Category: Windows Phones

  • Windows Phone Mango Beta gets a Refresh, 7.10.7712.60!

    Today Microsoft released a refresh for the Windows Phone Mango Beta, which brought it up to 7712, from 7661. With Mango being released to manufacturers yesterday, and of course Fujitsu showing of their first Windows Phone, expectations were high, and a little rumour flew around fed by Cliff Simpkins of Microsoft, that a new build…

  • Has Microsoft Ditched GeoTrust for Windows Phone Developer Verification?

    I’m a bit befuddled by a post that I read today, that asserted as part of the recent App Hub update, bringing many new features for Windows Phone Developers, that the registration/verification process had been relaxed for individuals and students. While this may be an interpretation issue, as with the app hub refresh, Microsoft have…

  • Zune Music and Podcast Finally Hitting Australia!

    There’s been a lot of rumblings amongst Windows Phone users, about the features that would come to the platform, in what part of the world. Many of the services available have been limited by region, [former link shows regional availability], and those limitations have been the bane of Windows Phone users outside the UK and…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Rumor: HTC Eternity leaked. The specs go on forever

    Originally leaked by HTCinside, the HTC Eternity looks to be a huge Windows Phone device. Specs touted include a 4.7 inch touch display, 1.5 Ghz processor, 512 Mb of ram and 16 Gb of internal storage. This looks like one of the second generation of Windows Phones, that should release with Mango (WP 7.5)  on…

  • HTC HD7 and HTC Mozart running Mango, Windows Phone 7.5

    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…