Are you tired of hearing Microsoft tell you to wait for MIX in order to get your questions about Windows Phone 7 Series answered? Wish you could go to MIX but don’t want to spend the money flying to Vegas? No problem, Channel 9 will be broadcasting MIX sessions live on March 15th and 16th from 10:30AM – 5:30PM PST. They’ll also be accepting questions live via the CH9Live Twitter account. Originally published on Pocketnow …
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Bloomberg Television Sees A Lot of Buzz for Windows Phone 7 Series
It’s good to see some buzz about Windows Phone 7 Series getting through to the mainstream media. In the following video, Nicholas Thompson, senior editor at Wired Magazine and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 7 success as well as the potential success of Windows Phone 7 Series. Skip to 2:30 for the part about Windows Phones. Do you agree/hope that Windows Phone 7 Series will repeat …
Continue reading7 Series Development Secrets
Charlie Kindel, the “Partner Group Program Manager for the Windows Phone Application Platform & Developer Experience”, has a new blog about Windows Phone 7 Series Development. His first post details some of the strategies that went behind the Windows Phone 7 Series creation and developer story. A big part of the procedure was the Five P’s: Purpose, Principles, Priorities, Plan, People. Be sure to check out his article as it’s well worth a read. If …
Continue readingMeeting Locations are Mappable Again!
Back in the days of Windows CE 2.1 for Palm Sized PCs, the “Pocket Streets” mapping program at the time was able to map addresses and locations saved in your appointments’ locations fields. This made perfect sense since if you needed to go to a location for a meeting, chances are you might need to figure out where that location is on a map. That feature disappeared from the planet about 10 years ago, but …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7 Series Q&A on Twitter
Michael Chang, Product Manager, Windows Phones will be hosting a live Q & A on Twitter at 7:30pm CET/10:30am Pacific/1:30pm EST using #wp7QA. This may be a good time to get your Windows Phone 7 Series questions answered. Originally published on Pocketnow on February 15, 2010. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingApple Copies Windows Mobile Marketplace
Apple has updated their iTunes website to show details for iPhone applications online. As you know, the Windows Mobile Marketplace has been able to do this since shortly after its launch. Actually, Microsoft still has something better. With the Apple App store, you have to run iTunes in order to install any program you find through the website. With the Windows Mobile Marketplace, all you have to do is sign in with your Live ID. …
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