Tag: windows
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Mango update brings 500 new features to Windows Phone 7
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has revealed the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update will reveal 500 new features. The announcement came during the Microsoft Developer Forum 2011, where Steve also covered Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype. We already know that the first major Windows Phone 7 update, Mango, will feature a mass of new email features, new apps…
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Windows Mobile 6.x officially dies on July 15th
Remember Windows Mobile 6 and 6.5? Such fond memories…No? Us neither. Microsoft has decided that enough is enough for Windows Mobile 6, and so they’ve announced that as of July 15th, the mobile phone operating system will begin to shut down. From the 15th onwards, Microsoft will not be accepting new applications or updates to…
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Angry Birds for Windows Phone pushed back to June 29th
Angry Birds. Angrier gamers? The popular game featuring those addictive aggravated avians was set to land on Windows Phone on May 25th but now it seems that fans of Angry Birds won’t get their fix until at least June 29th. No word whether this pushback relates to friction between the game’s makers Rovio and Microsoft…
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Six “Must Have” Xbox LIVE games coming to Windows Phone 7, starting May 25th
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Microsoft has announced a new Xbox LIVE gaming initiative for the Windows Phone 7 platform, bringing no less than six games to the platform that it describes as “Must Have”. Starting May 25th, Microsoft will add a new Xbox LIVE title to the WP7 Marketplace each week for six weeks. There’s going to be some…
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Windows Phone 7 Mango Update business productivity features
Microsoft’s Paul Bryan, Senior Director of Business Experiences and Product Management for Windows Phone, has taken to the web via the Windows Phone Blog to detail the business productivity features of the Mango update. Bryan has stated that the forthcoming update (of which we will get more information at the coming press conference in New…
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Microsoft to buy Nokia’s Mobile business?
Please not that the following is strictly a rumour… nothing more, nothing less. Its seems that Nokia may be further into the Windows Phone 7 deal than initially speculated, as a rumour is currently going around that Nokia themselves are next week going to enter into talks with Microsoft to sell off its mobile phone…
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Latest details on Mango update for Windows Phone – including Messenger, Office and Games Hubs
Mango – the fruity little update for Windows Phone – will bring with it masses of social appeal through a “Messenger Hub” with integration of Microsoft’s own Live Messenger plus AOL Instant Messenger and Facebook chat. There will also be improved WiFi for Places “Check-ins” for Facebookers. It’s an update that is also always ready…
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Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update expected on 24 May
Microsofts Windows Phone 7 operating system is looking set to get its latest 7.5 ‘Mango’ OS update in the next few weeks which is a way off the original Summer/Autumn release that was previously anticipated. Microsoft has just sent out invites for a Windows Phone event that is set for the morning of May 24,…
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Windows Phone 7 Mango update brings new Bing features
Microsoft’s “Developer” Mango update for the Windows Phone 7 OS is set to bring some big changes to the OS with more than the advertised, as the multitasking, IE9, HTML5 and Twitter integration is well known but it’s come to light that Microsoft has also chucked in a whole load of new Bing features to…
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Pay for your Windows Phone apps through your mobile bill with Orange
Orange has announced that as of now, Windows Phone 7 users on their network will be able to opt to pay for in-app content as a part of their monthly bill, rather than paying by paypal or credit card. Many games including Angry Birds offer gamers the chance to purchase extras while in the game…
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Windows 8 “app store” – Further proof? Concept mirrors Apple store
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Further proof may have emerged of a Windows 8 app store after a code check obtained references relating to what closely resembles Apple’s own one-stop app-shop. Reports and graphics released by Windows8Italia contain details of a Microsoft version of the app store (name not final, hold back those lawyers Apple!). The store is set to…
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E2Vids: HTC HD 7 review
Our good friends at E2Save.com have provided us with one of their latest videos which is a review of the Windows Phone 7 sporting Smartphone, the HTC HD 7. Oh yes. The HTC HD 7 gets the e2vids treatment. You know what, we liked the bold move by Microsoft with the their own OS interface.…