Windows Phone 7 now on sale in the US
Check it Microsofties, it's time to get back into the game. While some phones have already launched in Europe and beyond, today is the first day that you can put down cash in the US for a Windows Phone 7 device all your own.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: dell, hd7, htc, microsoft, microsofties, on sale, think-it-over, windows-phone, windowsphone7series, wp7s, wpos7
Windows Phone 7 is the new name, ‘Series’ gets voted off island
Regardless of how you feel about Microsoft's rejuvenated mobile push this year , hatred of the "Windows Phone 7 Series" moniker has been nearly universal -- it's too long, it trips you up every time you try to say it (seriously, just listen to any of our podcasts ), and the "Series" bit doesn't make a whole lot of sense anyhow. Happily, Microsoft has heard the world loud and clear on this one, officially changing the name today to the simpler, happier, more logical "Windows Phone 7." The branding move doesn't have any technical or strategic significance, as far as we can tell -- it truly is just a name change, that's all -- so you can expect the same software to launch later this year that we've already been anticipating... you just won't have to deal with a tongue twister every time you're trying to tell a friend about it
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: Lot, moniker, more-logical, podcasts, tongue, twister, windows phone 7 series, winpho 7, winpho7, wp7s
Windows Phone Marketplace can remotely revoke app licenses
Speaking at a MIX10 session about Windows Phone 7 Series architecture this morning, Microsoft's Istvan Cseri mentioned that the Windows Phone Marketplace -- the one and only clearinghouse for apps in WP7S -- will be able to remotely revoke licenses. Since devices will only run properly-licensed apps, this effectively means the company will be able to shut down apps remotely -- a capability they'd probably invoke if a Marketplace app were to badly misbehave en masse, for example. To put it bluntly, Cseri says that apps simply aren't in control of their own life cycle; the user controls installation and removal while the Marketplace ensures that the license is valid.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: architecture, badly-misbehave, clearinghouse, effectively, marketplace, mix, mobile, platform, senior-director, using-the-phone, windows, wp7s
Windows Phone 7 Series preview, MIX10 edition
We just spent some quality time with the MIX10 build of Windows Phone 7 Series running on the same prototype hardware sourced from Garmin-Asus that we saw at MWC -- and apart from a few Murphy's Law-style demo hiccups, we loved what we saw. One thing that immediately caught our attention was the fact that lists of items "compress" slightly once you've reached their end -- something we hadn't noticed before.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: attention, mix10, platform, result, Units, windows phone 7 series, windows-phone, windowsphone7, wp7s
Microsoft demos push notifications on Windows Phone 7 Series
Microsoft's flavor of push notifications for Windows Phone 7 Series -- the so-called Microsoft Notification Service -- was just demoed using an MLS (Major League Soccer) app, and it fits in really well with the "Metro" UI motif.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: across-the-top, apple, heavy, league, motif, phone, result, whether-the-app, windows, windows phone 7, windowsphone, wp7s
Microsoft confirms accuracy of old, pre-’reboot’ Windows Mobile 7 leaks
Remember those old, allegedly leaked Windows Mobile 7 screen shots from way back in 2008?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: accuracy, chief, happened-inside, leaks, meters, metro, microsoft, nook, phone, pleasure, slate, windows phone 7 series, windowsphone, wp7s
First Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series devices to boast 480 x 800 pixel displays, HD2 owners sigh
Even though Microsoft's big MIX event is still days away, the Windows Phone 7 Series development platform is already pretty well defined.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: display, horsepower, image, native, resolution, windows phone 7 os, windowsmobile, windowsphone7os, wp7s
Windows Phone 7 Series mockup changes slightly, Zune menu making a comeback?
So Microsoft's Charlie Kindel posted up a long blog post about Windows Phone 7 Series and app development just now, and we couldn't help but notice the WP7S device mockup he used is noticeably different from the stock press shots we've been seeing and the actual devices we've gotten to play with . That's a totally different hardware trim, for starters, and there's a Zune-like menu on the right-- on the builds we've seen scrolling to the right reveals the app list
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: charlie, device-mockup, engadget, mockup-changes, tweaks, ui mockup, windowsphone, wp7s