Category: Windows Phone
With just hours to go until the Windows Phone 7 launch there's now a special "Coming Soon" section dedicated to the new OS on the o2 website. Currently they're not revealing much other than a handset, possibly handsets, will arrive this month. Screens...
Android are on a seemingly unstoppable upward path and the iPhone seems to be everywhere. Microsoft could have given up. Windows Mobile 6.5 looked dated and it would take more than just a new GUI to fix things. On Monday Microsoft begin their fight ba...
Microsoft are doing a certain amount of promotional activity for Windows Phone 7. This is being sent out as part of an invite to an Executive Event on November 10th and it looks like the real phone will be given out for free on the day. Until then, …
With just days to go until the official launch of Windows Phone 7 we're already getting yet more leaks and official shots. This is the "LG E900 Optimus 7" and more official-looking shots can be found on BestBoyZ. We've seen this device in video and ph...
Well hello. What's this ? A HTC Mozart support page on the Orange website? Well, I guess that's confirmation that the network will be getting this particular device. We knew already that Orange are a "Key Partner" in all this but this is the first tim...
Sneaky shots from the internal Phones 4U system have appeared over on engadget. This will be the "only Windows Phone 7 device" on Phones 4U this year and the specs show a 3.7" screen, 8 megapixel camera (with flash and HD video recording) and 1 GHz CP...
Well, that's confirmed then. New York City is the venue, October 11th is the date. This Microsoft page lists the event, complete with the date and news that T-Mobile USA reps will be on stage to promote the upcoming handsets. Let the countdown begin -...
It's still the calm before the Windows Phone 7 storm but there's yet another peek at the new HTC HD7 and yet more specs courtesy of someone within o2 Germany. The 1GHz CPU is confirmed, as is 8GB of on-board storage (presumably still no external stora...
We've seen some leaked ads already but now there's a 3 minute long video online giving you a great overview of Windows Phone 7 and how it hopes to be different to other Smartphone OS's. We've already seen it in the flesh and it looks like Microsoft ar...
Motorola have produced a number of Windows Mobile devices over the years. Just four years ago they had the Motorola Q and then, back in 2005, the MPx200. It's fair to say that Motorola ran into a spot of bother but have shot back into the limelight th...
Samsung have reaffirmed their commitment to Windows Phone 7 with this statement which quotes Simon Stanford, Head of Mobile, Samsung UK and Ireland... “The addition of Windows Phone 7 devices to Samsung’s smartphone portfolio is a significan...
As we get closer to the full availability of phones packing Windows Phone 7 there's yet more leaks. We've still got an element of confusion between the HTC HD7 / HD3 / Mondrian and HTC 7 Trophy handsets but this, supposedly, is the HTC Spark. The post...
Some very official-looking shots of the HTC Mondrian have been posted on bestboyz.de. This Windows Phone 7 device is due to arrive soon to a "major German network provider" and the shots show the HTC Hub we saw earlier. This is the handset we saw in t...
Eight years ago I popped into a local mobile phone shop and bought my first ever Windows Mobile handset. The name "Pocket PC" portrayed an image of hand-held computing - everything Windows could do, but on a phone with a stylus. The mobile market has ...
We've seen a number of "Windows Phone 7 versus.." videos of late but this pocketnow.com video is well worth watching. They compare the iPhone home screen experience to the Windows Phone 7 experience. Key differences appear to be the "information centr...
On checking out a video just now of an un-announced Windows Phone 7 device (LG Optimus 7) 10:43 into the 20 minute video up pops the applications list and right there sitting at the top is the '360 My Web' application which those of you on Vodafone wi...
A couple of adverts featuring the HTC Mondrian have appeared online. They're arrived, as most Windows Phone 7 information, through rather unofficial channels but show the approach that Microsoft are taking in their new marketing campaign. The ads show...
CNET have picked up on the fact Windows Phone 7 will not have tethering support and there is no idea if they will ever include this service into the new OS. CNET have posted: A Microsoft official recently suggested that it would be up to cellular carr...
Further specs of the HTC 7 Trophy have now emerged along with another picture, this time containing the new HTC Hub we spotted last week. The device, which is now also known as the "HTC Spark", is different to the HTC HD7 / HD3 we saw yesterday but …
After yesterday's announcement that all five major UK networks would be ranging Windows Phone 7 phones, Three have followed up with a competition to win one. The announcement on Three's blog states the network will be carry "a" Windows Phone 7 d...
