Yesterday was the first day for U.S. availability of three devices running Windows Phone 7. If you were one of the lucky ones who went to a participating AT&T store, you may have also won admission to the free Katy Perry New York or Marroon 5 San Francisco Windows Phone 7 launch parties. We got to go to Katy Perry’s party in New York City and it was pretty amazing. There were Windows Phone 7 …
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Samsung Continuum Hands-On (Video)
The Samsung Continuum was shown at a press event tonight in New York City and we were there to get some hands-on with the new device. It’s got a single capacitive Super AMOLED screen with 3 sections to it. A primary section holds the normal Android operating system display area, a middle section displays the capacitive menu, home, back, and search buttons, while a 3rd section shows ticker information. This can be anything from social …
Continue readingProof: HTC HD7 Camera Showing Worse Pink Tinge Than HD2
Lately there have been some reports of the new HTC HD7 having a pink tint to its photos. We decided to test it out on a white door and compare the images with the same pictures from the HTC Surround and the old HTC HD2, as well as a professional Nikon D300 DSLR. Above you’ll see 100% pixel-for-pixel strips of images taken with each device. What’s interesting is that while the HD7 does have a …
Continue readingBuy a WP7 from Microsoft, Get 3 Months Free Zune Pass
As you already know, three new Windows Phone 7 devices are now on sale in the U.S. on T-Mobile and AT&T. Microsoft has a nice deal on their website where you’ll get a 3 Months free Zune Pass when you buy the HTC HD7, HTC Surround, or Samsung Focus with a new contract. Check out the Microsoft store to take advantage of the deal. The down-side is that you’ll have to wait for your phone …
Continue readingT-Mobile Selling HTC HD7 Early at Some Stores
As you all know, the U.S. launch date for Windows Phone 7 is Monday, November 8th. You’ll be able to get the Samsung Focus or HTC Surround on AT&T, but what about the HTC HD7 coming to T-Mobile USA? It turns out, many T-Mobile stores have had the HD7 in stock for over a week now. Originally they were not supposed to sell any until November 15th so you might not see any on display. …
Continue readingT-Mobile HTC HD7 Software Tour (Video)
The T-Mobile version of the HTC HD7 comes with a few bundled apps that were bundled special for the carrier. Unfortunately we’re not talking about a huge amount of innovation. You get the T-Mobile Family Room app which will let you connect family members with T-Mobile branded Windows Phone 7 devices in order to share notes and calendars. There’s also the TeleNav GPS navigation program which is similar to the one we’ve seen on AT&T …
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