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Recent rumors of a Nokia and Microsoft partnership had some fans drooling for a Windows Phone 7 handset from Finland, but it doesn’t look like it really will happen. Of course, we have our very own Nokia alumni who already called shenanigans on the rumor, but now a Nokia employee – who is soon to…
HTC has teamed-up with Bharti Airtel to launch the HTC HD7 in India. Interested folks can grab the device from the country’s largest mobile operator and HTC resellers for Rs. 29,990 which is about $668. That money buys you an excellent Windows Phone 7 device along with 2GB of data per month for 6 months…
A gaping hole in the security of the Windows Phone Marketplace has been illustrated by one developer who has found a way to bypass the digital rights management of apps, and load them directly to another phone or computer with no problems. This is kind of funny, considering how tightly Microsoft is handling microSD memory…
Not to be left behind by the more established mobile platforms, like Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry, the Windows Phone Facebook app now supports Places, letting you check in to specific spots based on your GPS coordinates, and share where you are with your friends online. Windows Phone wasn’t entirely left in the dark for social…
It looks like Microsoft’s strategy of buying developers is starting to pay off already; unofficial stats counters show the official Windows Phone Marketplace is up to 5,000 apps, which at least competes with, if not surpasses Palm’s webOS Catalog. To be fair in the comparison, Microsoft was able to churn out a lot more phones…
Windows Phone Marketplace is growing by leaps and bounds. In less than eight weeks, the Marketplace boasts of over 3,000 apps and 15,000 developers. Early last month, Windows Phone launched in the US and we looked at the top games and the top launch titles. We have been using Windows Phone since launch and have,…
Microsoft produced a promotional video with T-Mobile that highlights Windows Phone development and its integration with Windows Azure. Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform that supports wide variety of Internet services and remote applications. The back-end datacenters are hosted by Microsoft and the platform offers both an API and a client-side managed class library…
We know that the HTC 7 Pro will be bringing Windows Phone 7 to Sprint and other CDMA devices but we haven’t got a good look at the device until now. The Unwired has snagged a bunch of high-quality shots of this QWERTY-sporting smartphone. The HTC Pro 7 has been spotted on Germany’s website, so…
The HTC 7 Pro was spotted on O2 Germany’s website with a tentative availability date of January. This January launch date fits in nicely with previous information that pointed to an early 2011 European launch. With its wide landscape keyboard and sleek design, the 7 Pro should be a big hit in Europe . Under the…
I Am Rich, Pocket God, and Fruit Ninja, three popular iOS games, are all landing on Windows Phone. The trio of games are an exciting addition to the Windows Phone marketplace which has now climbed to over 3,000 applications. While each game is notable on its own, the fact that all three have landed on…