Archive for the ‘Platforms: Windows Phone’ Category

Windows Phone Tango not 100% Backward Compatible

February 14th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder 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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LG Preparing for NFC Launch on Windows Phone

February 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Not only Nokia is going big on NFC. As it seems, LG has also started preparations for their next generation of Windows Phone 8 devices that will be offering full support for NFC hardware.

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NFC and Skype Heading for Windows Phone 8

February 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

It seems Microsoft is further beefing up the Windows Phone 8 functionality offering. The company is set to integrate NFC in its OS to support mobile billing and a host of other cool stuff the guys at Nokia are currently working out.

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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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Windows 8 a Lot Like Windows Phone 7

June 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft has put a video on YouTube detailing what Windows 8 will be looking like. The first thing that comes to my mind is “Windows Phone 7”, and that’s not far sought.

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Pyramid: Windows Phone Leading in 2015

May 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Though most researchers are battling it out over Android and iPhone, Pyramid Research says Windows Phone 7 could be the leading mobile operating system by 2015.

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Microsoft Releases Tool and Whitepaper for iOS Developers

May 1st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Developers looking to port their apps over to the Windows Phone 7 platform are getting help from the folks over at Microsoft. The giant has created a set of two items they can use for the job.

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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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Nokia to Launch WP7 Store

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

Microsoft and Nokia have signed their cooperation agreement earlier than both expected and that brought some interesting news to the table. Nokia is the first vendor that will have their own WP7 store.

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