New Windows Phone 7 Developer ROM Includes Office
Click for full-size. A recent update to the Windows Phone 7 toolset for developers has been unlocked with new images demonstrating the dialer app, uninstall option for applications and Office built-in along with more changes to the user interface.
Windows Phone 7 Slides Detail Device Updates, Hardware and Live ID Requirements
A series of slides has surfaced detailing the update process for future devices running Windows Phone 7 and additional information on device specifications along with account control and manufacturer control.
Breaking: Dell Lightning with Windows Phone 7 and LTE Support Leaks
Image courtesy of Engadget The first images and specifications for Dell’s first Windows Phone 7 device have surfaced in the Lightning. The Lightning is a vertical slider with a 1GHz QSD8250 Snapdragon processor, QWERTY keyboard, WVGA resolution 4.1-inch OLED display, AT&T and T-Mobile 3G support, 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera, 1GB of flash with 512MB RAM […]
More Bad WP7S News: No Clipboard At Launch
Perhaps we’ll all look back on MIX’10 not as a conference of success for Microsoft’s reinvention of their mobile platform, but for the week they let all the bad news out at once. After we dismissed the platform editorially, Microsoft confirmed that not only are multitasking, open native code, and memory card support gutted from […]
Microsoft Confirms No Windows Phone 7 Upgrades for Windows Mobile 6.5 Devices
Natasha Kwan, Microsoft’s General Manager for Mobile Communications Business in the Asia-Pacific market, has stated that all current Windows Mobile 6.x.x devices will not be upgraded to Windows Phone Series 7, including the HTC HD2 that many have not met initial specifications “because it doesn’t have the three buttonsâ€, pointing to the requirement that Windows […]
Adobe Kills Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, Focusing on Windows Phone 7
An official Adobe employee has confirmed on the official developer forum that the Flash platform developer has decided to end development of Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, citing the lack of “support [for]some of the critical APIs that we need”, despite having previously committed to deploying Flash 10.1 on current generation hardware running Windows […]
Microsoft Clarifies to PhoneNews.com, Windows Mobile 6.5 Not Going Away
Earlier this week, Microsoft executives commented to ZDNet that Windows Mobile was “dead”. It appears that only applies to certain target markets however. “Windows Mobile is dead,” said Aaron Woodman, director of the Mobile Communications Business for Microsoft’s Consumer Experiences Product Management team. – Tom’s Guide With Windows Phone 7 Series devices having high requirements, […]