XDA-Developers member “Noticed” discovered a pretty simple trick that might result in you getting your Windows Phone 7 update sooner than you’re supposed to. This is an alternative to another VPN/Dialup method floating around and it’s pretty simple. Unfortunately it only works for devices who’s status is in the “Delivering Update” phase as indicated on Microsoft’s Where’s my phone update status page. You’re probably thinking, “If it’s set to the Delivering Update phase, why didn’t …
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What Does This New Windows Phone 7 Button Do?
If you saw the video about the Dark Forces Team showing Windows Phone 7’s latest “NoDo” update running on an old HTC HD2, like some of our readers you may have noticed another device show up on camera that seems to be Windows Phone 7 with an extra button on the programs listing. It’s definitely not something that was added in the NoDo release. Could the Dark Forces Team be testing a build of Mango? …
Continue readingLG P990 Optimus 2x Unboxing
We just got the new LG P990 Optimus 2X Android smartphone. This one is the first with a dual-core 1Ghz Nvidia Tegra processor, so we should expect some impressive performance. Here’s our unboxing video. You’ll see it only comes with a regular microUSB cable, headphones, and charger. Unfortunately there was no HDMI cable in the box. The box and packaging itself was pretty nicely designed though with varnished sections against a matte black in order …
Continue readingHow Not to Hold Your Windows Phone Camera
This may seem obvious to some, but then again, I’ve mistakenly held my Windows Phone 7 the wrong way once or twice while trying to use the “pocket to picture” feature where you simply hold down the camera button for a few seconds in order to launch straight into the phone’s camera app in order to quickly take a picture. The problem is that if your hand is covering the phone’s proximity sensor, the phone …
Continue readingSeamless Conferencing With Lync in WP7 and Windows 7
Michael Gannotti and Brent Whichel have posted a video showing how to transfer a Microsoft Lync conference call session from a Windows 7 Tablet PC to a Windows Phone 7. It would seem this workflow could work with any phone, however we have heard rumors of a Microsoft Lync client coming specifically to Windows Phone 7 in the future. We expect that to bring more features and better integration with Microsoft’s Lync services, but in …
Continue readingIlomilo Mini Coming to Android
We have just spotted my personal favorite Windows Phone 7 Game, ilomilo, at CTIA on an Android device. It looks like Southend Interactive and Qualcomm are working on a “Mini” version of this game for Android. There is also an even more comprehensive version of ilomilo available for the Xbox 360. We’re not sure if this will be a free version with only a small number of levels, but the “mini” in the title would …
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