Archive for the ‘Platforms: Windows Phone’ Category

Shazam, Seesmic and Other Apps go Live on Windows Marketplace

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Over the night, a few interesting apps have launched on Windows Marketplace that will allow Microsoft to target Windows Phone 7 directly at the competition.

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Bedrock to Support Windows Phone 7

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Metismo has announced that their Bedrock platform will support the new Windows Phone 7 platform Microsoft showed off just yesterday.

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Windows Phone 7, The Day After

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Yesterday was a great day for Microsoft as Windows Phone 7 finally had its international launch. In this post, we do a quick recap of the information we got hold of during and after the presentation at Microsoft HQ NL.

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Windows Phone 7 Liveblog

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

We are here, at Microsoft HQ in The Netherlands, waiting for the Livestream to start. We already know the releasedate for Europe is October 21st and the US will see the first devices in November. Refresh this page to check the latest news about Windows Phone 7.

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LG UK Shows Optimus 7 Ahead of Microsoft Announcements

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Telstra is not the only company leaking device data today. LG UK wrote up a blog post showing the LG Optimus 7, their first Windows Phone 7 device. Shortly after the media picked it up, the company took the post down.

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Telstra Confirms October 21st Launchdate for Windows Phone 7

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

According to Australian operator Telstra, the first Windows Mobile devices will be hitting their stores on the 21st of October. They didn’t really announce it thought.

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Rovio ‘Angry’ About Microsoft’s PR

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | 1 Comment »

While most launch partners are totally happy with the PR push Microsoft is giving them in regards to the launch of Windows Phone 7, the company seems to have stepped on the toes of Rovio.

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Windows Phone to launch with 2.000 apps!?

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

We are only hours away from the Windows Phone 7 launch and already our mailbox is stuffed with rumors. One of them says that Windows Marketplace for WP7 will be launching with 2.000 apps.

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Microsoft Enables Visual Basic Support for Windows Phone 7

September 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Visual Basic, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Good news for Visual Studio fans all over the world as Microsoft has announced it will enable Windows Phone 7 support from the development suite.

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Microsoft to Prioritize XBLA Windows Phone games

September 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone, Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Michael Klucher, the project manager of the XNA Community Game Platform has announced on his blog that mobile games that include Xbox Live support will get premium placement on the Windows Phone games hub.

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