Since we said “ROM cooker”, you might have guessed that we’re referring to Cornflipper, the most active guy in this segment of software development. He recently posted a tweet mentioning the names of upcoming HTC Windows Phone 7 handsets, plus a bunch of other HTC phones. Here they are: These unconfirmed WP7 phones are the Salsa,...
Engadget has done it again, managing to fully preview Windows Phone 7. Microsoft’s newest mobile product must be smashing, not only great, specially to clear the company’s broken image, due to the huge Kin failure. 2 years of development have brought us to what you can see in the following images. From Engadget’s full and detailed...
We don’t know if you’re familiar with Russian or Ukrainian, but if you are, you’ll have twice the fun of watching the following video. The clip was done to showcase the features of Windows Phone 7 running on the LG Panther smartphone. Here’s the walkthrough: Apparently, this is an older build of WP7, or so say the commenters...
Microsoft hopes to hit gold with the new Windows Phone 7 mobile OS and its app store, too. Although Windows Marketplace for Mobile will have a long way to go, before surpassing the Apple App Store and Android Marketplace, the feat can be achieved, it the devs feel like working with the Redmond giant. And what better way to enable that than cash? A...
Windows Phone 7 developers will get their WP7 handsets starting next week, in order to start coding and programming apps for the new mobile platform. Shipping will start from next Monday, July 19th and sadly we learn that not all demand will be met. Deploy and test labs will be set up in major cities, making it easier for people to preview the phone...
Microsoft has created an initiative called Imagine Cup, meant to gather the world’s best students in a technology-related competition. The challenge is designed to show how technology can solve the world’s current issues. The 2010 edition final took place in Warsaw, Poland and the winners received cash prizes. Also, the 400 finalists were...
Rob Tiffany recently made a post on his blog, detailing the encryption features of Windows Phone 7, that will be very useful for the platform’s business customers. Sensitive data encryption is crucial nowadays, specially when two CEOs are chatting via WP7 devices. The platform provides varied encryption schemes, based on security elements, like...
As the Windows Phone 7 buzz was growing, Microsoft made things pretty clear, saying that Windows Mobile won’t die too soon. Apparently, the platform has some years of life left, as proved by the recent release of Windows Embedded Handheld, a customized WinMo 6.5.3, focused on enterprise features. The OS will be useful in corporate environments...
We’ve just learned that Sony Ericsson might join the likes of LG, Dell and HTC on the list of companies creating handsets with Windows Phone 7 on board. Apparently, SE’s smartphone will feature a 4 inch capacitive multitouch display and it’ll also pack a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, possibly landscape. At this moment, the device’s...
The LG smartphone below is able to boot Windows Phone 7 from zero in a mere 30 seconds, a great performance, specially considering that WM 6.5 devices took almost a full minute to boot. At least, this seemed to be the case with HTC Touch Pro 2. Here’s the WP7 boot video: Since this phone is an LG model, we’re guessing that this might...
