Amazon Kindle app for Windows Phone 7 now available
It took quite a while, but Amazon’s Kindle application is finally available for the Windows Phone 7 platform as of Tuesday evening. The app offers …
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Ballmer on Windows Phone 7: 5,500 apps, updates coming, Verizon and Sprint in first half of 2011
Speaking at his company’s CES keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer let go several pertinent facts about the Windows Phone 7 operating system. For starters, the …
Microsoft Kinect sales surpass 8 million units in first 60 days
During Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show this evening, Microsoft confirmed some pretty outstanding sales figures for the Kinect sensor. …
Live from Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote; including live-broadcast video!
We’re all ready to go at Microsoft CEO Steve Baller’s CES keynote event — the room is packed and the event is set to start …
Microsoft reveals new version of Windows compatible with ARM, other SoC architectures
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft demonstrated an upcoming version of its Windows operating system that will extend the OS’ reach …
New Windows Phone 7 update details emerge
Web-famous Windows watcher Paul Thurrott has come forward with new details surrounding a pair of upcoming updates for Microsoft’s mobile platform. Some details jibe with …
Microsoft to demo Windows TV product at CES
According to an unconfirmed report in The Seattle Times, Microsoft is preparing to demonstrate a new home entertainment product set to combat Apple TV and Google …
Kinect hack shows off simulated skeletal X-ray [video]
A team of German developers is doing some pretty interesting work with Kinect thanks to the OpenNI open source framework, which allows programmers to build …
Idea of Nokia using Windows Phone 7 is ‘stark raving loony’ according to Nokia employee [Updated]
In a post on his personal blog Wednesday, Nokia employee Watts Martin discounts rumors from earlier this month that Nokia might be considering Windows Phone …
SurfCube Browser brings 3D browsing to Windows Phone 7 [video]
SurfCube Browser by Kinabalu Innovation Limited is a brand new 3D browser for Windows Phone 7 devices. To be clear, the interface of this great …
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace DRM cracked
The digital rights management (DRM) security used by Microsoft to protect apps in its Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has been cracked, enthusiast blog WPCentral reports. …
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace set to reach 5,000-app milestone
Microsoft is set to reach another mobile milestone Tuesday as its Windows Phone 7 Marketplace passes the 5,000-app mark. The Marketplace reached 4,000 apps just …
O2 Germany: HTC 7 Pro set to launch in January
According to German carrier O2, the HTC 7 Pro — a full-QWERTY, horizontal sliding, Windows Phone 7 device — will hit store shelves sometime in January. The …
HTC will slowly but surely customize Windows Phone 7’s user interface
With all the time, effort, and, to be frank, money that HTC has invested into its Sense UI and now Sense services, it was a …
AirPlay comes to Windows thanks to AirMediaPlayer
We knew it wouldn’t be long before a simple solution brought Apple’s AirPlay streaming media functionality to Windows, and today the deed is done. Independent …
Microsoft to announce ARM-compatible Windows at CES?
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will be unveiling a version of its Windows operating system at the Consumer Electronics Show that is designed to run …
State University of New York moves to Microsoft Live
In a short press release yesterday, Microsoft announced a deal with the State University of New York (SUNY) to bring the company’s Live@edu cloud-based collaboration services to all 64 …
Windows Phone 7 device sales top 1.5 million units
Microsoft announced Tuesday that sales of Windows Phone 7 devices have surpassed 1.5 million units. The milestone took just over eight weeks from the international …
Verizon introduces Mobile Email 4.0, brings Exchange to feature phones
Think you can avoid having corporate email on your mobile device by buying a feature phone? Think again, as today Verizon Wireless announced an update …
Murtazin: Nokia to build Windows Phone 7 devices?
While the following seems completely improbable, you have to give the idea consideration due to the source. Mobile Review‘s Eldar Murtazin, who is known for his deep …
Beezz WP7 Twitter app has another major update in the works
As with several desktop and mobile platforms, Twitter is being out-tweeted on Windows Phone 7. Subjectivity aside, third-party Twitter clients often provide a great deal of …
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace passes 4,000-app mark
According to third-party Windows Phone 7 Marketplace monitor WP7applist, Microsoft’s mobile application store is now home to over 4,000 applications. The site, which provides a …
First major Windows Phone 7 update due in late 2011 according to report
According to a report from ZDNet’s All About Microsoft blog, the first major update (codenamed Mango) to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform isn’t due until August …
Propelled by Kinect, Microsoft’s Xbox outsells Wii, PS3 again
According to analytics firm NPD Group, Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console has outsold Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 for the sixth consecutive month. Microsoft moved …
Microsoft readying second major Window Phone 7 update for February?
Blog WinRumors is reporting that Microsoft is preparing a second, developer-centric software update for its Windows Phone 7 platform to be released this February. The information was …
Microsoft confirms Windows Phone 7 app limit for push notifications
Earlier this week, reports emerged surrounding an odd limitation recently discovered on Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 platform. Though interpretations varied, the gist was that …
Samsung Gloria to be a Windows 7 tablet with sliding keyboard
According to an unconfirmed report on French enthusiast blog Blogeee.net, Samsung is currently developing a Windows 7 tablet PC with a slide-out keyboard. Citing multiple …
Microsoft sees global Kinect shortages
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Microsoft’s Kinect is the premier gift for gamers this holiday season. Microsoft sold over 2.5 million Kinect units …
Windows Phone 7 copy / paste captured on video
Reports of a Windows Phone 7 OS update trickling out to developer phones first surfaced over the weekend. As part of that update, it looks …
Pandora has a change of heart; no Windows Phone 7 app planned [Updated]
Back in March of this year, Microsoft proudly announced that Pandora would be one of its big-name Windows Phone 7 launch partners. In an interesting …
