Posts Tagged ‘Windows Phone’

Free Lumia 710’s for Dutch Developers

March 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia and Microsoft have announced a new deal for Windows Phone developers in The Netherlands. Developers that are able to push out three new apps on Windows Marketplace before the end of June get a free Lumia 710.

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Windows Mobile 6 Marketplace Online May 9th

March 9th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

With most consumers transferred to alternative platforms like Android, iOS and Windows Phone, Windows Mobile is now heading to an end of life status. Starting May 9th, Microsoft will take down its marketplace.

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Google set to Launch Assistant to Battle Siri

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Some love it, others hate it. Apple’s personal assistant Siri. Following the Ziggy app on Windows Phone, Google is also preparing their Assistant to launch on the Android platform.

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Microsoft Opens Dream.Build.Play 2012 Challenge

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

In order to get more developers interested in developing new and innovative apps for Microsoft’s Windows Phone and XBLA platforms, the company has rebooted the Dream.Build.Play competition it successfully launched back in 2011. Developers will compete for a total of $112.500 in cash prizes.

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MWC: Microsoft Releases new Windows Phone SDK

February 27th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia has launched a number of new smartphones today. The most interesting one was actually the Lumia 610. The device still had the same screensize, but is the first one with a limited availability of RAM.

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Windows Phone Tango not 100% Backward Compatible

February 14th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

The next incremation of Windows Phone will be Windows Phone Tango. This version will finally make one wish from Microsoft come true. Having a hardware spec for low-budget Windows Phone devices. There’s one big problem though…

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Microsoft Prepares App Hub for Mango Launch

July 22nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft is preparing the Windows Marketplace for the launch in new markets and of course the launch of the new Windows Phone 7 Mango update.

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Nokia Starts Windows Phone Training for Symbian Developers

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia’s Czech department has started to invite Symbian developers to the Microsoft offices. There, the companies will help developers in their transition from Symbian development to Windows Phone.

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Microsoft Unveils Mango and Web Based Marketplace

May 25th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Yesterday, Microsoft provided full details on the next update of Windows Phone 7. It is indeed called Mango and oh yeah, the name of the OS is just Windows Phone now…

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Windows Phone Mango, Windows Phone 7.5?

April 25th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

It seems like Windows Phone 7 is about to receive a name change as Microsoft releases the Mango update this fall. The giant called the new Mango update Windows Phone 7.5 on one of it’s websites.

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