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Back in December, Score Media had told us that a new version of the ScoreMobile app was coming down the pipe for Windows Phone 7. The app was due to hit in the first quarter of 2011… and wouldn’t you know it.. they weren’t lying to us at all. As of today, ScoreMobile for WP7…
Microsoft had a great second quarter with $19.95 billion in revenue and $6.63 billion in profit but the company hasn’t exactly been crowing about the success of Windows Phone 7 and that may not be a great sign for the just-launched smartphone platform. The company has already said that it has sold 2 million Windows…
We’ve heard launch dates for the Motorola Atrix 4G being tossed around a fair bit, ranging from March 1 to as soon as February 13. We now have an even later window, March 17, to add to the pile, and some confirmation that it’s coming to Canada by way of Bell. A later launch date…
Microsoft continues to trickle out some information about the sales of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, as the software giant told Engadget that it has sold over 2 million licenses already. The news comes about a month after some ambiguous figures said 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 units were sold to retailers, although that…
Jesta Digital is bringing its on-demand mobile TV and movie subscription service Bitbop to Windows Phone 7 smartphones. The dedicated application seamlessly integrates into Windows UI, including the phone’s Music + Videos Hub from where users can resume watching a previously accessed TV program or manage their queue of chosen content. Initially launched in 2010…
Thanks to some clever hacking by the folks over at xda-developers, owners of a Windows Phone-powered HTC handset may be able to setup USB tethering on their phone. The hack uses a USB modem driver ported from Android and requires you to know your carriers APN and connection settings. You also have to have an…
The Chevron WP7 team recently met with Microsoft to discuss Windows Phone 7 and homebrew development. The team came back from two full days of meetings with a renewed enthusiasm for Microsoft’s mobile platform. As part of this series of meetings and presentations, they were given a sneak peek into the upcoming roadmap for Windows…
Oh, look – some logos. It’s for the HTC Arrive and the Kyocera Echo, both said to be heading to Sprint. No, no handset details. Sorry, no images, either. Just logos. At least they’re pretty, right? The HTC Arrive is said to be a Windows Phone 7 handset, which would make it one of the…
Following-up on saying that they had an open mind about Windows Phone, rumour has it Sony Ericsson has one in the works for 2011. Google seems to have wooed pretty much every smartphone manufacturer (including Sony Ericsson) with the Android OS, but Microsoft has been equally successful at garnering initial interest for Windows Phone 7,…
After conquering quite a few smartphone platforms — including iOS, Symbian, Maemo and old Windows Mobile — SPB Software is bringing its popular puzzler SPB Brain Evolution to Windows Phone 7 device users. The pitch stays the same – we’re still talking about a collection of 12 games (Sudoku included) that helps train the brain…