On the heels of yesterday’s release of Mango for the developers out there, Facebook has finally dropped version 2 with support for push notifications — Toast and Live Tile . For those of you that’ve been waiting with baited breath, included are notifications for: messages, wall posts, feed comments and replies, photo tags and replies, or in short about everything your addiction requires. We’ve not had a chance to light our screens up with this just yet, so why not be a dear and give it a go and let us know what you think. Facebook 2.0 finally brings push notifications to Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Windows Phone 7 gets its Kik, too
June 29th, 2011 
admin It would seem Kik, everybody’s almost favorite free messaging service — except those on a BlackBerry , perhaps — has added Windows Phone 7 to its list of supported platforms. What’s Kik you ask? Well, in case you’ve been hiding under a rock, Kik’s an instant messaging app with BBM -like features such as message status which lets you know if your message has been read, received, or if whomever you messaged is typing back. Throw in photo sharing and the fact that it is free, and well, you get the idea. While any mobile messaging app of this sort requires some selling on the part of the early adopters we’d guess by the uptake on both Android and iOS that Kik will quickly become a pretty hot property on the Windows Marketplace . So tell us, are you as hip and cool as Jon and Jessica and “down” with this type of service? Feel free to let us know in the comments below. Windows Phone 7 gets its Kik, too originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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No Comments »Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video)
June 28th, 2011 admin Make no mistake, Microsoft isn’t playing coy in the smartphone market any longer. The folks in Redmond are making a significant jump forward in the mobile arena, announcing that the upcoming version of Windows Phone, codenamed “Mango,” will be heading to a device near you in time for the holidays. As its competitors have raised the bar of expectations to a much higher level, Microsoft followed suit by adding at least 500 features to its mobile investment, which the company hopes will plug all of the gaping holes the first two versions left open. We received a Samsung Focus preloaded with the most recent developer build (read: not even close to the market release version) and we had a few good days to put it through its paces. It’s still far from completion, as there were several key features that we couldn’t test out; some weren’t fully implemented, and others involved third-party apps that won’t be updated until closer to launch. Yet we don’t want to call this build half-baked — in fact, it was surprisingly smooth for software that still has at least four months to go before it’s available for public consumption. At the risk of sounding ridiculously obvious, we’re mighty interested in seeing the final result when all is said and done this holiday season. As a disclaimer, we can’t guarantee that the stuff we cover here will actually look or act the same when it’s ready to peek out and make its official introduction in Q4; as often happens, features and UI enhancements are subject to be changed by the Windows Phone team as Mango gets closer and closer to release. Let’s get straight to brass tacks, since there’s a lot of details to dive into. It’d be best to grab a large beverage (we’d recommend a Big Gulp, at least ), find your most comfortable chair, and meet us after the break. Continue reading Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video) Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: engadget, firmwareupdate, holiday, microsoft, updates, voicerecognition, windows phone 7, windows phone mango, windows-phone, windowsphone7 No Comments »Nokia’s Stephen Elop is still over MeeGo, even if the N9 is a hit
June 25th, 2011 jedwan An awful lot has been happening in Nokialand over the past week. A few days ago, we spent our first real quality moments with the much discussed N9, and we were pretty blown away by the MeeGo smartphone. Fast forward a mere two days, and we catch wind of a pretty suspicious looking leak of “Sea Ray,” the company’s first Windows Phone handset where else but sitting firmly in the hand of CEO Stephen Elop. Just in case that brand of corporate subtlety didn’t quite drive the point home, the executive gave an interview with Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat this week, confirming the nearly universal suspicion that it will abandon the Linux-based OS. Elop told the paper that, even if the N9 proves a massive hit, Nokia is going to turn its attention to other, more Windows Mobiley things. [Thanks, Vezance] Nokia’s Stephen Elop is still over MeeGo, even if the N9 is a hit originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget, LG Tags: drive-the-point, entry, executive, linux, meego, much-discussed, nokia, over-the-past, sea ray, searay, stephen-elop, windows, windows phone 7 No Comments »Sliding Keyboard: it’s like Swype, but for Windows Phone 7
June 21st, 2011 admin In the Android realm, Swype has been life-changing for many; of course, reverting back to the messaging ways of old has been a must when jumping ship to WP7 . Now, gesture tracing crosses the aisle, and it’s hopping over to Microsoft’s turf courtesy of Invoke IT’s Sliding Keyboard. With the look of the regular ol’ WP7 keyboard, this set of arm floaties records the user tracing out text, just like ex-Android fans are accustomed to. The company goes a bit further by offering a pair of goggles — in the form of Bing search, text messaging and email options along the bottom of the app. Sure, it’s seeing its fair share of first-revision bugs (word recognition seems a bit poor based on early reviews), but at a cool $1.29 (and a free trial preceding that), it’s a good bit cheaper than a therapy session. Right? Sliding Keyboard: it’s like Swype, but for Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: bing, gesture, gesture-tracing, invoke it, invokeit, microsoft, phone, sling keyboard, smartphone, tracing, user, windows, windows phone 7, windowsphone7 No Comments »ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft’s approval
