As you already know, Microsoft has taken a few cues from the Apple iPhone playback when it comes to the new Windows Phone 7 Series devices. Removable memory cards are no longer supported, for one. In an effort to take more responsibility for Windows Phones as an experience, Microsoft is insisting on playing a very strong role in hardware development. The latest news is that user-replacable batteries will no longer be allowed on Windows Phone …
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The T-Mobile HD2 Sold Out Nationwide in 4 Hours
While we already knew the T-Mobile HD2 had sold-out on launch day in New York, it turns out Boy Genius Report has confirmed the device had sold out in just about all T-Mobile stores nationwide in about 4 hours. Of course, some stores only had 5, while others had 20 or so depending on their size, but still, that’s pretty good. They didn’t sell out at Radio Shack until later in the day and Best …
Continue readingI Just Bought the Last HD2 in New York
I figured when I left the office tonight, I’d call up a few T-Mobile stores and see if I can score an HTC HD2, which was just released this morning. It turns out nobody had any. I asked one of the stores if they knew of any stock elsewhere, and they said that as far as T-Mobile knows, all of the HD2’s in New York City, Bronx, Westchester, etc. have been sold on the first …
Continue readingI Touch My Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator
One of the cool things about the Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator is that it supports multi-touch if you’re using a multi-touch screen on Windows. Here we take a look at some of the multi-touch features of the emulator while running on an HP Touchsmart TM2 multi-touch Tablet PC. The emulator is obviously not as responsive as we expect it to be when fully released, but it’s certainly sufficient for testing your multi-touch enabled applications …
Continue readingMotorola Comes Back to Windows Mobile
Remember when Motorola said that it wasn’t going to do any Windows Mobile stuff in 2010? It seemed like they had given up on Windows Mobile and were going to go all Android, at least until Windows Phone 7. Well turns out they’re still going to make some Windows Mobile 6.5 devices after all. On Tuesday Motorola announced the MC75a, an enterprise digital assistant (EDA) with Windows Mobile 6.5. As noted by PCMag: “Windows Mobile …
Continue readingAutomatic Wireless Media Sync in WP7
At around 39 minutes into this MIX session video from Joe Belfiore we learn about a really cool feature in Windows Phone 7 and the Zune desktop software. Of course you have WiFi syncing when you’re on the same network. Yes, that has finally been brought back to Windows Mobile. But the super cool feature is that the Windows Phones can automatically initialize a wireless sync when the device is plugged into a charger and …
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