May 25, 2013

Windows Phone 7 - News


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 [...]

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. [...]

Acer goes ahead with Windows Phone 7 developing plans :Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci

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Although Acer has totally been under the radar in the U.S. in terms of smartphones, the company is hoping to change that with a some Windows Phone 7 handsets. And while we’ve been under the impression that the manufacturer would be building Windows Phone 7 smartphones, Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci confirmed it today in an [...]

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 [...]

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

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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 [...]

“Genuin software checker” for Windows Phone 7;complicates custom ROMs

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The first big roadblock to Windows Phone 7 modding has been found. According to Conflipper, a former Windows Mobile hacker, Windows Phone 7 devices ship with a “Genuine Software” checker which gives you the screen below if you try to access Xbox Live, Marketplace, Windows Live, or Zune from a device running an OS version [...]

“Dell Venue Pro”- expected a wider launch

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After a long absence from the Windows Mobile market, Dell’s Venue Pro is hotly awaited by many. Unfortunately, the device has been in extremely short supply so far. A weekend update from the manufacturer said that the Dell Venue Pro is going to have a wider launch than the one it had earlier this month [...]

Dell on tablets; optimistic about mobile business

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Dell announced its plans to further push its tablet business and expects to see more tablets in commercial settings. The company was upbeat about its mobile department after it saw better-than-expected third quarter profits of $822 million and a revenue of $15.4 million. “…We see tablets having great potential, not just in our consumer business, [...]

SlingPlayer Mobile Heads to Windows Phone 7

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SlingPlayer Mobile app by Sling Media is now available for Windows Phone 7 users, the company announced yesterday. The company’s latest app retails for $29.99 in the Windows marketplace. Once downloaded, users can connect the programming to their Slingbox Solo or Slingbox pro-HD devices and watch television programming from home on their Mobile devices. Users [...]