Tag: windows phone

O2 Windows Phone 7 site goes live

O2 have put live the Windows Phone 7 area of their site, dedicated to the HTC HD7, which they have an exclusive on.  There is lots of info on the phone itself, as well as a chance to win one.  The phone will be available from Thursday (21st …

Omnia 7 HD Voice Enabled On Orange

Conor from Orange has just tweeted that the Omnia 7 will be HD Voice enabled on the Orange UK network. This is great news! "News just in: I've just heard the Samsung Omnia 7 (Windows Phone 7) will be HD Voice enabled on Orange in the UK #wp7"

T-Mobile UK Launch WP7 Section

It is no secret that T-Mobile UK are going to stock the Samsung Omnia 7 starting from 21st October (and the pricing is now on the official site).  However the company have now launched a dedicated section of the website for the new Windows Phone ...

Spotify for Windows Mobile 6 & Windows Phone 7

Spotify have released a mobile app for their Premium service for Windows Mobile 6.x phones AND announced that their will be a Windows Phone 7 app coming as well!  There aren't many WP7 apps out there yet, so its great to hear someone like Spotify...

See the new HTC Windows Phones in video

A whole raft of videos have been added by HTC this morning. The HTC 7 Trophy, HTC 7 Mozart, HTC HD7 and HTC 7 Surround are all featured, just click on to view them here. If you want a closer look at Windows Phone 7 do keep an …

Windows Phone 7 comes to… Macs?!

Ok, I had to check was actually awake when I read this, but Microsoft have announced that a tool to allow sync'ing to a Windows Phone 7 will be released for OS X later this year!  Microsoft said "Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta av...

Order Samsung Omnia 7 On T-Mobile Now

Only minutes after posting about you can soon buy the Samsung Omnia 7 on T-Mobile we visit their online shop and there it is ready to order!. As expected the Omnia 7 is free from £35 a month and that gets you 900 Minutes, 500 Texts, a Flexible …

T-Mobile To Stock Samsung Omnia 7

Although not showing on the official T-Mobile UK website yet, there has been a press release gone out from the network confirming they are getting the Samsung Omnia 7 and it will go on sale starting 21st October. The Omnia 7 will be free from £3...

HTC 7 Mozart now live on the Orange site – Test it out

Orange are getting ready for potential Windows Phone 7 buyers with this HTC 7 Mozart page in the Orange Shop. You can get a demo of the handset, spin it around and get more details on the device including the 8GB memory, Dolby mobile and Orange apps. ...

Windows Phone 7 Launch Day – Video special

We were in London yesterday for the big Windows Phone 7 launch. Part of the event came via a video feed from New York City, where Steve Ballmer used some sort of magic stage to show the latest Windows Phone 7 devices. If you missed it the whole …

Windows Phone 7 Launch Day – The pics

We took a number of snaps today but, due to a rather unreliable data connection, we couldn't upload them fast enough. Here is our selection from today, and we'll have more to come shortly. We wanted to have a chat with the great Stephen Fry but he see...

Microsoft site shows Windows Phone 7 handsets and networks

Not had enough Windows Phone 7 news today? Want a bit more? Well, if you head over to the official Windows Phone website you can see what phones are available on what network in your country. The GB page shows Three UK (H3G) with their Samsung Omnia 7...

Windows Phone 7 – The fight-back begins

I won't bother repeating myself. Microsoft are in a pretty tough place right now. The iPhone turned everything inside out in 2007, then Android swept in and gained remarkable traction in the market. Microsoft repeatedly got knocked down, their existin...

HTC Trophy Sim Free For £429.99

Today HTC announced a range of new devices all running Windows Phone 7.  Nothing was said about 'Sim Free' devices from HTC range and looking at information online it seems that at least here in the UK unless you want to be tied town to a particu...

Three to range Samsung Omnia 7

Three have announced they will be ranging the Samsung Omnia 7 for Windows Mobile 7, and it will be available from 21st October AND they will take pre-orders from tomorrow!  Three's only Windows Mobile venture so far was the TyTn II, so great to s...

