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Windows Phone 7 grows market share in May, still far behind Android, iOS

Windows Phone 7 grows market share in May, still far behind Android, iOS

Posted on Jun 16, 2011 by MG1

According to Millennial Media's latest report on the smartphone industry in the U.S., Windows Phone 7 has seen some significant growth in the past month, though its market share still pales in compari...

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Another reporter finds anti-Windows Phone 7 bias at carriers' retail locations

Another reporter finds anti-Windows Phone 7 bias at carriers' retail locations

Posted on Jun 15, 2011 by MG1

As we reported last weekend, a "Secret Shopper" known only by PC Magazine went to stores offering products from the nation's top four carriers. Her mission was to ask for a Windows Phone 7 handset and...

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Windows Phone 7 emulator skin shrunk for the vertically disadvantaged

Windows Phone 7 emulator skin shrunk for the vertically disadvantaged

Posted on Jun 14, 2011 by MG1

Tezawaly from nanapho.jp has done anyone who it trying to play with the Windows Phone 7 emulator on a wide-screen machine a favour by shrinking down the rather hefty skin surrounding it.
At the moment...

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Microsoft Wants Android devs to work on Windows Phone 7 apps too, offers “translation dictionary”

Microsoft Wants Android devs to work on Windows Phone 7 apps too, offers “translation dictionary”

Posted on Jun 13, 2011 by MG1

When it comes to developing apps for smartphones typical developers go with the most popular platforms, which are Android and iOS. Android developers are being encouraged to come develop their apps fo...

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Windows Phone 7 only second to Android in developer adoption plans

Windows Phone 7 only second to Android in developer adoption plans

Posted on Jun 09, 2011 by MG1

VisionMobile did some interesting research with 850 developers who completed a detail online survey, and the results are quite revealing.
According to them, while only 36% of developers were working o...

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My Phone for Windows Mobile shutting down 6th October

My Phone for Windows Mobile shutting down 6th October

Posted on Jun 09, 2011 by MG1

In its day My Phone for Windows Mobile was a pretty good service, and offered features which we still have not seen in Windows Phone 7.
However all good things must come to an end, and as Microsoft ph...

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Windows Phone 7 is getting 8 new Xbox Live games; available

Windows Phone 7 is getting 8 new Xbox Live games; available "in the coming months"

Posted on Jun 08, 2011 by MG1

Considering that the E3 Expo is being held all this week in Los Angeles, where gaming is the name of the game, it’s a fitting for Microsoft to announce some upcoming games that will be arriving for th...

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WP7 chief "flattered" by imitation in iOS5

Posted on Jun 08, 2011 by MG1

Joe Belfiore, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Windows Phone, said via Twitter yesterday that he was "flattered" by many of the features announced for iOS5. He noted that Twitter integration, t...

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Windows Phone 7 policy changed to stop inflated app counts

Windows Phone 7 policy changed to stop inflated app counts

Posted on Jun 06, 2011 by MG1

Microsoft took a step to make its Windows Phone 7 app growth more realistic on Friday with an outreach to developers. App certifications would now be capped at 20 per day. Developers will still have t...

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AT&T wishes Windows Phone 7 was selling better

AT&T wishes Windows Phone 7 was selling better

Posted on Jun 06, 2011 by MG1

In May we had a senior VP of AT&T noting that Windows Phone 7 was “doing fine” on the “premier carrier” for the OS, but fast forward a month later and we have AT&T’s CEO of Mobility Ralph De La Vega s...

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Windows Phone 7 Mango will automatically create a family group

Windows Phone 7 Mango will automatically create a family group

Posted on Jun 06, 2011 by MG1

One of the new Windows Phone 7 Mango features is groups, a feature which allows the user to group anyone from their contacts together and send them either text messages or email, and also to monitor t...

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Amazon.com offers $25 gift card with purchase of any Windows Phone 7 device

Amazon.com offers $25 gift card with purchase of any Windows Phone 7 device

Posted on Jun 06, 2011 by MG1

Amazon.com is having a neat offer for those of you looking to grab a Windows Phone 7 device. The online retailer is offering a $25 gift card to anyone who grabs a smartphone running Microsoft’s latest...

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Confirmed: No TomTom for Windows Phone 7 in the offing

Confirmed: No TomTom for Windows Phone 7 in the offing

Posted on May 31, 2011 by MG3

A few months ago we had a report that TomTom had no plans for a Windows Phone 7 version, and many readers dismissed it as it come from their customer service department.

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Homebrew backup tool for Windows Phone 7 released

Homebrew backup tool for Windows Phone 7 released

Posted on May 31, 2011 by MG3

Microsoft is designing Windows Phone 7 with the intent that nothing can ever go wrong, but we know the reality is that nothing is fool proof. Sometimes things go so wrong that the only answer is a har...

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Microsoft makes more in Android royalties than Windows Phone

Microsoft makes more in Android royalties than Windows Phone

Posted on May 30, 2011 by MG2

Microsoft is making five times more money from its Android royalty schemes than from its own Windows Phone 7 platform, Asymco's Horace Dediu said in a dissection of a Citi research note. Based on clai...

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