June 18, 2013

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“XBox 720″ Boasts to Have AMD Fusion II Processor; Coming in 2011?

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Since the Xbox 360 just received a massive refresh with the addition of Kinect. There are still 3 years of life left in this console, but it appears that rumors about the next-generation device, Xbox 720 will be released in 2011/2012. Some rumors says that Microsoft being unhappy with Intel and Nvidia, which may have [...]

XBOX “Live Reward Program” Opened for UK and US Users

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The Xbox Live Rewards program which will let users earn Microsoft Points for activity on the online gaming portal has now launched. The service was first tested a year ago and has now been available to all Members who are 18 and over in the UK and the US. The system works pretty much like [...]

Chevron WP7 Unlocker Tool Decides to Discontinue

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We recently reported on Windows Phone 7 jailbreak/unlock tool – ChevronWP7 Unlocker, since it’s release the developers gained a lot of recognition and were contacted by Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience for Windows Phone 7, to discuss the ChevronWP7 unlocking tool. As a result of the discussion, both parties established a mutual understanding of [...]

Nokia to Gain Ground on RIM with Smartphone : Nokia Exe.Iluri Nurmi

Speaking with ComputerWeekly , Iluri Nurmi, the vice president of Nokia’s enterprise smartphones (also known as E series) said that Finnish mobile phone giant  is beginning to focus its efforts at mobile enterprise email to make a run at RIM. He also noted that company was working both sides of the street, making Eseries devices [...]

Dell “Venue Pro” Available now at $ 99 on 2 Year Contract

Last night, we reported that Dell had put up and then quickly removed a web page for the Dell Venue Pro with a December 14th launch date. But sure enough, this morning the manufacturer put up a web page showing that the Windows Phone 7 device is now available. , you can have the 8GB [...]

PlayStation Move made 4.1 Million Sales: Sony Reports

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Not long after the sales figures of Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller were released, Sony has issued a press release with the sales numbers for its own Move motion controller. Sony said Tuesday that it has shipped 4.1 million PlayStation Move motion controllers worldwide in the two months since the company began selling the devices. The [...]

WordPress to Create Windows Phone 7 App for Blogging?

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Good news for WordPress fans with a Windows Phone handset. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is rumored to be working on an official WordPress client for your mobile platform. After posting an opening upon their jobs board in July, it looks like Automattic (the company behind WordPress) is quietly building a Windows Phone 7 app. [...]

Custom Windows Phone 7 Ringtone Manager Released by ChevronWP7

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Just days after the release of ChevronWP7 , The first homebrew app (along with full source code) for Windows Phone 7 has just been released ! . you can now download the ChevronWP7 custom ringtone manager now, The program is a .XAP (pronounced “zap”) file and can be deployed using the Microsoft “Application Deployment” tool [...]

Dell “Venue Pro” expected to be launched on Dec 14

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The last missing part to the Windows Phone 7 launch devices is the Dell Venue Pro, the nifty bottom-sliding WP7 phone that rocks a huge 4.1″ display, 5MP camera and 8GB of memory and a spacious hardware keyboard below the screen. However, December 14th should be the date that marks the wide availability of the [...]

Microsoft releases “Visual Basic for Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools”- Now Available for Download

This is the news that all the VB Developers are waiting for, that Microsoft has released tools for building Visual Basic applications for Windows Phone 7, a move that could produce a significant number of applications for the new Smartphone operating system, as well as C#. The RTW provides “Go Live” support, which allows VB [...]

Microsoft plans New “ Tactile Display Technology”

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Microsoft filed an application with the US Patent Office last week for a tactile display technology they are calling the “Light-Induced Shape-Memory Polymer Display Screen”. Great…. so what is it?. Such a display could generate small ridges and textures on its surface that could work as navigation guides. For instance, the display could provide a [...]