Windows Phone 7 Series has a kind of strange way of multi-tasking that is a bit like the iPhone method. There’s “smart multi-tasking” where programs can perform certain tasks in the background. For example, the browser can supposedly download a web page while you’re doing something else. Music can play and Live Tile applications can perform certain actions in the background as well. This is not the traditional sense of multi-tasking where full applications remain …
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Windows Phone 7 Series Promo Video
Another new promotional video for Windows Phone 7 Series has surfaced at MIX10. This one gets into a few of the nice social features enjoyed by our Miles and Anna characters as part of their “Lives in Motion.” (via istartedsomething.com) Originally published on Pocketnow on March 18, 2010. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingOther Windows Phone 7 Series Design Concepts
Long Zheng has posted some of the older design concepts for Windows Phone 7 Series as found in one of the MIX10 session PowerPoint presentations (available here). They all look pretty nice. I wonder if future versions of Windows Phone 7 Series might include similar variations as user-selectable themes. Originally published on Pocketnow on March 17, 2010. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingWindows Phone 7 Series Has Copy & Paste?
MSmobiles recently showed how copy & paste functions are possible within the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator… if you have a keyboard with Ctrl, Shift, and arrow keys. Obviously a hardware manufacturer could pretty easily add those to a slide-out keyboard. However, we’re sure that Microsoft is waiting to implement a much more user-friendly method of copying and pasting text between programs. MSmobiles suggests that this is a feature of Windows, not Windows Phone 7 …
Continue readingT-Mobile’s HD2 Party
What does Mr. Potato Head have to do with T-Mobile or Windows Phones? We’re not sure, but check out some of our footage and photos from the “Larger than Life” HD2 invite-only party last night. You’ll see some demos, great food, music, a performance by Dan Black, and of course Mr. Potato Head. HTC, Blockbuster, Barnes & Noble, and GoGo Inflight Internet were also there to show off the HD2. There were even HD2 pillows …
Continue readingFree Windows Phone Developer Tools Available Now!
During the MIX 2010 keynote this morning, Microsoft will unveil the development platform for the Windows Phone 7 Series that will bring new applications to life. And guess what! The developer tools are free. Microsoft has released a free comprehensive tool support package for Silverlight on Windows Phone 7 Series, available for download. Expression Blend for Windows Phone and a preview of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone will be also included as …
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