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Deutsche Telecom is happy with its early Windows Phone sales figures, according to a report out of Microsoft’s Germany division. The German wireless carrier did not give detailed sales figures but did confirm that sales have exceeded expectations and customers are happy with their new handsets.This optimism is refreshing in light of reports of shortages…
Do you want the convenience of using your Windows Phone 7 as a storage device of sorts? Or perhaps you want the simplicity of transferring or loading up on files without dealing with additional or proprietary software. In either case, it seems Windows Phone 7 can be enabled as a USB mass storage device, just…
As rumored, the Kin One and Two have found their way back to Verizon, only they might not be quite what you remember. The feature lists for what Verizon’s calling the ONEm and TWOm show Zune compatibility, but the automatic, over-the-air backup service called Studio is nowhere to be mentioned. No doubt the Microsoft team…
Here’s one for those of you who want to join the Windows Phone 7 game. Amazon is offering the Samsung Focus for 50 bucks, which honestly is a bargain. Of course, a two-year contract with AT&T is required, but that’s like a given these days. As you probably already know by now, $49.99 gets you…
Last month, I visited Namco Games in New York City to get some hands-on time with some of their upcoming mobile games. One game in particular that I was impressed with was the mobile port of Splatterhouse. Namco is going to be releasing Splatterhouse on the iPhone, JAVA, BREW, and Windows Mobile this week, and…
Samsung is on a roll with its Galaxy S series of devices and its new Galaxy Tab Android tablet. The manufacturer is definitely looking to keep its position in the market and will be churning out an extraordinary number of smartphones next year. Good news for Microsoft, as it looks like Samsung is prepared to…
HTC keeps issuing software hotfixes for its older phones. Lately, we’ve spotted that the HTC Touch Pro2 got a small update that improves overall stability of the People application on devices with ROM versions between 2.00.xxx.x and 2.10.xxx.x. Details are not shared, but you should expect a smooth, bug-free experience. Before downloading the update, make…
We knew that Microsoft was paying developers to bring mobile applications to its just-launched Windows Phone 7 platform but we’re no learning some of the details of what this entailed. Microsoft is really going all out to bring apps to the platform. PopCap Games, the maker of the highly-popular Plants Vs. Zombies, said it was…
So you know how you can only put appropriately formatted microSD memory cards into Windows Phones? As it turns out, you can’t even remove those cards for use in some other phone. Straight from the Samsung Focus FAQ: “Once inserted and properly formatted, the memory card becomes an inseparable part of the phone. A microSD…
You can now get your hands on the LG Quantum for AT&T and this smartphone packs the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform and a slide-out, physical QWERTY keyboard. The LG Quantum stands out from the other Windows Phone 7 devices by having a horizontal-sliding QWERTY keyboard. Like the other devices, it features a 1…