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HTC and Apple Patent Wars: Bitter Fruit!
In the world of the technology giants, intellectual property is probably their most valuable asset. Age old patents, can come back to bite companies in the butt, but it seems to be the bread and butter of the smartphone industry. Microsoft make more off of their licensing agreements with companies like HTC and Samsung devices…
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Twitter integration for Windows Phone Mango (7.5)… testing now
One of the things promised in the Mango update for Windows Phone was native twitter integration. Much like Facebook and Windows Live services are in the mix now, it is sadly not included in the Mango Beta that was released to devs recently. Twitter has had a phenomenal rise to popularity, and would probably be…
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Visual Voice Mail in Windows Phone! Mango
The visual voicemail feature in the Mango update for Windows Phone is going to be one of those features that we might be lucky to see dependent on our carriers turning the feature on, here in Australia. I can tentatively say from remarks in a local forum that Telstra will support this feature, but for…
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T-Mobile UK finally launches the HTC Sensation
As people all over the world are waiting patiently for the HTC Sensation, it looks like T-Mobile UK users will be able to get their hands on the dual core Android, for No pounds up front on a 40 pound a month 2year contract. Like many other carriers worldwide, we are also going to see…
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Microsoft Details Language Support for Windows Phone Mango!
In a post today over at the Windows Team Blog, John McConnell, Principal Program Manager, Windows Phone Engineering, all of the additional language support that will be included in the Mango update. This is something that has not been fully covered before, as it doesn’t have the bling of the new market place or Games…
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Mango, Windows Phone Beta, Battery Saver!
Looking at all of the bigger features of the Mango Beta, is of course a burgeoning matter, of course that is where he big news is. Is it really though? There are a kit if beneficial features that are being overlooked, and one significant one is Battery Saver in the settings. It made news when…
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Mango, Windows Phone Beta: Part One
So if you have a developer registered Windows Phone, hopefully by now you have received your invite to update to the trial, beta of Mango, the next build of Windows Phone. If you’re like me you dev unlocked your device to take advantage of homebrew apps like registry editors, file managers etc. As drastic as…