Posts Tagged ‘Windows Phone’

Microsoft Plans Big Windows Phone Update

April 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Somewhere along autumn, Microsoft is planning a big update for Windows Phone 7. This update is called Mango and will bring developers a lot of new abilities.

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Windows Phone 7, One Year Later

March 31st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft’s Brandon Watson posted some interesting numbers on Windows Phone 7, that turned one year old today. The SDK has been downloaded 1.5 million times and 36.000 developers subscribed to AppHub.

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Try Before You Buy Successful on Windows Phone 7

March 10th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Following our report on the Dutch market yesterday, Microsoft released more metrics on the Windows Phone Marketplace. The total app count is now at 9.000, up 1.000 in about a month.

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Three Updates for Symbian in 2011

March 10th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Though Nokia has been reported to be sacking part of it’s Symbian developers, the vendor announced that it still expects to roll out three updates for the Symbian platform in 2011.

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Microsoft Sold 2 Million Windows Phone 7 Licenses

January 31st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft has announced that it has sold 2 million Windows Phone 7 licenses to device vendors. This news follows on the announcement that 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices have been sold in the first two months after launch.

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1.5 Million Windows Phone 7 Devices With Consumers and Retail

December 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

In the first six weeks of launch, 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices have been shipped to retailers and operators (we assume most of them landed with consumers by now).

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Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Hits the Web

November 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

One of the reasons Netflix is on Windows Phone and not on Android is the security Microsoft built. Now, it seems like hackers have managed to create a jailbreak tool for Windows Phone owners.

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Tech-Ed: 2.000 Apps for Windows Phone

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

During Tech-Ed, Brandon Watson from Microsoft told Dutch IT site Tweakers.net that Windows Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 is currently hosting 2.000 unique apps.

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LG to Subsidize Windows Phone Apps

November 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

LG has announced it will be giving away ten apps for free on Windows Marketplace every month. These ten apps will exclude any in-house developed apps and games from LG.

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Windows Phone 7 Liveblog

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

We are here, at Microsoft HQ in The Netherlands, waiting for the Livestream to start. We already know the releasedate for Europe is October 21st and the US will see the first devices in November. Refresh this page to check the latest news about Windows Phone 7.

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