Upcoming Windows Phone 7 devices are appearing in leaked photos on the web more regularly now. Yesterday the HTC 7 Trophy got snapped and now this, which we presume is a different handset, is purported to be the "HD3". On the bottom there's a microUSB...
Microsoft have just confirmed that Windows Phone 7 will launch on every UK network. Vodafone, o2, Orange, T-Mobile and Three have all signed up to be part of the launch with Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U retailing it too. Alex Reeve, Director of...
This, according to the guys at pocketnow.com, is the new HTC 7 Trophy. Inside should be the new HTC Sense / HTC Sense Hub / HTC Portal and meanwhile, outside, there's three buttons up-front, a power button on top and a microUSB connector on the side. ...
At last, Microsoft is to expand the Zune Pass Internationally. The system is integral to the Windows Phone 7 handsets and provides music and video purchases through a monthly subscription. The roll-out is a little fragmented however, with some Europea...
Was it really just 3 days ago that the Desire Z and HD were announced? Well, that seems to be long enough for someone to get the Desire HD ROM, complete with all the new HTC Sense goodness, into the usually Windows Mobile-powered HTC HD2. It's early d...
Microsoft are up against it. Windows Phone 7 has to be good in order to compete. There's some who say it'll take years to even get a tiny share of the market, no matter how good it is. Bing, for example, is very good at what it does, …
Just yesterday we posted our thoughts on the HTC event. We asked HTC repeatedly about how HTC Sense would work on Windows Phone 7. We just couldn't see how all this Android-based cool stuff would possibly "fit" into the all-new Microsoft world. We kep...
With Windows Phone 7 now tantalisingly close it's good to see developers being given opportunities to be part of the new OS. A Windows Phone 7 Developer Day is being held in Manchester on October 7th. It's a community-led event and is completely free ...
This is the BIG news of the night for all T-Mobile UK customers and that is the brand new HTC Desire HD which was just announced a few hours ago will be coming to the network sometime in October... yes just next month!. The Desire HD is being …
We spotted the LG E900 just a couple of weeks back and now it's appeared again on Danish website TV2. Running Windows Phone 7 it's got a 3.7" screen and inside there's a 1GHz CPU. We're unable to gleam much else from the Danish text but it's good …
A line-up of perhaps six new Windows Mobile 7 devices has leaked all over engadget with HTC and Samsung devices listed on AT&T in the USA. The HTC Surround is listed but it's not a device we've heard of before and only shows on the leaked images as …
More spy shots from an inventory system and this time it's the rumoured "HTC 7 Trophy". These are again from BestBoyz.de and seem to point to an upcoming Windows Phone 7 device for Vodafone. As to what this "HTC 7 Trophy" is, we're still a little uns...
Remember the HTC Peep issues? Android-powered HTC owners had their Twitter client back on the air just a few days after big Twitter changes but Windows Mobile owners have been having issues for 10 days straight but this morning it looks like everythin...
Microsoft appear to be having a little fun in Seattle with some celebrations to mark the completion of Windows Phone 7. A parade took place around the Microsoft campus with some floats carry the theme of "Burying the competition". Harmless fun? Well,...
If you're a HTC Peep user everything should now be fixed and you can Tweet again. Unfortunately that's not strictly true if you're using a Windows Mobile user. The Windows Mobile version is still giving an error message and, from what we're hearing fr...
In a blog post today Andy Lees, Senior VP for Mobile Communications at Microsoft, has followed up on the earlier RTM announcement. Andy quotes the few sites who got to see Windows Phone 7 in action and states that .. “We know that we face tough ...
Last month we spotted a Samsung prototype running Windows Phone 7. Samsung are confirmed as hardware partners for the new OS alongside LG, HTC, Asus and Dell. However, after Motorola decided not to take part it's a little worrying to see Samsung now s...
Right, are you ready for this one? Remember a couple of months ago when the HTC HD3 was rumoured? Well, according to engadget it may just be sold as the HTC HD7, presumably in honour of Windows Phone 7. The new handset could be onsale here in the …
Slap bang in the middle of a rather large Apple event came this Tweet from the boys at Windows Phone. The news is that Windows Phone 7 has gone "gold" with the RTM (release to manufacturing) of the OS. There's still some "final integration" to get eve...
Just yesterday the keyboard-less LG E900 popped onto the web. It's a new Windows Phone 7 device with HD video recording, 1GHz CPU and a 3.7" screen. Stick a keyboard on that, shrink the screen a little and you pretty much get this, the LG C900. This i...
