As if the term “Windows Phone 7 Series” wasn’t lame enough, Microsoft is pushing its latest operating system at “life maximizers.” What exactly is a life maximizer? Well, Microsoft has created elaborate characters that illustrate ideal WP7S customers. They are nearing their 40s, have white collar jobs, need Exchange support but still want to be…
Microsoft employees hide their iPhone’s at work
Microsoft employees are using iPhones, and they’re trying to keep it on the downlow. It’s been reported that Microsoft workers who use iPhones hide them when the ‘big-wigs’ are around. While there is no ban on the half-eaten fruit’s devices, the workers know better than to wave it around when Mr. Steve Ballmer enters the…
A closer look at Windows Phone 7 Series and Microsoft Office Hub
If you’ve been keeping up with Windows Phone 7 Series, you probably already know that the mobile operating system’s completely re-thought start screen is its greatest weapon against the grid-based, app-filled homescreen designs that have been proliferating throughout the smartphone space for the past few years. So, we thought we’d give you another look at…
Sliding LG Windows Phone Makes Appearance, Related to Panther?
If you remember that Windows Phone 7 Series device that made an appearance on the Engadget Show, you’ll already know WP7 is on LG’s radar, but this picture shows what is potentially to follow. The first device, since dubbed the Panther, had few details surrounding it outside of having a 5 megapixel camera, and the…
Is this the HD3?
The HD2 hasn’t even been released and it may already be old news because some renders of the HD3 have hit the tubes of the Internet and this beast could be rocking Windows Phone 7 Series. These photos are obviously renders and the “leaked” specs don’t really pass the smell test but it’s fun to…
Microsoft: Cut and paste doesn’t make the cut for Windows Phone 7 Series
As we start to learn more and more about the truly innovative and paradigm-shifting Windows Phone 7 Series platform, the more we start to become disappointed with what we’ll be seeing on the initial release. First, the HTC HD2 got the WP7 cold-shoulder. Then we heard that non-native apps would not be able to multi-task,…
HD2 should launch March 24
Looks like the rumors were right, as the HD2 should hit the streets in about a week. The folks at TMoNews got their hands on this screen shot from a T-Mobile retail partner and the Windows Mobile handset should retail for less than $200 on a new two-year contract with a data plan. As we’ve…
HD2 definitely not upgradable to Windows Phone 7
It’s not much of a surprise, but Microsoft confirmed that the HTC HD2 won’t be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7 Series. This could potentially sink any chances of success for the HD2 among the smartphone fanatics because there will be a shiny, new (and most likely better) operating system in just a few…
Shorthand Mobile uses SMS to bring apps to non-smartphones
We’re always looking at the next great smartphone, but it’s easy to forget that most people are still rocking feature phones or dumb phones. Shorthand Mobile is trying to bring apps to the masses by launching a service that will utilizes SMS for web content. “While there is incredible buzz around mobile app consumption, in…
Windows Phone 7 Series build 7.0.0.6077 extracted, will only run on x86, but let’s see where this goes
XDA-Developers, the wild children of our day who have all the free time in the world to poke and prod at mobile operating systems at a level that mere mortals such as you and I can’t even begin to fathom, have dumped build 7.0.0.6077 of Windows Phone Series 7 from the emulator that was given…