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As expected, Sprint has announced their first Windows Phone, which you might recognize as the HTC 7 Pro, but they’re calling it the Arrive. The name change was rumoured last month along with the Kyocera Echo, and doesn’t strike me as a bad move at all. The Arrive has a 1 GHz processor, 3.6-inch WVGA…
Microsoft recently issued their first update to Windows Phone 7 and it didn’t go as smoothly as some people had hoped it would. Several people with Samsung devices reported that the software patch failed to install properly and there’s even a small group of people who had their high end smartphone turn into a paperweight.…
February 24 is shaping up to be a weird day in that there is so much going on at once in the mobile space. The most anticipated Android tablet, the Motorola Xoom, is going to be available tomorrow. The tablet boasts some impressive specs, though it will be launching without Adobe Flash player, and it…
Well, we were scratching our heads about what new phone Sprint would unveil Feb. 24 but the latest tweet all but confirms that it will be a Windows Phone 7 handset for the CDMA carrier. “Wouldn’t it be great to have your phone integrated with your home game console, like Xbox? #comebackfeb24,” the Sprint tweet…
The smartphone is perhaps man’s greatest invention, but the increasing amount of people glued to their screens is a bit disheartening. Weren’t we supposed to be freed from the shackles of fixed offices and schedules by our mobile devices? Why is it then that people poke and prod at their gadgets as if the digital…
Reports from around the internet suggest the first Windows Phone update may be causing problems with handsets and, sometimes, bricking the phone during installation. Several reports point to problems with the Samsung Omnia 7 and the Samsung Focus. Similar Windows Phone handsets from HTC and LG appear to be unaffected and the update proceeded without…
Of all the nerd fights that take place on the internet, Microsoft versus the open source community is the battle that has caused more trollish comments and lengthy prose to be posted than anything even remotely similar. Forget Android versus iOS, Microsoft versus Linux is where blood boils. Understandably so when you look at how…
Microsoft confirmed on its mobile blog that it is rolling out a small update to Windows Phone 7. The update is not the highly anticipated copy and paste but update, but a small one with a few bug fixes to improve the update process itself. The update will gradually roll out today and will require…
Rovio Mobile said it is working to bring Angry Birds to Windows Phone 7. “We’re working on it,” said Rovio’s “Mighty Eagle” Peter Vesterbacka, while also noting that dealing with Microsoft has its cons. “Let’s just say, Microsoft has a lot of lawyers,” he added. And that’s not all. In an interview to Pocket-lint, Vesterbacka…
Speaking during a meeting with Finnish business journalists, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said the handset maker would produce inexpensive Windows Phone handsets quickly. The ability to produce smartphones with a very low price point was reportedly on of the key factors in selecting Microsoft as a partner for the future of the Finnish company’s mobile…