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[1 Nov 2010 | No Comment | 130 views]
Windows Phone 7 Gets Netflix

Netflix announced via their blog today, that we can expect to add Windows Phone 7 to the long list of devices that will be able to instantly stream Netflix movies and TV shows.

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[1 Sep 2010 | 2 Comments | 44 views]
Microsoft’s Billion Dollar Bet

According to Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg who met with Microsoft at their Redmond headquarters, Microsoft is anticipating investing a billion dollars into Windows Phone 7. Read more about Goldberg’s analysis.

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[12 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | 38 views]
Microsoft Better Bring Out The Big Guns, This Is Smartphone War

With the market already filled to the brim with iPhone and Android users, Microsoft is going to have to come out with guns blazing to offer consumers a new perspective on mobile devices…

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[9 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | 105 views]
Is Mac Support Vital For Zune To Steal Market Share?

In a recent Engadget interview with Joe Belfiore the question of Mac support for Windows Phone 7 was raised.

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[2 Aug 2010 | 4 Comments | 216 views]
Windows Phone 7 Global Release Dates Starting October

According to Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, Windows Phone 7 will launch in October for Europe and November for the US. Already Microsoft evangelists are desperately trying to dish out dev-phones…

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[21 Jul 2010 | 7 Comments | 67 views]
Is WP7 “Weak” Or A Sleeping Giant? Our Take: It’s About Priorities

Earlier this week Jay Yarow, Editor and Author for Business Insider, rehashed a review by Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky about some of Microsoft’s weaknesses of the WP7 platform. Well, I am here to categorically deny the charges on behalf of the OS giant (no, sadly I am not being paid) because most of the problems are a simple matter of priorities. Sorry Jay and Josh, but we need to fully examine these weaknesses one more time.

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[6 Jul 2010 | 12 Comments | 306 views]

The phone has an incredibly unique style in its interface, which Microsoft has codenamed “Metro”. The interface has been designed not only to be as functional as the iPhone or Android platforms, but also to be as elegant as, oh let’s say, Pietà by Michelangelo.

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[3 Jul 2010 | 8 Comments | 401 views]
Windows Phone 7 BART Sample App

A while back, Microsoft announced the Windows Mobile 7 platform as a game-changing competitor in the mobile app market. I was excited because I heard that the tools made development extremely quick and easy-to-do but I wanted to learn more, so I decided to build an app.

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[2 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 75 views]

This is the sexiest app I have seen. And it’s on Windows Phone 7. I’ve tried to imagine how replicate this app style using the Android or iPhone platforms but I remain. This app has been developed using Silverlight, and I bet it took a relatively short amount of time to build thanks to very easy-to-use developer tools like Microsoft’s Expression Blend 4.  Microsoft has revamped their mobile platform from the ground up to create Windows Phone 7. The platform is focused on aesthetics, function, and usability. Microsoft will introduce …

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[1 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 12 views]
Windows Phone 7 Development

In my opinion Windows Phone 7 offers the sexiest development languages and tools.