Category: Windows Phone
Microsoft have started to dispute an Apple application to trademark the words “App Store”. The original submission was filed by Apple back in 2008 but it’s only now that Microsoft have filed a dispute. Windows Phones currently come with an App store called “Windows Marketplace” whilst Android handsets …
The HTC 7 Pro popped up on the web last week and now o2 Germany seem to have confirmed prices and the fact that it’ll be in stores next week. Imagine a phone roughly the size of the HTC 7 Mozart but with a QWERTY keyboard for good …
Windows Phone 7 owners should be getting an update very soon. We’ve already discussed what will be inside – copy and paste, some fixes and other tweaks etc. Now we’re getting more news that it’ll deliver something extra – a boost in speed. Improvements to memory management should …
This is ContaSconto. It’s a Windows Phone 7 app for calculating the percentage discount on items. If you’re ever in a shop and see “25% off” you can calculate the exact saving you’re getting. A free trial is available with the full version priced at just 79p. Link …
We’re getting tipped on more and more Windows Phone 7 apps at the moment. If you’re an iPhone or Android developer and want some coverage do let us know. This then is Deluxe Moon – an application providing comprehensive moon phase information. It includes moonrise and moonset times, …
Putt In – Golf is a new game for Windows Phone 7. There’s 18 crazy courses to play and you can compare your score with an online leaderboard. Three unique game types are available with realistic physics, easy controls and gorgeous graphics. You can try it out in …
A decent application library is usually on the “want” list for smartphone buyers when they’re hunting for a new phone. Today Windows Phone has reached almost 6000 applications according to WP7Applist.com. It’s only a few days since this number was 5000 so those Windows Phone developers are definitely …
Android’s phenomenal growth shows no signs of abating, and now Android as an OS has overtaken Apple for the first time in the US, in terms of market share. New handset sales of Android devices had already been ahead of iPhones, but Apple had a headstart and larger overall marketshare, until …
Amazon have released a Windows Phone 7 version of their e-reader Kindle app. With all the features of their other Kindle apps, you can now read your books on your Windows Phone 7 – it will even synchronise where you left off from your other devices. Link – …
Joshua has given us a nudge about an addictive game for Windows Phone 7 called GeoMind. It’s already proving popular and is sitting within the top 100 games of its category despite being just a week old. It’s really simple to get going – just drag your finger …
A couple of updates are now listed on the HTC website for the HTC HD2 and HTC Touch2. These updates are to readjust your clock for the hour gained during Daylight Savings. Links - HTC HD2 Update - HTC Touch2 Update
We've already heard that an early update is coming in January, followed by possibly another one around the same time as Mobile World Congress. Early rumours have called these first updates "massive" but now there's some slightly different news surroun...
Just three weeks ago there were 3,000 apps in the Windows Marketplace. Now there's a choice of 4,000 applications and games. Yes, there's around 1,000 apps arriving in the Android Market every day, but this is still a pretty respectable increase for ...
The Microsoft KIN phones launched in April aimed at teenagers and twenty-somethings. They were billed as a "social phones" but, just two months after, they were dropped. Those who did end up buying one have now received a letter from US network Verizo...
For those of you prepared to gamble, a new experimental ROM has appeared on XDA-developers.com. It's Android 2.3 (aka Gingerbread) and it's designed for (wait for it) .. a HTC HD2. Yes, the normally-Windows-Mobile-powered device becomes one of the fir...
If you've seen our Windows Phone 7 Review then you'll know about the "Push Notifications" that update the Live Tiles on the main screen. It's what makes those Live Tiles.. err.. "Live". A lot of the apps we tested didn't seem to have the ability to us...
Sure, if we're honest this shouldn't really be news. Copy and paste should just be there, as default, in any smartphone you buy. Windows Phone 7 got released without this feature but now developer devices are starting to receive an update to add this ...
The team at 3 very kindly loaned us a Samsung Omnia 7 recently to review for you all, and here is that review!. There is a massive 25 minute video review after the link and you can also click below for a photo album of various shots of …
This is the Sky TV application for Windows Phone 7. It's a pretty popular tool that iPhone and Android users will already be familiar with. You can search through listings, browse programme times or set programmes to "Remote Record" from anywhere with...
