Mobile

New Golden Globe commercials: Will Windows Phone get the part?

This weekend marks the Golden Globe awards, film and television awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and marking the beginning of the entertainment awards “season”.  Bing and Windows Phone are getting in the act, and will show …

Chevron WP7 goes to Redmond

chevronwp7If you remember, Microsoft enthusiasts Long Zheng, Rafael Rivera, and Chris Walsh stirred up quite the hornets nest back last November when they unleashed “ChevronWP7”, a simple tool (accessed through what turned out to be “a coding error”) that …

Windows Phone 7 comes to Windows Home Server Codename “Vail” and Media Center set-top boxes

"My Server" app for Windows Home Server Codename "Vail"It seems like Microsoft’s got big plans for its Windows Phone 7 devices. The Windows Home Server team recently posted a blog post about an upcoming WP7 app called “My Server” which allows you to access your Windows Home Server …

Rumour Mill: Windows Phones to get video calls, KIN Studio coming to Windows Phone Live

Neowin.net reported today that according to tips from a “key WP7 employee”, the Windows Phone platform may be getting video chat capabilities much like Apple’s FaceTime. According to Neowin, the application is expected to be bundled into Microsoft’s Live services …

Project Emporia available for Windows Phone 7

We first told you about Fuse Labs Project Emporia back in November and now Project Emporia is already available for Windows Phone 7 via the marketplace.
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This sounds like a must-have app to me, well if you want to …

CES 2011: Series of Windows Phone 7 updates coming in the next few months

Steve Ballmer’s CES 2011 keynote had just ended, and gave us very little to no surprises (if not slightly disappointed). One thing Steve did promise during the keynote in relation to Windows Phone 7 updates is the following:

Microsoft will

Windows Phone 7 codenamed “No Donuts” update details leaked ahead of CES

Last month we told you details about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 updates codenamed “Mango”, as well as details about the two smaller updates to be released during early 2011, one of which is supposedly to be announced …

Windows Phone Marketplace reaches 5,000 apps

Depending on which count you use, Windows Phone Marketplace has just, or is just about to top the 5,000 app milestone.  A steady stream of apps continue to be approved each day (with a bit of slowing over the holidays, …

Microsoft: 1.5 million Windows Phones sold (to mobile operators and retail)

In the first release of any sales numbers so far, Microsoft today in a press release interview of Mobile Communications Corporate Vice President Achim Berg, announced that 1.5 million Windows Phones have been sold from manufacturers to mobile operators …

Windows Phone 7 codenamed “Mango” update to bring HTML5 and Silverlight support

Mary Jo Foley posted on ZDNet today reporting that Microsoft is currently planning a major Windows Phone 7 update codenamed “Mango”, which may be shipped as Windows Phone 7.5 (it was also reported that Windows Phone 8 is codenamed “Apollo” …