Verizon apps start showing up in Windows Phone 7′s Marketplace, you figure out the rest
It's an open secret (okay, it's not really a secret at all) that Verizon plans to carry Windows Phone 7 handsets before too long, and in preparation for that grand event, it seems Big Red is populating the platform's Marketplace with a few wares. Verizon versions of Slacker Radio and Netflix are now in there alongside a carrier app -- My Verizon Mobile -- that lets you pull the usual stunts with your account like changing features and paying your bill.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: handsets, launch, microsoft, phone, radio, verizon, verizon-mobile, verizon-wireless, windows, windows-phone, wp7
Microsoft: over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold to carriers and retailers
Microsoft has decided to finally dish out some sales figures for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, but alas, these are not the sales figures we are looking for. Instead of giving us the juicy number of actual devices sold to end users, the Redmond crew has given us a neatly rounded 1.5 million figure of sales to mobile operators and retailers. That tells us that the mobile industry is buying into Microsoft's new OS, and it'd be foolish not to, but it doesn't really educate us much on the relative success of the platform's launch.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: achim, achim berg, breaking-news, breakingnews, entry, microsoft, mobile-industry, relative, sales, windows-phone, windowsphone, windowsphone7
HTC HD7 gets its .bins all in a tizzy, custom ROMs up next?
What do you get when you cross an HTC HD7 with a Mondrian ROM? Or a Schubert ROM?
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: branded, concept, groundwork, htc, htc hd7, more-technical, phone, Proof, rom, schubert, settings, windows-phone, windowsphone7
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
Paramount rolls out Silverlight-enhanced movies for Windows Phone 7
Why simply download a movie when you can download a movie app? That's the thinking at Paramount, at least, which launched it's first Silverlight -enhanced movie app, School of Rock , for Windows Phone 7 devices this week. That's one of an initial batch of ten movies that will be released before the end of the year, which will also include Zoolander , GI JOE: The Rise of Cobra and Waiting for Superman , among other yet-to-be-announced titles.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: currently-runs, dvd, entry, fri, initial, movieapp, school of rock, silverlight, special, trivia, windows-phone
Dell ships at least one Venue Pro, the saga continues
The observant among you will have noticed that we're a week past December 9th , yet Venue Pros are still conspicuously absent from their pre-orderers' hands. Dell's ever-changing shipping date was last bumped back to early January , though the company itself said it was hopeful that some units will ship out this week.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: dell, engadget, entry, online-tracking, phone, the-warehouses, venue-pros, windows, windows-phone
Windows Phone 7 said to be getting major ‘Mango’ update in August or September
We'd already heard that Windows Phone 7 is set to get an update of some sort early next year -- possibly coinciding with Mobile World Congress in February -- but ZD Net's Mary Jo Foley is now reporting that an even bigger update could be following in August or September. According to her sources, the update is codenamed "Mango," and it will effectively amount to Windows Phone 7.5, which she says might even be the actual name when it's released
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apollo, foley, mango, mobile, silverlight, support, unspecified, windows-phone, windowsphone, windowsphone8, world
Windows Phone Android launcher brings Metro UI’s simplicity, but none of its joy
Need to have the latest and greatest , but can't stand the sameness on tap ? You can easily spruce up your Android device with some Windows Phone 7 window dressing to impress your fanboy friends.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: apps, Brings, engadget, galaxy, hearing-some, metro, phone, result, sameness-on-tap, simplicity, window-dressing, windows, windows-phone, windowsphone, windowsphone7
Windows Phone 7 shown copying and pasting on video
You unfortunately still have a bit of a wait in store for your off-the-self Windows Phone 7 device, but those lucky enough to have a developer device are now starting to receive an update that includes the much anticipated copy and paste functionality, and we're now seeing the first videos of it in action.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: functionality, head-on-past, heard-before, microsoft, Paste, phone, result, shown-copying, windows, windows-phone
Mo-DV bringing major motion pictures to microSD cards
Hard to say why this here fad is just now catching on -- after all, select studios warmed to the idea of putting their content onto portable flash storage years ago. That said, we've seen both Flix on Stix and this here contraption surface within the same month, but honestly, we're having a hard time believing that it's a niche waiting to explode. Mo-DV has just announced a new Universal Player for microSD cards, enabling Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile and your everyday Windows PC to play back DRM'd movies stored on a microscopic slab of memory.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: cards, drm, flash storage, micro sd, microsd, movies, phone, smartphone, support, universal, windows-phone