone "Mango", and various websites around the internet had been giving Windows Phone "Mango" beta an in-depth review, reportedly using the production devices given out by Microsoft for review purposes. You may …

ChevronWP7 Labs to provide official Windows Phone unlocking service for homebrew developers

The ChevronWP7 team, consisting of Long Zheng, Rafael Rivera and Chris Walsh, released a Windows Phone 7 Unlocker Tool back in November last year, allowing users to developer-unlock their WP7 devices for free. This tool was then quickly pulled by …

First wave of Nokia Windows Phones to launch in six European countries, with QWERTY keyboard?

Nokia Windows PhoneA few news is coming out recently in relation the first wave of Nokia Windows Phones due to be launching around Q4 2011. AllAboutPhones.nl (via WMPU) reports that Victor Saeijs, Vice President of Nokia Europe, told attendees at the …

Evernote and IM+ coming to Windows Phone marketplace

Two highly popular apps for Windows Phone 7 were released on the Windows Phone marketplace today. The first app, Evernote, had been available on other mobile platforms for quite a while. For those who doesn’t know what Evernote is, …

Internet Explorer Mobile Test Drive site launched for Windows Phone “Mango”

Microsoft just announced on their Windows Phone Developer team blog that their Internet Explorer Test Drive website now has a mobile companion, available here, which seems to coincide nicely with the availability of Windows Phone "Mango" developer handsets sometime

Microsoft’s MCB is now “Windows Phone Division”

Microsoft recently silently renamed their Mobile Communications Business (MCB) division, which was responsible for the development of all Windows Phone-related products (including Windows Phone 7 as well as Windows Mobile 6.x). As spotted on Andy Lee’s corporate profile page, …

Windows Phone “Mango” developer handsets for serious developers only, available next week

HTC MazaaNews broke out from WinRumors.com that Microsoft is planning to make available Windows Phone "Mango" developer handsets to people’s hands as early as next week. It is said that the these handsets will be given out in several rounds, however, …

In-app purchase coming to Windows Phone “Mango”

GamefestAnother one of the 500 features for Windows Phone "Mango" has slipped out of Microsoft today. Microsoft today announced the Gamefest 2011 conference, aimed at developers focussing on game development on the PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone, which will …

Windows Phone 7 coming to US Cellular and Cellular South

US Cellular and Cellular SouthWith Windows Phone 7 now finally available on the four major US carriers – AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon, Microsoft have not been resting in getting their phones onto other cellular networks. Just recently, news came out that the Windows …