Posts Tagged ‘Windows Phone 7’

Glu Backs Windows Phone 7 with 2 New Games

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Glu is one of the few partners that Microsoft allows to publish games with Xbox Live support on the Windows Phone 7 platform. As so, Glu has announced it will publish two games for it.

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No Nudity on Windows Marketplace

September 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Just like Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer apparently dislikes naked women. As so, the new guidelines on Windows Marketplace disallow development of apps with any nudity in them.

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Microsoft Finalizes Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools

September 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft has finalized the Windows Phone 7 SDK. The first phones supporting Windows Phone 7 will be out on the market in about a month from now so it is about time they did.

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Verizon Not to Sell Windows Phone 7 Before 2011 – UPDATED

September 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

According to Bloomberg, Verizon has announced that it will not be selling Windows Phone 7 devices until 2011. In fact, Verizon will ‘probably release a phone’ in 2011 which doesn’t sound all too well for the OS.

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Microsoft Confirms WP7 vs. XBLA Gameplay

August 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Multiplayer Gaming, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

In an interview with rgbFilter, Microsoft’s Greg Milligan confirmed that Windows Phone 7 versus Xbox Live Arcade multiplayer functionality is still in the roadmap of Microsoft.

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Developer Creates Ovi App Wizard for Windows Phone 7

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Silverlight | No Comments »

A US based developer has built a webservice similar (even better in some fields) to that of the Ovi App Wizard. Users can build a full Windows Phone 7 app by filling in some data inside a form.

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SE: Symbian or WinMo, One Has to Go

July 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

During the presentation of their Q2 financial results, Bert Nordberg showed his enthusiasm about the success of the Android platform in SonyEricsson’s portfolio. The company is less satisfied with Windows Mobile and Symbian.

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Microsoft Registers 200.000 WiPo 7 SDK Downloads

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

According to Microsoft’s Brandon Watson, their new Windows Phone 7 SDK has been downloaded 200.000 times. These downloads took place even before the SDK hat hit Beta stage.

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Microsoft NL Speaks About Windows Phone 7 Launch

July 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Maarten Sonneveld, Business Group Lead Mobile Communications at Microsoft Netherlands has announced that Microsoft NL regrets the unavailability of the Marketplace in The Netherlands.

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Windows Phone 7, More Revelations

June 2nd, 2010 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Silverlight, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Platforms: XNA | 20 Comments »

Today, we visited the Windows Phone 7 Event in Maarssen (NL). Though we heard a lot of details we (or others) already wrote about, there are several revelations in this article you might not have heard about before…

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