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
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
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
Chrome to Windows Phone 7 now available
Approved and waiting for your download, Chrome to Windows Phone 7 is now available in the mobile OS' operating system.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: applicable, continuous client, continuousclient, google-chrome, microsoft, operating, windows, windows-phone, windowsphone, your-otherwise
HTC Surround and LG Quantum available for $0.01 at Amazon this weekend
Want the cheapest way to try out Windows Phone 7? Outside of getting yourself hooked up with a job at a tech blog, Amazon might have the very finest option for you with its newly discounted $0.01 pricing on two AT&T handsets for the new platform.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: att, deal, european, htc surround, htcsurround, Job, lg quantum, lgquantum, quantum, result, Surround, weekend, windows-phone, windowsphone
Dell Venue Pro gets Expansys listing: £499.99 for November 8th (update: Amazon, too)
Don't take this as the gospel, but online retailer Expansys has gone ahead and listed Dell's Venue Pro -- affectionately known as "the Windows Phone 7 device with a portrait QWERTY slider" -- with pricing and availability date in tow. Which, if you're wondering, is
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: dell, dell venue, dellvenu, europe, expansys, gospel, greatbritain, rumor, rumors, Sim, venuepro, windows, windows phone 7, windowsphone, wp7
HTC 7 Pro squares away its FCC approval?
So, here's what we know: a Windows Phone from HTC just earned its FCC wings, it's production (meaning non-prototype) hardware... and it's a CDMA device
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: 7pro, bluetooth, cdma, entry, htc, microsoft, sprint, squares, windowsphone
Samsung Focus review
Even though we've seen a torrent of Windows Phone 7 devices, we couldn't leave you hanging on a review of the Samsung Focus. In the last few days, a flurry of new Microsoft-powered devices have hit the market, boasting slight differences, but all looking and acting largely the same. We've taken a deep dive on the operating system itself, the Omnia 7 , Optimus 7 , Mozart , HD7 , and Surround (phew!) -- now it's time to focus on the, er..
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: boasting-slight, brother, htc, microsoft, operating, storage, torrent, windows, windowsphone
Windows Phone 7 now on sale… in New Zealand
Well played, New Zealand. Hobbit-infested scenery, Flight of the Conchords, the first in the world to get iPhone 3Gs ...
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, flight, htc-trophy, iphone, island-country, kiwi, launch, phone, result, trophy, vodafone, vodafonenz, windows-phone, windowsphone, world