Microsoft October 11th Windows Phone 7 Event with T-Mobile Confirmed
Microsoft’s Developer Events portal has confirmed the long rumored October 11th Windows Phone 7 launch event at Microsoft’s New York Technology Center. With the usual keynotes from Microsoft executives confirmed, demonstrations of applications and hardware will be provided by T-Mobile representatives during the event, a marked change from the long expected and rumored AT&T presence, […]
FCC Reveals LG GW910 Windows Phone 7 Device with AT&T 3G
The FCC has revealed the first images of one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices in the LG GW910, possibly destined for AT&T on account of its support for its 3G bands as described in testing documents. Outside of 3G support, no other radio support such as Wi-Fi or GPS is mentioned nor is […]
Sling Media Developing Higher Resolution SlingPlayer Mobile App for iPad, Windows Phone 7 Series
Sling Media Mobile Prouct Marketing Manager Dave Eyler has stated that the company is “actively moving towards H.264” and Silverlight support for Windows Phone 7 Series as well as delivering streaming with resolutions beyond the current 320×240 resolution supported on the Sling Player Mobile client when speaking to Dave Zatz. Sling Media has also stated […]
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 […]
MIX10: No Memory Expansion Slots or Multitasking in Windows Phone 7 Series
Following up on the confirmation of the Marketplace as the only approved method for application distribution, Microsoft Windows Phone representative Charlie Kindel has confirmed that devices running Windows Phone 7 Series will not feature memory card slots, instead opting for high capacity internal Flash memory with the goal to provide enough storage for applications and […]
MIX 2010: Windows Phone Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Series Detailed
Microsoft has released more details on the revamped Windows Phone Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Series. The new Marketplace will integrate seamlessly with Windows Phone 7 Series, allowing for the same view options found across the menu selections in the operatring system with support for credit card purchases, operator billing, and ad-supported content. It will […]
MIX 2010: Windows Phone Series 7 Developer Partners Announced
Following up, Microsoft has also announced the first slate of developer partners for Windows Phone Series 7. The following companies and developers will make up the first wave of applications available on the platform this holiday season: The Associated Press Archetype International AWS Convergence Technologies (Weatherbug) Citrix Systems Clarity Consulting Cypress Consulting EA Mobile Fandango […]
MIX 2010: Microsoft Offering Free Tools for Windows Phone Series 7 Development
To kick off its MIX 2010 conference, Microsoft has announced during the conference that it has begun offering the toolset necessary for the development of future Windows Phone Series 7 applications at no additional charge. The new toolset consists of Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone and the Silverlight-focused Expression Blend for Windows Phone, […]
Windows Phone Series 7 to Feature Flash in Internet Explorer Mobile Along With Silverlight
Adobe’s Principal Product Manager for Flash Mike Chambers has released a statement on his personal blog concerning Flash on Windows Phone 7 Series. In the statement, Chambers elaborates that “Adobe and Microsoft are working together to bring Flash Player 10.1 to Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Phone 7 Series.” Chambers didn’t state a timeframe for […]
Microsoft Confirms Clean Slate from Windows Mobile: No Backwards Compatibility on Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Phone 7 Series will represent a clean break from the current Windows Mobile codebase that has formed the basis of Windows Phone Classic. Because of the focus on Windows Phone 7 Series to integrate newer technologies and platforms such as Silverlight and XNA, existing applications built on the current platform […]