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In a recent podcast by its Windows Phone team, Microsoft addressed the problem of Windows Phone owners who used the Chevron WP7 hack to update their handset to the latest NoDo version of WP7. According to the software giant, the Chevron WP7 updater tool will successfully install the latest version of Windows Phone 7, but…
TripAdvisor is known for its mobile efforts to reach as many on-the-go travelers as possible. After launching mobile apps for the iOS, Android and Symbian OS-powered devices, they are going for Windows Phone 7 users. Available as a free download in the Windows Phone 7 marketplace in 17 countries and 5 languages, TripAdvisor allows travelers…
Gartner has just released their forecast for the global mobile market reaching out to 2015, and as you might expect, things are looking good for Android. Much like ABI’s report, Gartner says Android is poised to take about half of the mobile smartphone market share by the end of 2012. A big part of the…
To avoid any obvious puns, the HTC Arrive is here! The world’s very first Windows Phone comes to use from Sprint, and sports some great features packed inside, even if it’s not up to snuff with some of the carrier’s upcoming handsets. Does the Arrive deliver the goods enough to give the CDMA world a…
The Windows Phone 7 NoDo update has been rolled out to many Microsoft devices but the company is pleading for users to wait for the official update instead of hacking around to get it. On its blog, Microsoft says about the Windows Phone 7 NoDo update: As an engineer and a gadget lover, I totally…
Microsoft’s MIX conference is just a week away and rumors suggest that we’ll be seeing a new version of Silverlight which will make it possible to play Windows Phone 7 games on your Xbox 360. WinRumos has a source which is saying that Silverlight will definitely be coming to the Xbox 360 at the MIX…
The Nokia, Windows Phone 7 deal has the potential to be a major game-changer and the world’s largest handset maker said that the negotiations are “on schedule.” That’s right, despite the hubbub about the Nokia, Windows Phone 7 deal, Microsoft and the handset maker haven’t finalized the deal and signed the major contracts. To be…
comScore is showing off their survey numbers for December through February, and of the 30,000 U.S. smartphone owners surveyed, a solid 33% had an Android handset of some kind. That lines up nicely with other recent data that puts Android as the top mobile OS in America, as well as the UK. Samsung was the…
Chris Walsh of Chevron WP7 fame has developed a new method that lets any Windows Phone user install the latest NoDo update to his or her handset. Microsoft released a support tool for Windows Phone that can be modified to force a handset to update to the pre-NoDo (#7008) and NoDo updates all in a…
At the same time the first update for Windows Phone is landing on handsets, the next version of Windows Phone known as Mango is making the rounds of the rumor mill – first in a video spotted on YouTube and then in a recent presentation by Microsoft. A recent YouTube video showed off the features…