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Copy and paste available for Windows Phone 7 developers

Published on: 8th February, 2011

Brandon Watson, director of developer relations at Microsoft, has recently revealed in a podcast for PPCGeeks that developers of Windows Phone 7 would soon get the missing functionality allowing copy and paste operations. The update just went live a few days ago and hints at a similar one available for end users, which would come [...]

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 at its first software update

Published on: 26th January, 2011

WP7’s first software update has already been shown in a video recording. It seems that load times for applications are now much faster than before. There are big differences in application load and resume times mainly in those applications that use to pre-load a big amount of graphics like games. For example, the updated phone [...]

Windows Phone 7 is outnumbered 100:1 as for web traffic

Published on: 23rd December, 2010

WP7 has to attract enough web traffic to count in the competition with its rivals, according to Chitika. Although overall increasing, the platform has not exceeded 0.45 percent of requests on the ad network of Chitika. Android had 40 percent, which is a 100 to one ratio, while iOS had about 60 percent of the [...]

Windows Phone 7 Mango to add HTML5 and support for Silverlight

Published on: 23rd December, 2010

Microsoft is believed to prepare a major update to its Windows Phone 7 in order to catch up to rivals in web browsing most of all. Codenamed “Mango”, the update is supposed to add HTML5 to the browser and to add support for Silverlight, probably as a plugin. The current update would be larger than [...]

Windows Phone 7 will launch on Verizon and Sprint in January

Published on: 20th December, 2010

A recent report confirmed earlier rumors that both Verizon and Sprint would receive Windows Phone 7 devices soon. According to the unnamed source, it is not clear if the handsets for these carriers would be unveiled at CES. What the devices would be is also unknown, but there are some clues about the HTC Trophy [...]

Windows Phone 7 patch to widen multitasking due for February

Published on: 17th December, 2010

The update to Windows Phone 7 which consists of adding copy and paste text is supposed to be just a prelude to some larger updates Microsoft intends in order to put WP7 more in par with the rivals Apple and Google. The company wants to catch up in text editing by implementing an update in [...]

Windows Phone 7 handsets free in Microsoft’s stores

Published on: 15th December, 2010

Microsoft is going further with its discounting campaign and recently offered a special deal for the weekend. Any customer wanting to renew an AT&T contract in any of the company’s retail stores has received a free handset, having the possibility to choose between the LG Quantum and HTC Surround. As for T-Mobile users, they can [...]

Windows Phone 7 figures give Android outselling 15:1

Published on: 15th December, 2010

UK retailer MobilesPlease made public data which were showing Windows Phone 7 sales being rather disappointing. Only three percent of the sales have been represented by devices sporting the new mobile operating system of Microsoft. Compared to these numbers, Android outsold it by a factor of 15:1, while Symbian^3 was also outselling it by a [...]

Windows Phone 7 – only 40,000 devices sold on launch in the United States

Published on: 14th November, 2010

It seems that Microsoft has sold only 40,000 Windows Phone 7 devices on launch in the United States. A market research tracker claims that figures represent sales for all devices across both T-Mobile and AT&T. none of the two carriers has confirmed the numbers, although a representative of T-Mobile claimed “strong interest”. At least the [...]

Windows Phone 7 sales not limited exclusively to retail stores, says AT&T

Published on: 8th November, 2010

AT&T has recently made clear its policies related to the launch of Windows Phone 7 after a mistaken announcement coming from a store manager who said that the devices would only be available at retail locations. Orders can also be placed online, but no device will be available to pre-order. As it seems, the carrier [...]

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