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Windows Phone 7 Marketplace now has More than 4000 Apps

December 17, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Windows Phone 7 is slowly but steadily adding apps and games to its online application store, the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. According to WP7 Applist, the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace sports 4159 apps. Of those, 29% are free while the rest are paid apps with an average price of $1.41. 22% of the total apps [...]

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Meet the Google “Cr-48 Chrome Netbook”

December 13, 2010 By Jerry 1 Comment

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Although the official release of its cloud-based Chrome OS is months away, Google has begun a massive pilot program, offering specially-chosen end users, Google employees, and journalists their own prototype Chrome netbooks. Known as the Cr-48 (for the element Chromium 48), these particular 12.1-inch laptops will never be sold commercially, but they offer a very [...]

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Google Distributes First NFC-Equipped Google Places Hotpot

December 10, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Google has announced that it will be starting its first local rollout of Hotpot, the Google Places recommendation/rating engine, in Portland, Oregon. Google is sending out kits, complete with window decals, to businesses around Portland. The businesses can set up the kit, set up an info page on Google Places, and slap the decal on [...]

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Samsung plans “Gloria” a Windows 7-based Tablet with QWERTY Key Board

December 9, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

Rumor has it that Samsung is planning a new Windows7-based tablet with a 10-inch display, a slide-out keyboard and the name…”Gloria.”, but we didn’t quite grasp if that’s for the tablet itself, or a new line of those. Samsung is no stranger to the whole QWERTY-on-a-Windows-tablet concept, as it developed the Samsung Q1 Ultra back [...]

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Window Phone 7 for ScoreMobile to be Released Early in 2011

December 6, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Canadian based Score Media has announced that ScoreMobile will be available for Windows Phone 7 during the first quarter of 2011. the app will be a welcome addition to any new Windows Phone 7 user looking to get the latest sporting news. Dale Fallon, director of the mobile division of Score Media, said the following: [...]

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Google Chrome App for Windows Phone 7 Released,Now Available in the Marketplace

December 4, 2010 By Jerry

“Chrome” App for Windows phone 7 has been released, which should offer an easy way in which users can transfer links straight to their Windows Phone 7 devices. Made available as version 1.1.0.0, the Chrome to WP7 app can be found in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, while the necessary extension needed for the desktop [...]

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Giesecke & Devrient Unveils “Mobile Security Card VE 2.0(MicroSD)”; Prevents Tapping

December 3, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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MicroSD card is now not only serves as data storage. German technology company, Giesecke & Devrient (G & D) introduced the microSD card for mobile phones that can prevent wiretapping. The Mobile Security Card VE 2.0 contains a cryptocontroller which encrypts cell phone conversations and securely authenticates the user. Quoted from Cellular-news, VE on naming [...]

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Chevron WP7 Unlocker Tool Decides to Discontinue

December 2, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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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 [...]

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WordPress to Create Windows Phone 7 App for Blogging?

December 1, 2010 By Jerry 1 Comment

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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. [...]

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“ChevronWP7″ unlock could render Windows Phone 7 permanently unusable :Microsoft

November 27, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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A Windows Phone 7 “unlock” tool was released on Thursday that allows owners to side load home-brew applications. The tool, named ChevronWP7, uses a method to trick the OS into registering itself as a Windows Phone 7 developer device with the application rather than Microsoft directly. Microsoft normally charges $99 a year for the privilege [...]

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“Windows Phone 7″-AT&T to offer buy one & get one free plan on BlackFriday

November 25, 2010 By Jerry 1 Comment

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If you want a Windows Phone this holiday season, price will be no object. The phones will available for cheap from Amazon and AT&T. customers can enter an AT&T store, buy a Windows Phone 7 handset, and walk out with another one, for free, both on two-year contracts. AT&T is running a buy one get [...]

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Acer Unveils Three New Android Tablets

November 24, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Acer, the world’s No. 2 PC manufacturer, unveiled a range of tablet computers to help it compete with Apple’s iPad, wading into the fast-growing market. With the holidays too close for comfort, the outfit’s giving everyone pause that was considering that janky Android tablet on sale for Black Friday. All jesting aside, the flagship 10.1-incher [...]

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