June 18th, 2011 admin Microsoft just earned itself a boatload of geek-cred and made Apple and Sony look pretty bad in the process. We knew the Windows Phone team was playing nice with the jailbreakers from ChevronWP7, but we didn’t realize just how cozy the two were going to get. Today the devs announced that ChevronWP7 Labs would open up soon, with the approval of Redmond, allowing users to load homebrew apps on their handsets. Unlike tools from the iPhone Dev Team , this service won’t be free. Instead, customers will have to cough up a small fee via PayPal — but we’re sure many of you are more than willing to pay a reasonable price to avoid the sort of cat and mouse game Apple has been playing with hackers since 2007. ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft’s approval originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: allowing-users, apple, chevronwp7 labs, chevronwp7labs, cozy-the-two, engadget, microsoft, official, official unlock, will-jailbreak, windows, windows phone 7, windowsphone, wp7 No Comments »Evernote hits Windows Phone 7, marches steadily toward complete device domination
June 18th, 2011 admin Evernote this week announced that its eponymous note-taking software has finally hit Windows Phone 7, the latest in a long line of platforms that includes everything from webOS to Google Wave. Like the dozen or so other versions, the app is all about saving ideas and syncing them across compatible devices. This one, however, was built around WP7′s UI, with pivoting panels devoted to Notes, Notebooks, Tags, and Recent Notes. The app is available now for free from the App Hub, so take note — by writing the information on your hand or something. Evernote hits Windows Phone 7, marches steadily toward complete device domination originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: apphub, engadget, entry, evernote, like-the-dozen, note taking, other-versions, versions, windows phone 7, windows-phone, windowsphone No Comments »Windows Phone beta app plays nice with WHS 2011, streams media from your network
June 16th, 2011 admin Fancy accessing your Windows Home Server directly from your Windows Phone? Then you might want to experiment with the Phone Connector add-in for WHS 2011 beta (aka Vail ). This lets you connect you to core network functions and settings via an app on your handset, including alerts, user accounts and connected devices. Crucially, it also streams all your lovely media, so long as it’s in WP-supported codecs. And if you pin the app to your home screen, you’ll get a nifty live tile with your network’s name, free disk space and a breakdown of network health alerts. Sure, you might have a bit of fuss to get this RC working, but then that’s half the fun. Windows Phone beta app plays nice with WHS 2011, streams media from your network originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: connector, engadget, home server, homeserver, microsoft, microsoft vail, network-health, plugin, vail, windows phone 7, windows-home, windowsvail No Comments »Microsoft releases Android developer poaching package for Windows Phone 7
June 10th, 2011 jedwan Microsoft’s App Guy has quite a job on his baby-soft hands: to boost Windows Phone 7′s numerically-challenged Marketplace by encouraging developers to port apps across from other platforms. The little fellow helped iPhone devs out a couple of months ago with an API mapping tool to makes it easier to translate iPhone APIs to WP7 code. Now he’s extended the mapping tool to work with Android APIs too, and backed it up with a 90-page white paper and a promise to get more involved in developer forums. Will the App Guy’s efforts unleash a flood of new apps for Windows Phone? We don’t know, but we dig his shorts. Microsoft releases Android developer poaching package for Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: 90-page-white, appdevelopers, developers, mapping, microsoft, white-paper, whitepaper, windows phone 7, windowsphonemarketplace, wp7 No Comments »Microsoft details SkyDrive integration with Windows Phone Mango (video)
June 9th, 2011 jedwan We already knew Windows Phone Mango would include SkyDrive functionality , but Microsoft has now released a few more details on some of the cloud storage features we can expect to see when the update rolls out, later this year. With the update, SkyDrive users will be able to share their stored photos via text message, e-mail or IM, and to upload their videos to the cloud with the touch of a button. They’ll also be able to browse, share and edit uploaded MS Office documents directly from their handhelds, while searching through their entire SkyDrive via the Office Hub. Storage limits remain capped at 25GB, though Microsoft says we should expect to see more cloud-based features roll out in the near future (including a revamped, HTML5-based SkyDrive web interface), so more changes may very well be on the horizon. Soar past the break for some demo videos from Redmond, along with a hands-on clip from WinRumors . Continue reading Microsoft details SkyDrive integration with Windows Phone Mango (video) Microsoft details SkyDrive integration with Windows Phone Mango (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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