Tag: Windows Phone 7

  • Want a Windows Phone developer device? Just ask!

    Further to my post yesterday, more information is coming to light about the rumoured release of Windows Phone developer handsets, with the hardware to support all the new features in the Mango update for Windows Phone. Seems you will have to be a serious developer, and actually have applications published to the market. Obviously, Microsoft…

  • Rumor: Mango Developer Phone may start shipping next week

    In the lead up to the Windows Phone Mango announcement, there were a lot of  juicy tit bits making the rounds, one of the more exciting was an idea that Windows Phone developers would gain early access to the OS build. In no way was it stated how that would be delivered, and in a…

  • USB Storage Enabler for Windows Phone

    Windows phone is still fairly locked down, and that’s probably the right way to think about it. The update from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone, took away a lot of features that users took for granted, copy/paste being the most talked about, but features like screen capture, registry editing and deeper system file access have…

  • HTC’s Android Invasion!

    This may be a little strange, but if you happened to be  at Antwerp Central Station this past Friday, you may have been greeted by a sea of little green monsters. Well not quite monsters, but a huge number of HTC branded, Android figurines, enough in fact to tinge the whole place in green. HTC…

  • I’m a WP7! app for Windows Phone

    I’m always trying to get a realistic handle on the uptake of Windows Phone, there have been poor reports on it’s uptake, and if you go into any local carrier store here in Australia, you will most probably receive a lack lustre response from sales staff towards the platform. If they can describe it’s features…

  • No early Mango release, just a developer phone

    Most of you would remember some of the hype around Mango being available early for registered developers, it was a bit exciting to think that I might get early access to the next major update for Windows Phone. Whilst it’s not true that they won’t, that news has changed a bit, or been restructured at…

  • HTC announces HTCDev and the OpenSense SDK

    HTC seem to be embracing the wide developer community, utilising their devices. With the recent news that HTC will be delivering their Android devices with the bootloader unlocked, removing a huge obstacle, for Android developers with HTC Handsets, we start to see a change in attitude, that recognises the open source nature of Google’s mobile…