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On September 5th 2012, Nokia announced two new entries to the smartphone market, being powered of course by the not-yet-released Windows Phone 8. The two devices are namely the Lumia 820 and 920, successors to their 8 and 900 counterparts. Following much speculation about the devices, the 820...

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With reports that*the Metro name will no longer be used by Microsoft for the UI in Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Xbox, some are wondering how Microsoft will get themselves out of this situation. Source: Yahoo! News

As many of us are aware, Microsoft announced their iPad competitor, the Surface, will be available after the launch of Windows 8. What does everyone think? The RT version will be running a version of Windows 8 specifically designed for tablets (think iOS rather than Mac OSX) while the Surface...

I am using Windows 8 Release Preview on my desktop. At present the Windows marketplace has a very limited quantity of apps. I also saw the Windows phone marketplace and it has a lot of apps. I read in the news that it has more than 100000 apps presently. I think it a possibility that when the...

Worldwide, contracts are the popular route for clients to take with cellular operators. And what's not to love? Carriers will often times "give" you the latest phone for $0. That's great, considering it may otherwise cost upwards of $600. However, you'll be obligated to sign a 36 month contract...

When web development reached critical mass in the early-mid 2000's, there was a lot of discussion about what it all meant for native development and apps that are optimized for devices, but developers' penchant for exploiting what devices can do has persisted through all of that, and it keeps...

This week on Channel 9, Brian and returning guest host Martin Woodward discuss the week's top developer news, including: Link Removed Link Removed, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download, Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO images, Link Removed Link Removed How To Guide to Installing...

Hello everyone, Today, here at Windows7Forums.com we are excited to announce the next public testing version of Windows 8! You may remember the Windows 8 Developer Preview went live in September 2011. Since then, Microsoft has remained hard at work on the next version of their Windows operating...

Today, during mobile world congress, Microsoft/Skype confirmed the availability of the first official version of Skype! While it is currently in beta (and only at version 0.2), it comes packed with some of the most basic features you'd expect in a Skype for mobile client - IM, Skype-to-Skype...

Here are some in-depth screens for our Android app available on the Google Marketplace. The app is being continually developed with usability in mind, and allows you to navigate the forums easier than browser mode. These dozens of screenshots are directly off of a Samsung Droid Charge. We are...

windows 7 or windows phone 7, it's a question. So I must go to other phone forums asking for help? Oh,no..

I checked that window phone didn't support data sharing through Bluetooth with non window phone.That made me :-( .Is their any possible way to do data sharing .If yes ! then please share here

At the Consumer Electronics show in this past week, Skype's VP of Products, Rick Osterloh discussed that Skype is (still) coming to Windows Phone 7 - "soon". This is the third time officials have said the application will be coming to the mobile platform. Originally, Microsoft announced that...

During CES 2012, Microsoft's Ben Rudolph set out to challenge iOS and Android users by outperforming their devices in simple, everyday tasks. These included going from locked screen>>Snapping a shot and uploading it to Facebook/Twitter, finding local business', directions and more! The results...

Whenever I have an appointment in my live calender, whether I set those appointments with Windows Live Mail, or my Windows Phone 7, or the Hotmail website I get an email notification about the appointment. I want those to stop. I clicked the link in the email about changing notifications and i...

Hello everyone, This is part two of my Windows Phone devices summary. See the mango (7.5) devices here.That thread also shows minimum OEM requirements for Windows Phone devices.Now, for the original Windows Phones, mostly launched with the operating system on November 8th 2010 (NA) and October...

Hello everyone, This thread will be a collection of Windows Phone devices that have been released since the launch of Mango, and thus have been shipped with it already installed. Windows Phone Mango was the first major platform upgrade for WP7. For information on RTM/NoDo devices, see this...

My Friend have windows phone and he want Talking Tom application for his windows mobile.Is their any who can help me to give a way to get that application.So that i can help my friend

Andy Lees, head of Microsoft’s Windows Phone division for more than three years, has been moved by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer into a new “time-critical” role that somehow combines Windows Phone and Windows 8. Terry Myerson, who led Windows Phone’s engineering efforts, will take over the...