We just got a nice new T-Mobile version of the HTC HD7. The successor to the HD2 boasts the same 4.3 inch screen, but now we’ve got some new features and changes including, of course, Windows Phone 7. The HD7 comes in a very nice box, but you don’t get anything special like the silicon case that came with the previous HD2. All you get is the device, Micro USB cable, AC adapter, and stereo …
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G4’s Attack of the Show Likes the HTC Surround
G4’s Attack of the Show has taken a spin with the HTC Surround on AT&T and they seem very impressed. The as yet unreleased phone received a “4 Seals of Approval Out of 5” in their scoring scheme. The show’s reviewer, Chris Hardwick, says he probably would have given it a 5 out of 5 if there were more like 12,000 apps and the phone was $100 cheaper. That’s not really a whole lot to …
Continue readingFull Speed Ahead, Windows Phone Marketplace!
Eariler today we saw a tweet from Daniel Egan announcing that the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is now open to all registered developers. Previously, they were only accepting submissions from about 2000 developers who applied for early approval. The idea was to keep it managed for a while to make sure the app approval and update process would run smoothly. It’s a good thing they did, too because as early-adopters, we noticed a few bugs …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7 App Showcase: Last.fm
A number of our readers have been wondering about the Last.fm application for Windows Phone 7. Here we are with a quick little video demo of the app. You’ve got all of the features you might expect, including search, recent tracks, recent stations, and events. There are options for playing recommended radio, library radio, and neighborhood radio. You’ve even got the scobbling feature. It will continue to play music while the screen is locked, however …
Continue readingHTC’s Attentive Phone Adds Features to WP7 (Video)
The “Attentive Phone” app from HTC is a free download for Windows Phone 7’s from HTC and it adds a few nice accelerometer feature enhancements to the Windows Phone 7 dialer. Well, actually it adds 4 enhancements. You can quiet the ring on pickup, so if you’re phone’s just laying on the desk the ring will be loud and then when you pick it up, it will quiet down. Pocket mode is pretty nice. That …
Continue readingOneNote 2010 Now Syncs Multiple Notebooks on SkyDrive
Last month, in using Windows Phone 7, I noticed an annoying issue where OneNote 2010 on Windows Phone 7 could only sync with one Notebook stored on SkyDrive. At that time, it could only sync the notebook it automatically created called “Personal (Web)”. You could go to the SkyDrive website in the browser and if you clicked on a different OneNote Notebook, it would download as a Zip file and you could open individual pages, …
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