Win 7 Mobile News thread

[diogen]

Good summary
Windows Phone Mango and Bing Vision hands-on -- Engadget

It looks like it is an upgrade similar to Win2000 -> WinXP.
Taking it one step at a time. Stability and responsiveness get priority.
Nokia aside, all hardware (OEM & ODM) partners are from Asia. Probably a good thing.
Integrate Office and Exchange into the OS, add Hyper-V and they might have a market to sell it to...

It would be interesting to see how far XDA-devs can take it. Signed/encrypted bootloader?

Bu alas, no tethering, i.e. no interest at the moment...

Diogen.

 

[Poke]

All of the next wave of Windows Phone 7 Mango devices will run Qualcomm processors.

All of the next wave of Windows Phone 7 Mango devices will run Qualcomm processors

 

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Lync for Mango to have IM and presence, maybe not voice at launch...


Lync for Mango to have IM and presence, maybe not voice at launch | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

 

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Acer 1st WP7 Device..

Acer W4 Windows Phone Specs Detailed

Acer W4 Windows Phone Specs Detailed

 

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Is This The 12MP Windows Phone, Made By HTC?

Is This The 12MP Windows Phone, Made By HTC?

 

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Windows Phone to get dual-core Qualcomm chipset

Windows Phone to get dual-core Qualcomm chipset | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

Dual Scorpion-cores up to 1.5GHz
Adreno 220 GPU
1080P video and playback
HDMI mirroring
Dolby 5.1
3D capturing and playback
16MP dual-camera support

 

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Official StubHub app comes to Windows Phone

Official StubHub app comes to Windows Phone | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

 

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MyFord Mobile for Windows Phone 7 shown off..

MyFord Mobile for Windows Phone 7 shown off

 

[Poke]

I like some of the new features that are coming out this fall...

Communications Features | Windows Phone Mango demo by Joe Belfiore

YouTube - ?Communications Features | Windows Phone Mango demo by Joe Belfiore?‏

 

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Best Buy app joins the crowd ..

Best Buy app joins the crowd | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

 

[digiblur]

I wouldn't necessarily call new apps news for Windows7... We would have mile long threads if we did this for iphone and Android.

 

[Poke]

I wouldn't necessarily call new apps news for Windows7... We would have mile long threads if we did this for iphone and Android.

Alright I will leave those things out...

 

[Poke]

Looks good but I think Nokia will have some of the best phones out there..


HTC Eternity flagship Windows Phone info leaked?

HTC Eternity flagship Windows Phone info leaked? | MobileTechWorld

 

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Microsoft reveals new Samsung Windows Phone Mango device [video]


Microsoft reveals new Samsung Windows Phone Mango device [video] | WinRumors

 

[hancox]

So - is there even a rumor of a "4G" win 7 phone? Seems a like a big hole out there

 

[isaacmorseMI]

So - is there even a rumor of a "4G" win 7 phone? Seems a like a big hole out there

There is no 4G capibility in the current software. It is rumored that it will be added in the 7.5 "Mango" update. The reason that Windows Phone is not succesful is becuase it offers nothing that makes it stand out from iPhone and Android.

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[navychop]

That, and I think the word "Windows" conjures up images of a BSD on their cell phone. Plus, MS's tracking record on mobiles.

 

[Tyralak]

I love to hear the naysayers try to bash Microsoft saying they won't succeed at mobile, and they have no business in phones. It's just as funny now as it was when they said Microsoft has no business in the video game industry. They're taking a different approach to mobile than Android or Apple. Mango is going to fix a lot of the shortcomings the current version has.

 

[Steve Mehs]

But prior to the XBox, Microsoft never ventured into the gaming market before. Microsoft has made many many attempts at the mobile market before and each and every one of them have been massive failures From the late 90s with palmtops and CE devices, to the early 2000s with XP tablets to 8 months ago with the Kin and a few more attempts inbetween. When you fail at something like 5 or 6 times, each time pouring millions and millions of dollars into it, no, you have no business in it. Microsoft has no relevancy in any mobile market, all of their attempts have been lame, and their products lackluster hence why they’ve never had a significant presence in the world of mobility.

 

[harshness]

Mango is going to fix a lot of the shortcomings the current version has.

Apple has been making promises for the Mac that sound an awful lot like this for nearly 25 years. Microsoft has even given in to the temptation to name their updates after fruit.