Remember when we asked how exactly do you multi-task?Tweakers.net managed to interview Charlie Kindel about Windows Phone 7 recently, and he gives us some answers about certain real-life user multi-tasking scenarios that we care about. “For example if you have an application in the background a GPS position to other applications, can pass, it is required that the application can run in the background. For such scenarios, we build multi-tasking again.” So it looks like, …
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Project Pink’s Past Problems
The results of Project Pink and Microsoft’s aquisition of Danger, Inc. are expected to be revealed tomorrow. Neowin has a write-up of some of Project Pink’s rumored issues and difficulties that the platform has gone through. We’ll see soon enough wether the political and development issues of the Project Pink initiative have been resolved or if these new “Pink” phones are destined to fail as Neowin seems to think. Originally published on Pocketnow on April …
Continue readingWin a Windows Phone 7!
Are you a student who wants to win a Windows Phone 7 and a few grand in cash? It won’t be easy! Imagine Cup is running a Windows Phone 7 Rockstar competition where developer teams (up to 4 people) can win up to $8000, a trip to Warsaw Poland for the Imagine Cup Finals, and a Windows Phone 7 for each team member if you can write one awesome program that will run on Windows …
Continue readingHow to Disable HTC Messaging on the HD2
One of the great things about HTC Sense on the HTC HD2 is that it’s such a heavy redesign of Windows Mobile. Unfortunately, this can cause problems with some other applications. For me, HTC’s text messaging application replacement disabled Microsoft Voice Command’s ability to read my incoming text messages to me over a Bluetooth headset. That’s unacceptable for me, so in order to disable HTC’s Messaging application and get the default Windows Mobile one back, …
Continue readingI Love Windows Phone Wallpaper
Want some cool “I Love Windows Phone” Metro style wallpaper for your desktop computer or laptop? Check out Ozymandias.com or for some more resolutions, check out ILWP7.zip in Vasudev’s following SkyDrive account. We’re still trying to figure out where to get t-shirts and stickers with those icons on them. (via twitter) Originally published on Pocketnow on April 6, 2010. More Freeware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingVideo: Zune HD 4.5’s new Picks and Smart DJ
Yesterday, Microsoft released the new Zune HD version 4.5 firmware which adds some great new features including Smart DJ, Picks, new video Codec support, screensaver enhancements, and an updated TV-out interface that includes Marketplace access. The Picks feature shows up in the Marketplace and lists a number of artists that Zune thinks you might like based on your specific listening habits. This is great for discovering new or old music that you may never have …
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