LG Optimus 7 – now official!

Although this has had a few leaks, including an accidental "official" one earlier, LG have now officially launched the LG Optimus 7 running Windows Phone 7.  The phone has a 3.8" screen at 800x480 pixels, along with 16gb of internal memory. ...

HTC announce BIG range of Windows Mobile 7 phones!

HTC were the original Windows Mobile hardware provider, and perhaps its no surprise they have put a lot of weight behind Windows Phone 7.  But by anyone's standards, they have gone big, announcing five Windows Phone 7 handsets today!  The HT...

O2 announce HTC HD7 Windows Mobile 7

O2 have just announced they have an exclusive on the HTC HD7, and it will be available from 21st October.This is one of the brand new Windows Phone 7's being announced as week speak - see our live coverage here.  The device has 16gb of stora...

Windows Phone 7 Arrives – Official Details

We've just had the official press release. Windows Phone 7 is now here. In Europe there's some initial information about networks, although the release we have below only covers Orange, o2 and Vodafone in the UK - we presume that the other networks wi...

Windows Phone Launch event – LIVE

We're here, we're live. It's a million degrees Celcius here at ICA in London but we're gonna sweat it out. In front of us is a stage with 6 device holders and a huge Windows Phone logo. Let the fun commence.. Update - OK, the event is now …

HTC Announce New Windows Phone 7 Devices

>Today HTC have announced some exciting Windows Phone 7 devices to the world and after getting some hands on time recently you really have to try one out yourself to appreciate all the work put into getting the best possible user experience which is s...

Whoops – LG Optimus 7 revealed before official launch

The LG Optimus 7 hasn't exactly been shy - it's already appeared in video and official-ish shots. Today, just ahead of the official launch, it briefly appeared on the LG Blog. This device will have a 3.8" WVGA (800x480) screen, 16GB on storage (no mic...

Samsung Omnia 7 Announced a little too early

I'm currently sat on a train heading for the big Microsoft event in London but already there's a Samsung device poking out from the curtains. This is the Samsung Omnia 7 and we're kinda getting the feeling that most Windows Phone 7 devices will end up...

HD7 Pictured on T-Mobile USA?

OK, we're hoping this will all make a bit more sense tomorrow. This apparently us the T-Mobile version of the Schubert. It looks a little different than the earlier shots but, at a guess, it could be that this is a US version. Honestly, I'll just be g...

Leaked slides show 2000 apps for Windows Phone 7

The Windows Phone 7 launch is now getting extremely close. Engadget have picked out some slides from Three UK showing an availability / launch date of October 21st - a week on Thursday. There's some other juicy details, including the fact that 2,000 a...

HTC Schubert. ROM leaked – o2 named

Hmm.. we're a little unsure on the findings here, but it looks like o2 will be getting the HTC Schubert (HTC HD7). This leaked ROM from the Schubert has o2 branding and, inside, the HTC Hub with some other HTC tools. Join us on Monday for all the …

New Windows Phone 7 Preview videos online

Some new Windows Phone 7 demo videos have just been posted by Microsoft on their YouTube channel. We're a little puzzled with some of them though - the "Get in the Game" video just shows you the Games Hub Tile .. just that.. for 30 seconds. Surely a …

o2 adds a dedicated Windows Phone 7 section

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...

Windows Phone 7 Launch – Be there

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...

Windows Phone 7 is here! Oh, wait.. no, that’s Lego..

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, …

LG E900 Gets official shots

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...

HTC Mozart coming to Orange UK – Support pages online

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...

Windows Phone 7 – HTC Mozart specs leakage

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...

Windows Phone 7 – October 11th launch confirmed

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 -...

HTC HD7 Now in video, photo and spec bonanza

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...

New Windows Phone 7 Promo Video online

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...

Microsoft say "Oh no Moto"

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 get ready for Windows Phone 7

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...

HTC Spark in cheeky photo session

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...