Finally a new Windows Live Messenger client is available on Windows Phone 7. C&R Holding’s Li’Messenger is now available for free in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. It doesn’t offer a whole ton of features, but it connect directly to the Windows Live servers and supports multiple points of presence. That means you can log into the same account that you use on your other PCs and Xbox all at the same time and respond …
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2 Million Windows Phone 7’s Shipped So Far
Back in December we heard that OEM’s had shipped 1.5 million Windows Phone 7s to carriers, and today, about 1 month later, that number has increased to 2 million according to an interview with Greg Sullivan by Bloomberg News. I’d say that’s not bad at all. Do you think that’s a pretty good start? In other stats revealled today, you’ve got 24,000 registered Windows Phone developers and over 6,500 applications in the marketplace. Windows Phone …
Continue readingSamsung Photo Studio Now Available on Windows Phone
One of the only ways for Windows Phone 7 manufacturers to differentiate their devices from other Windows Phone 7 is to provide their own applications exclusive to specific devices. Samsung has just released a new Photo Studio program for their Samsung-branded Windows Phone 7s. The app description is as follows: Photo Studio is an all-in-one solution for taking, editing and sharing pictures though your WP7. Photo Studio allows the user to take pictures with effects …
Continue readingBirdsong Twitter App Now Available, Features Conversation View
We know there are already quite a few Twitter apps for Windows Phone 7, but you can always have more, right? Birdsong is a new one that brings some features you may have been waiting for. This one’s got configurable timelines, so you can add saved searches, or lists as separate timelines. It’s got integrated picture viewing and Twitpic image uploading. It nicely supports the global Windows Phone 7 themes. And here’s the big one, …
Continue readingHTC Surround Review
The HTC Surround is one of the first few Windows Phone 7 devices to hit the market in the U.S. It will be available on AT&T, and in addition to featuring Windows Phone 7, it’s got a few other tricks up its sleeve. It’s not your average “black-slab” phone that everyone else keeps releasing. That’s right, it’s got a weird slide out Dolby Mobile speaker system, with a hidden kickstand. Is this rare form-factor worth …
Continue readingHTC Hub: Your WP7 Data Hog?
Windows MVP, Mike Halsey has discovered some more evidence that incriminates the HTC Hub as the phantom data hog that some people have been complaining about recently. Some of our readers have already guessed that the HTC Hub was the culprit a couple days ago and after seeing some of those posts, Mike decided to put the HTC Hub to the test and monitor its data usage using a real-time data monitoring app provided by …
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