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Windows Phone Marketplace Policies Are Crystal Clear
While some other app store policies for submission and approvals may be a bit cryptic, ambiguous, or just non-existent, Microsoft intends to make its policies crystal clear for developers. The policies have just been updated and published on the Windows Phone Blog and if you want the full dirty details, you can find those here. Hopefully these will please the potential Windows Phone 7 developers for the time being. Do any of those new policies …
Continue readingWindows Mobile 6.x Staying Alive For At Least Another Year
Everyone keeps jumping ship thinking Windows Mobile 6.x is a dying platform. Well, you don’t have to switch platforms just yet. It’s still going to be around for at least another year. That’s good news because the Windows Phone 7 team is going to need to catch up to the huge wealth of functionality that Classic Windows Mobile has brought to us over the last decade. (via LongZheng) Originally published on Pocketnow on June 7, …
Continue readingBing Mobile on Windows Mobile Standard Edition
Windows Mobile Standard (non-touchscreen) Edition doesn’t get much love these days despite being a great little operating system. Sometimes it’s difficult to find a good GPS Navigation program for these non-touchscreen devices, but luckily the latest Bing Mobile beta supports Standard Edition and includes free text-to-speech turn-by-turn GPS Navigation instructions as well as voice recognition for search. Originally published on Pocketnow on June 7, 2010. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingPhoneScoop Agrees: T-Mobile’s 3G is Better than Sprint’s 4G
While we pretty much called it before the official launch of the EVO 4G, PhoneScoop has done some more extensive tests and comparisons between T-Mobile’s 3.75G HSPA+ network, and Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network. Be sure to check out PhoneScoop’s article. (via TMoNews) Originally published on Pocketnow on June 7, 2010. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingMicrosoft is Best Positioned For The Future
Gizmodo has an interesting article about how the KIN phones and the KIN Studio give us a good look at the future of computing. Everyone expects all of our applications and computing power to be integrated with the cloud in the future. That is to say it will somehow be connected to the internet at all times. The KIN Studio is an excellent example of this type of integrated application, and it would seem that …
Continue readingVideo: T-Mobile’s HSPA+ webConnect Rocket
In September 2009, T-Mobile became the first carrier to launch an HSPA+ network in the U.S. A lot of people these days are clamouring about the new 4G network from Sprint, but it turns out T-Mobile’s network may be better or equal in many cases. T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network is considered 3.75G and offers a maximum download speed of 21Mbps. In order to benefit the most from T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network, you need an HSPA+ capable device. …
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