In a regular developer communication newsletter, it seems Microsoft may have mentioned a few new features of Windows Phone 7.5 that we haven’t heard about before. The newsletter mentions “support for real time communication and messaging and a broader connectivity to Skydrive.” Neowin thinks the real-time communication and messaging thing might mean a fully integrated Windows Live Messenger feature, possibly to include Facebook chat like the desktop version of Windows Live Messenger (as well as …
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Windows Phone 7.5 Review
The Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update is finally here! If you’ve already read our “Ultimate Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Preview” from June, you’ve got a good idea of the huge amount of features that come with this update. This review will recycle some of that content in case you haven’t seen it before, but we’ll also bring you up to speed on the latest final changes that have arrived to Microsoft’s latest mobile phone platform. …
Continue readingWhy Windows Phone Mango Can’t Edit Older Office Documents
If you remember reading our Ultimate Windows Phone 7 Mango Preview back in June, we discovered that the new version of Office 2010 included with Mango was no longer able to edit Office documents from versions older than Office 2007. This was surprising and odd since the current Windows Phone 7 NoDo devices are certainly capable of editing Office 97-2003 files both recieved in email and stored on SharePoint. I decided to ask Office Mobile …
Continue readingNAVIGON for Windows Phone Now Available
NAVIGON has just been released for Windows Phone 7. There are two versions available, one for the USA for an introductory price of $29.99 until 11/15/11 when it will be regular price $49.99 and one for Europe for $69.99. One unique feature of Navigon is the augmented reality function Reality Scanner, which provides an instant and effortless way of identifying nearby destinations while on foot. You can also select address information directly from the phone’s …
Continue readingHawaii Five-O Gets Some New Windows Phones
Hawaii Five-O is a few episodes into their second season, and along with some new characters, we also see some new Windows Phones. In last week’s episode called “Kame’e”, we see that SEAL Lt. Commander Joe White (Terry O’Quinn) happens to us an HTC HD7 as his mobile phone and Kono Kalakaua (Grace Park) has upgraded to a new device. Kona has switched to a Dell Venue Pro which she keeps in her boot, but …
Continue readingWeather Channel App Updated With Mango Features
The Weather Channel is one of the more popular Weather apps for Windows Phone, but they weren’t the first to offer Mango support. Today, the app has finally seen an update which brings some great improvements to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango users. First off, you get fast app switching support so that the app doesn’t have to reload everything every time you switch to it using the task switching. General navigation of the app seems …
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