While a white phone from HTC is not a first, the first white Windows Phone from HTC running Mango – the HTC Omega - is looking pretty good in it’s coat and tails. Leaked press shots have emerged, that show a similar design to current HTC handsets, unibody aluminium construction, with a silver finish, as opposed [...]
There’s been a lot of talk about how multi-tasking on Windows Phone “Mango” might be implemented, and basically it will rely on background tasks. The ability for apps to run when they are in the background, or even under the lock screen. Ultimately if an app is coded correctly it can run, while other apps [...]
Well this is a bit of good news for those of us running first generation Windows Phones, and should dispel any doubt that we will all receive the Mango update when it’s released, around September this year. We have known that their ore other builds, later than the 7.0.7932 build that was Nodo and an [...]
Yesterday, I was greeted by the Update Notification for for the 7.0.7392 update for my non carrier branded HTC HD7, which of course updated normally. I then for the sake of it, tried the update process on my HTC Mozart 7, which, in what has now become part of the Windows Phone 7 world’s permanent [...]
My HTC Mozart is now developer unlocked, so it’s time for a little fun, registry editing and a few homebrew apps that allow for more customisation of the Windows Phone UI. You can see already by the image that I’ve been able to make some changes. Via a small application found here, I’m able to edit [...]