Author: Peter Murphy

  • Verizon leaks the Droid Incredible 2!

    Verizon leaks the Droid Incredible 2!

    While this has been rumoured for a while, it looks like the Droid 2 is going to launch on the Verizon network in the US. It’s a bump up from the original Droid, though probably not the dual core update that most of us would expect. It also does not have support for 4G, but…

  • Customising your theme in Windows Phone 7.

    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…

  • Why the Chevron.Updater was withdrawn

    When I posted about the Chevron.Updater application, that developer Chris Walsh launched earlier in the week, I was surprised to see the updater there in the early morning, Monday, and then the download link was dead in the afternoon. The Windows team blog, later posted an update about it’s state of affairs concerning the update…

  • HTC rolling out a Windows Phone 7 update of their own?

    I have to say I haven’t seen this yet, but it looks like hot on the heals of the Windows Phone Update to Nodo (no mater how you got it), HTC are pushing out a mysterious firmware update, that some early adopters, including people that used the Chevron.Updater method are starting to receive. OEM’s are able…

  • HTC’s market capitalization helps them surpass Nokia and RIM

    In the Global Mobile market, Nokia and RIM (Blackberry) have dominated the manufacturing/ device market for a long, long time. Though HTC still sells far fewer handsets that RIM and Nokia,  we figures that have come to light today, HTC’s market capitalization has pushed them above two of its main competitors; certainly surprising to the non HTC…

  • Chevron Updater for Windows Phone 7 pulled, It Works SO Well!

    Yesterday I posted about an upcoming application from @chriswalshie, that appeared on his site for, I don’t even think it made 24 hours. The download link on the site went down sometime today, and although lot’s of people were reporting success with the procedure, there seemed to be a fair share of problems with Samsung…

  • Still haven’t got your Windows Phone Update? This Might Be the Solution

    Ok this is hot of the press’s and happening as I write this. Chris Walsh, a member of the ChevronWP7 team, has tweeted that he has a solution that will bring you the latest update for Windows Phone in the works.Chris in the last few days has posted various ways to get your WP7 update…