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API Mapping Tool Makes It Easier To Port iOS Apps to WP7
Microsoft released an API Mapping tool that helps iPhone developers learn about API’s with similar functions on Windows Phone 7. The tool can be found at wp7mapping.interoperabilitybridges.com. Basically you select from a list of iOS developer programming interfaces on the left and then you’ll see listings of Windows Phone API’s on the right along with links to documentation for both the iOS programming interfaces as well as the Windows Phone interfaces. It’s not currently complete, …
Continue readingOneNote Mobile 1.1 for iPhone Now Available
Microsoft’s OneNote has become quite popular as part of Office 2010, Windows Phone 7, and even the iPhone. Today, an update to the iPhone OneNote 2010 Mobile app has been released. It features: •The ability to email your notes right from your iPhone •An easier way to delete notes that you no longer want •More intuitive icons and a Home button that makes it simpler to select or move between multiple notebooks •A simplified sign-in …
Continue readingWindows Phones Do Not Track Your Every Move
You know how everyone’s talking about how it was discovered that Apple’s iPhone and iOS 4 have been secretly tracking your every move? According to The Atlantic, forensic software can reveal a whole lot more about you just by accessing your iPhone. Android does a lot of the location tracking too, but in a slightly different way. So what about Windows Phone 7? PC Magazine decided to contact Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, Google, and HP about …
Continue readingT-Mobile G Series Launch Party & G2x Demo (Video)
Last night in New York City T-Mobile threw a pretty nice launch party for the new “T-Mobile G2x with Google by LG” phone as well as the G-Slate Honeycomb Android tablet. We got to meet up with Stephanie Duchaine, also known as the LG Girl, and were able to convince her to make an appearance on our own Pocketnow YouTube channel. You’ll see her demonstrate some of the cool things that come with the G2x. …
Continue readingMultitasking Differences: WP7, Android, and iOS
Everybody wants a smartphone that multitasks, but multitasking can have different meanings and certainly different methods and implementations. We’ve recently learned that Windows Phone 7’s Mango update will enable multitasking for the new OS, but it’s definitely not going to be the same as the way Windows Mobile did it back around the turn of the century between 2000 and 2010. Back then multitasking was implemented in a similar way to how desktop computers do …
Continue readingNoDo Updates Now Available for Focus and Quantum
If you plugged your Samsung Focus or LG Quantum into Zune this afternoon, you may have noticed a couple updates are now available. That’s right, both the February update and the March update which includes Copy/Paste are being pushed out to the two AT&T Windows Phone 7’s. Unfortunately the HTC Surround is still going through some tests before it will get the update, but Focus and Quantum users will be happy today. Once you plug …
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