After the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta was released yesterday, we expected nothing less than for both developers and aficionados alike to get their hands on the emulator and find unannounced features. Yes, first of all the developer tools beta does state it is Windows Phone 7.1, but that's only temporary, Windows Phone 7.5 is the codenamed Mango update coming later … [Read more...]
If you don't want to wait for your carrier to push out the hotly anticipated NoDo update for your phone, you may be able to take your device's safety into your own hands if you have a Mozart, and update it yourself. Those rapscallions at XDA have obtained the ROM file through some nefarious method, and put it up for general use. User DearMond laid out how to install the … [Read more...]
On Microsoft Mobile's German Facebook site, we've had the first official confirmation that they'll talk about the much awaited update to Windows Phone 7 at the upcoming Mobile World Conference, starting next week. Thanks to Google translate, this is what they said: In recent days, the questions piled up at the scheduled update, and we do not want to leave you in the rain: At … [Read more...]
We've been hearing for a while that the first smallish update to Windows Phone 7, codenamed NoDo, is "coming soon" but without any real news as to when it's meant to arrive. A recent update to Microsoft's support site has just been put up to deal with "Troubleshooting problems during software update for Windows Phone 7," the clear implication here that there's going to be an … [Read more...]
Chris Walsh, one of the guys behind ChevronWP7, has been chatting to the WP7 team for a couple of days now, and has put up a blog post about the new features expected in the update to Windows Phone 7. Assumedly Windows Phone 7.1, codenamed NoDo, will definitely bring copy and paste as well as speed improvements to the platform. Walsh points out that one of the limitations of … [Read more...]
