Mary Jo Foley of ZDnet has been hearing rumors that a verions of Internet Explorer 9 will be appearing on Windows Phone 7 as part of the “Mango” update expected to appear later this year. The release candidate of IE 9 for Windows 7/Vista was actually just released today. You can download it here if you’d like to try it, and I highly recommend that you do. There are some very impressive performance and usability …
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Bing Mobile vs. Bing Mobile (Video)
With all of these different mobile platforms around, it can be tough for a mobile application developer to get their software on every device. Microsoft’s Bing Mobile team is certainly trying though. In the video below, we take a look at 6 different versions of the Bing Mobile app on everything from Windows Phone 7 to the iPhone. We’ll also look at the Blackberry, Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional & Standard, and Android versions. You’re probably …
Continue readingHTC 7 Pro Windows Phone 7 Hardware Tour (Video)
Next up, we’ve got our hardware tour of the HTC 7 Pro. In terms of internals, it’s got all of the usual suspects; 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 576 Mb of RAM, 512Mb ROM, 8 GB internal storage, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, Assisted GPS, etc. It’s also got a 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash, 1500 mAh battery, and 3.6″ LCD screen. The big thing about the HTC 7 Pro is the keyboard though. It’s got …
Continue readingHTC 7 Pro Unboxing (Video)
Remember that HTC 7 Pro that was floating around a while back, but certainly wasn’t released back when all the other Windows Phone 7’s came out? We just got one and we’re going to unbox it. This is the European GSM version and you can get it from Clove.co.uk. Of course it’s only got the European 3G UMTS bands, so if you’re in the U.S.A. like me, you’re only going to get EDGE speeds. That’s …
Continue readingAnalyst Says Nokia Needs Microsoft
Here we have Berenberg Bank’s Adnaan Ahmad (head of technology equity research) with some big recommendations for Microsoft and Nokia to work together on Windows Phone 7. The memo is addressed directly to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and gives many reasons why some kind of partnership would be very beneficial. The note even explains why Nokia concentrating on their Meego platform or switching to Android would be bad ideas. The …
Continue readingNetflix WP7 App Exclusive to T-Mobile For Now
One of our readers named “CLS” noticed that the Netflix for Windows Phone 7 app was no longer available in the Marketplace. I looked on my T-Mobile HTC HD7 which already had it installed and noticed that it was certainly still in the Marketplace for me. After sending the link to an AT&T Windows Phone 7 we noticed that it certainly was not accessible from other devices. So it looks like for now the excellent …
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