Mobile

Why Didn’t Nokia Use Android? Because That Would Be Giving Up

By now, you know that Nokia decided to side with Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 instead of Google and Android. Why didn’t they want Android? Because Nokia felt that that would be going down without a fight.


January 5, 2011
Mobile

Windows Phone 7 Rumoured Updates: Copy & Paste, iE9, HTML5, And Silverlight Coming

Paul Thurrott is reporting that Windows Phone 7 is getting its first update as soon as February (it might even be RTM this week). Codenamed NoDo, for ‘No Donuts’ (anti-Android?), the first update will bring copy & paste, a bunch of software fixes, support for Qualcomm 7×30 chipset and a CDMA location stack.


October 11, 2010
Mobile

Leaked T-Mobile HTC HD7 Looks Gigantically Awesome

As a successor to the tragedy that was the HTC HD2, the HTC HD7 actually has a chance to be the awesome. It packs updated hardware in a more gorgeous body while running Windows Phone 7.


March 7, 2010
Gaming

Microsoft Demos Game Across Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, And Windows 7

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/LQv_3fwopo8&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} ); Whoa. During the keynote presentation at TechEd Middle East in Dubai, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder played the same Indiana Jones game on a Windows computer, a Windows Phone 7 phone, and an Xbox 360. Gaming is about to get real ubiquitous.


February 28, 2010
Mobile

Microsoft Employee Shows Off Prototype Windows Phone 7 Series Smartphone From LG

Aaron Woodman, the director of consumer experiences for Microsoft’s mobile division, was a guest on today’s Engadget Show, and he had a nice surprise for everyone: a prototype of LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series phone.