Back when the current crop of Windows Phone 7 devices were announced, we were all drooling over that HTC 7 Pro that was announced to be coming to Sprint in 2011. Arne Hess has recently tweeted a picture of the HTC 7 Pro in GSM form (as opposed to Sprint’s CDMA). This GSM version will likely be available on a variety of European 3G networks. The HTC 7 Pro looks like a great successor to …
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HTC’s YouTube App in Action (Video)
Today HTC released their own YouTube app that’s now available on HTC branded Windows Phone 7 devices. It’s got a much nicer interface than the native YouTube plug-in’s simple link to the mobile YouTube website. This version has a nice panaramic “Metro” style design with easy access to popular videos and category sorting. It also supports video resizing and even high-quality video streaming. That’s a big plus that we’ve been waiting for since the other …
Continue readingGet the LG Quantum or Samsung Focus Free at Target
While supplies last, you can get yourself a free LG Quantum or Samsung Focus Windows Phone 7 at Target with a new AT&T activation. To take advantage of this great deal, visit Target Mobile online here and click on the phone you want. You can also get the HTC HD7 for $149.99 if you prefer T-Mobile. Source: Facebook Originally published on Pocketnow on December 15, 2010. More Windows Phone articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingHTC Hub Now Has Live Tile with Weather Updates (Video)
The HTC Hub application on HTC branded Windows Phone 7s was recently update. If you still had the HTC Hub pinned to your start screen, you may have noticed a nice surprise. The update brought Live tile capabilities to the HTC Hub tile! That’s right, it now updates to show your local weather. This is, of course, a welcome update since previously, the extra-large HTC Hub tile was pretty useless. Check out the video below …
Continue readingMicrosoft, Paramount Trying “Movies-as-Apps” on WP7
Here’s something pretty cool. Paramount Digital Entertainment announced today that it will be releasing ten enhanced movie apps of Paramount Pictures’ films exclusively for Windows Phone 7. “School of Rock” will be available today, with other titles like “Zoolander”, “Waiting for Superman” and “GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra” being released later this year. Instead of just buying the movie as a video file, these movie apps include a lot of extra content similar to …
Continue reading3 Ways to Access Office Documents without SharePoint (Video)
On Windows Phone 7, there isn’t really any way to sync Office documents to the device unless you’re using SharePoint 2010. You can’t even sync Office documents over through the USB cable. If you don’t have SharePoint 2010, fortunately there are a few other ways for you to get Office documents like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into your phone’s Office Hub. The first and silliest option is to email the files to yourself. Yes, it’s …
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