Are you a Windows Phone 7 developer who went to the open days back in September last year ? Did you submit an app in October ? If you sold lots of apps and made cash you're probably quite happy right now, but unfortunately it looks like February …
The people that brought you the Windows Phone 7 unlock tool have now released a custom ringtone manager for Windows Phone 7. Don't pop those champagne corks just yet though, this needs either an unlocked developer phone or that unlock tool we mentione...
Another website has popped up to let you look through Windows Phone 7 apps and games from the comfort of your computer browser. Called WP7 Applist it lists recent changes, price drops and sorts all the software into neat categories. Currently the sit...
So here it is at last. Our HTC 7 Mozart review. Inside is Windows Phone 7, 8GB of storage, an 8 megapixel camera with xenon flash. Outside it's one piece of aluminium with a very solid but lightweight feel. We've already had a look at the OS itself …
We knew even before Windows Phone 7 was completed that a few features would have to wait and that the first update would fix a lot of the issues reviewers had flagged up. Custom ringtones, copy and paste etc. Although we kinda all knew it, developer C...
Just yesterday a tool called ChevronWP7 was released. It is designed to unlock your Windows Phone 7 and allow "side-loading" of apps and games without the Windows Phone Marketplace. This will unlock your phone and let apps install that could access pr...
Windows Phone 7 can now boast 3,000 games and applications to download. Windows Phone exec Todd Brix has stated that 15,000 developers are "signaling their intent" to produce Windows Phone 7 apps and there's a definite buzz around the platform. Link -...
Windows Phone 7 owners now have a place on the web to search through the games and applications they can install. The 2,436 apps (at the time of writing) are all filtered into categories and types on MarketplaceBrowser.com. It's a site built by Paul W...
These leaked slides have shown up in a YouTube video and appear to depict two Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 phones ready for Q1 next year. Running the all-new Microsoft OS the "Xperia X7" gets a 4.3" WVGA display with a 1.2GHz CPU from Qualcomm. The ...
It's not the app store, it's not the battery life, it's not a signal problem (hello Apple), no.. the biggest Windows Phone 7 issue seems to be this thing. The microSD card. A lot of Windows Phone 7 devices seem to have them, but a lot of those …
Yes, you thought The KIN phones were not-so-ancient history didn't you? For reasons best known to themselves Verizon have decided to bring them back as "feature phones", presumably without the expensive data plans that helped kill them off in the firs...
Want more HTC HD2 Windows Phone 7 action? You got it. This new video shows the HD2, which normally runs Windows Mobile 6.5, running the new OS quite easily. Everything seems to be working well and hey - you can even swap the microSD card without pulli...
Agh! The humanity! This is the result of a successful but frightening microSD swap on the HTC 7 Mozart. The Orange-branded device has a microSD card slot mid-way down the right-side but a large amount of dangerous dismantling is required to get to it....
If we're honest, it's safe to say that almost everyone uses Google. Sure, there's some people out there who use Bing and Yahoo, but Google search is so widely known that you may feel a little lost in Windows Phone 7 without it. Today Google have annou...
Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD2 ? Yep, you read that right. It's ever-so-slightly slower but really, you wouldn't notice. Everything is here. The sounds, the multi-touch, the whole thing, on an existing Windows Mobile 6.5 device. Now, after the huge fa...
Over the last few weeks the HTC HD7 has become my introduction into the all-new Windows Phone 7 OS. The very kind people at o2 have loaned us this and the full review is now online. This is a 4.3" device so it's on the "limits" of size …
UK network Three sell most of their phones on PAYG as well as contract options which is great for anyone who likes the benefits of a sim only package but buy a phone of your choice. On passing a nearby Three store today I spotted that the Samsung …
Arne from theunwired.net has taken a screwdriver to his brand new HTC HD7 and found a microSD card lurking underneath. Microsoft really don't want you trying to swap these things out and, luckily for UK customers, o2 are sticking a 16GB microSD card i...
Windows Phone 7. We've spoken a lot about it of late. My personal feelings are that, after a Service Pack, this could shape up to be a rather brilliant OS in a few months time. We're in the here and now though, and the fact that you can't …
Yesterday we showed you how ringtones worked in Windows Phone 7. We had a great response but a lot of you wanted us to show "normal" stuff, like making a call and texting people. Today we decided to do just that, with this video giving you a tour …
We spotted this as coming soon before, but Microsoft have now released the beta tool to sync your Windows Phone 7 with your Mac. The tool lets you sync any playlists from iTunes or pictures from iPhoto. It also downloads your pictures and videos...
