Microsoft rolls out updated Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac
It's still technically in beta, but Microsoft has just rolled out a fairly significant update to its Windows Phone 7 Connector software for Mac. Among other things, the software now has a new device setup process, support for manual file imports from the device, and the ability to sync content purchased on your phone back to your Mac -- not to mention a slew of bug fixes and other more minor tweaks. Hit up the source link below to start downloading, or just look for it in the Microsoft AutoUpdate app
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ability, apple, beta, bug, device, fixes, fri, phone, setup-process, source, windows phone 7, windows-phone, windowsphone, windowsphone7
Dell Venue Pro gets FCC certification — with AT&T 3G
If we had a dollar for every time we heard someone lament, "if only the Venue Pro worked on AT&T," we'd have... like, 30 dollars. At least! It's on that note that we bring news to you this evening of a new Venue Pro variant in the FCC's archives sporting WCDMA Band II and V support, which is exactly what you'd need to get fancy on the 3G networks of AT&T, Rogers, Bell, or Telus.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: entry, evening, fcc, happy-getting, heard-someone, lament, market, result, track-record, v02s, venue pro, venuepro, windows phone 7, windowsphone7
HTC Hub update helps save us from our Windows Phone 7 phones
Remember the Windows Phone 7 ads, the ones that promised to " save us from our phones " by giving us more "glance and go" information? For the most part, these phones haven't delivered on that promise due to the relative dearth of apps taking advantage of Microsoft's live tile concept
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: htc, htc hub, interface, microsoft, phone, relative, the-relative, tile, windows, windows phone 7
Windows Phone 7 devices are being discounted by third parties, but it’s business as usual
We're seeing reports pop up that discounting -- some of it heavy -- off the full retail prices of Windows Phone 7 handsets by third-party retailers this early in the game could be a sign of trouble for Microsoft, but realistically, you can't use that yardstick for guesstimating how well a phone (or a platform, in this case) is doing. Guys like Amazon, Wirefly, Simplexity (which runs a number of mobile stores, including Walmart), and Best Buy Mobile regularly undercut carriers' first-party pricing on handsets immediately following release -- or shortly thereafter -- because it's effectively a win-win: they're given multi-hundred-dollar commissions for each new contract they bring to the network, giving them the wiggle room to apply some of that cash to the sticker price
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bestbuy, commissions, entry, game, handsets, revenue, wiggle, windows, windows phone 7, wp7
Windows Phone 7 limits push notifications to 15 apps, 16th app is out of luck
We're going to cautiously hope that this is one of the many arbitrary limitations in Windows Phone 7 that Microsoft is planning to address in 2011 through updates , but in the meantime, here's a little public service announcement: you can only receive push notifications for up to 15 apps at a time. The 16th app will receive an error internally, which it needs to handle gracefully and in turn communicate to the user in some way to let them know that the new installation won't be able to update live until you uninstall another push-enabled app on the device.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: cautiously-hope, microsoft, mobile, public, result, situation, through-updates, windows phone 7
Microsoft: we figured people would hack Windows Phone 7, would suggest that they don’t
Hot on the heels of the release of a utility for bypassing the Windows Marketplace and sideloading your own apps, Microsoft has released a brief statement on the state of the Windows Phone 7 hacking community... and we wouldn't exactly say they're too worked up about it: "We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: breaking-hacks, brief-statement, cat, chevronwp7, developers, heels, jailbreak, Warranty, windows phone 7, windows-phone, wp7
Windows Phone 7 hitting Verizon stores ‘this holiday season,’ according to Microsoft tweet (update)
Looks like Microsoft took Big Red's challenge and decided to respond in kind, as the official Windows Phone Twitter feed claims that Windows Phone 7 devices are finally headed to Verizon. They'll allegedly arrive this holiday season, a good bit earlier than we were told , but we doubt you're exactly dismayed to get your hands on CDMA WP7 phones ahead of schedule
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: brand-new-tweet, lights, refute-the-idea, result, valued-partner, verizon, vzw, windows phone 7, windows-phone, windowsmobile
Dell: bigger Venue Pro launch coming, keep hands off microSD
Didn't get a Venue Pro when Microsoft threw a few on its store shelves ? Why, that'd be enough to make us mad, too -- Ballmer mad , in fact. Fear not, though: as Dell tells it, the company has production ramped up for a "timely" launch on T-Mobile's network
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: dell, eject-mechanism, entry, holiday, micro sd, microsd, phone, piece, Season, venue, venue pro, windows phone 7, windows-phone, wp7
Sony Ericsson France CEO says Windows Phone 7 handsets aren’t likely, neither is a tablet
Still have your hopes up about a Windows Phone 7 slider from Sony Ericsson? Then you might want to dial back those expectations, at least according to Sony Ericsson France CEO Pierre Perron.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ericsson, ericsson-france, phone, pierreperron, smartphones, sony-ericsson, tablet, windows, windows phone 7, windows-phone, wp7
HTC Trophy with Windows Phone 7 coming to Verizon in ‘early 2011′
It's unclear whether Verizon will ever get HTC's 7 Pro , but it's a lock that Big Red will eventually have some manner of Windows Phone 7 gear in its lineup -- and now we've got one in the flesh. Looks like HTC will be remixing the Trophy for use on CDMA networks, featuring a 3.8-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel cam, 16GB of storage, and 802.11n, and Verizon is circulating a brochure for Microsoft employees saying they'll be able to buy the Trophy in "early 2011" for $199.99 at launch when they renew their contracts now (they'll also get a leather case and a car charger for free, but hey, they're Microsofties). Oh, and that's not the best part: the Trophy is also identified as being a "quad band global phone," meaning you'll be able to roam on GSM networks when you leave the US behind -- a feature Verizon seems to be pushing pretty hard across its smartphone lineup now.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: bigger-version, case, entry, flesh, global, microsoft, networks, phone, unclear-whether, verizonwireless, vzw, windows phone 7, windows-phone