Archive for the ‘Platforms: Windows Phone’ Category

Nokia to Launch WP7 Store

April 22nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft and Nokia have signed their cooperation agreement earlier than both expected and that brought some interesting news to the table. Nokia is the first vendor that will have their own WP7 store.

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Microsoft Plans Big Windows Phone Update

April 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Somewhere along autumn, Microsoft is planning a big update for Windows Phone 7. This update is called Mango and will bring developers a lot of new abilities.

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Microsoft Launches New WP7 Development Tool

April 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft has launched the beta version of Touch Studio, a new development sapp for their Windows Phone 7 devices. O yeah, it is an app that you need to run on your WP 7 device.

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Windows Phone 7, One Year Later

March 31st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft’s Brandon Watson posted some interesting numbers on Windows Phone 7, that turned one year old today. The SDK has been downloaded 1.5 million times and 36.000 developers subscribed to AppHub.

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AdMob to Support Windows Phone 7

March 16th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Google’s AdMob is ready to spread their new Windows Phone 7 SDK amongst developers. At the same time, AdMob will be updating the SDK’s they released for Android and iOS developers.

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Microsoft’s Zune Hardware EOL!?

March 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | 1 Comment »

According to an anonymous source at Bloomberg, Microsoft is set to end production of new Zune media players. Zune never made it outside of the US and never managed to be a real competitor to the iPod.

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Try Before You Buy Successful on Windows Phone 7

March 10th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Following our report on the Dutch market yesterday, Microsoft released more metrics on the Windows Phone Marketplace. The total app count is now at 9.000, up 1.000 in about a month.

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Three Updates for Symbian in 2011

March 10th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Though Nokia has been reported to be sacking part of it’s Symbian developers, the vendor announced that it still expects to roll out three updates for the Symbian platform in 2011.

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Dutch Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Metrics

March 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft NL has released some interesting metrics on Dutch Windows Phone 7 developers. Even though the country has not officially launched yet, it seems like the platform is already gaining in popularity.

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MWC: Scoreloop Adds Windows Phone 7 Support

February 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Speaking at the International Mobile Game Awards, Scoreloop CEO Marc Gumpinger invited developers to sign up for the beta of Scoreloop’s Windows Phone 7 SDK.