It looks like the KIN is still kicking! If you loaded up a KIN phone recently you might have noticed some new features. There was no actual user-indication of an update being installed or downloaded, but the new features just magically appeared. First up you’ve got Twitter avatar images in the Loop now. I’m glad to see that since previously all you had were blank little boxes. You’ve also got the ability to reply to …
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Windows Phone 7 Used to Multitask
Over on XDA-Developers there’s a thread where user mightymn was able to develop a program that keeps counting even when the emulator is switched back to the start page or a different program. That would seem to indicate real multi-tasking capabilities in Windows Phone 7. Unfortunately, it turns out he was using the April version of the Windows Phone 7 developer tools/emulator and the latest version no longer shows this capability. (You might already know …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7 puts BlackBerry 6 to Shame on the Engadget Show
Last night, a Windows Phone 7 prototype appeared on the Engadget Show along with the new BlackBerry Torch and BlackBerry 6 operating system. Joshua Topolsky compared the web browser on “the best BlackBerry ever” to the Internet Explorer on the unfinished Windows Phone 7 running on demo hardware. Unfortunately for BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 was clearly superior. Even though the BlackBerry was using 3G and Windows Phone 7 was using WiFi, Windows Phone 7 was …
Continue readingMobile App Match: Exchanging Ideas
Microsoft launched a great new site called Mobile App Match the goal of which is to match up people who have great ideas for apps with developers who are looking for great ideas for apps. So if you’re making an app and want to see what people think of it, you can post the concept and presumably some screen shots or a video demo. Then other people can vote on how cool that app is. …
Continue readingGlow Air Hockey for Windows Phone 7
We’re seeing a lot of Windows Phone 7 app emulator demos poping up. Charlie Kindle is actually going to start highlighting one each day on twitter at #WP7AFD. You can also follow his tweets directly at @ckindel. Yesterday’s app was Glow Air Hockey from Social Indulgence. It’s a two player multi-touch air hockey game with a glowing neon design. Check out the video here. (via Facebook) Originally published on Pocketnow on August 4, 2010. More …
Continue readingMicrosoft Touts Speech Innovations in Windows Phone 7
We’re starting to see a little more news about Microsoft’s speech interface in Windows Phone 7. At the 2010 SpeechTEK Conference today, Zig Serafin, general manager of the Speech Group at Microsoft, delivered a keynote address describing Microsoft’s vision for speech and natural user interfaces. Among other things like Xbox Kinect’s speech UI and in-car computer speech UIs, he also discussed how the TellMe service will allow Windows Phone 7 users to ask, “Who is …
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