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  • WP7 Mango Launch Event Tomorrow Adds 500+ New Features

    Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft confirmed today at the Japanese Microsoft Developer Forum 2011 tomorrow’s WP7 Mango preview event. He referred to it as the “Mango launch event”. He also told the audience that they “came to market with Windows Phone about a year later than” he wished they had.

    You can catch the reference to the 500 additional features to be added at the 0:50 point. The features we are currently aware of are: IE9, Fast app switching, Twitter Integration + Messenger, Turn-by-turn navigation, Dictation support, Unified Inbox, Bing Audio/Vision, New languages, Podcast support on Zune and Smart DJ, to name a few.

    Windows Phone 7 is also set to arrive in Japan Mango ready later this year.

  • Nokia Axes the Ovi Label, Rebranding Everything to “Nokia Services”

    The Ovi label was certainly short lived, Nokia’s first attempt at creating an integrated ecosystem. The mobile phone giant has stated in a press release that it will evolve its brand identity by renaming the aforementioned to Nokia services. The transition will begin somewhere between July and August, with the intention of it being completed in all regions by 2012. This was sort of expected attributing to the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft. The full press release after the break. 

    [box] GLOBAL – Starting with first services on some of the new Nokia devices in July and August, Ovi services will be rebranded as Nokia services in a transition expected to continue into 2012. Each of the services under the Ovi umbrella will simply be rebranded as Nokia, with no planned disruption to the service roadmaps. Nokia’s EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Jerri DeVard explains the shift: “We have made the decision to change our service branding from Ovi to Nokia. By centralizing our services identity under one brand, not two, we will reinforce the powerful master brand of Nokia and unify our brand architecture – while continuing to deliver compellingopportunities and experiences for partners and consumers alike.” The transition from Ovi to Nokia will begin in July this year, with the intention of it being completed across all countries and all services by the end of 2012. It’s likely that anybody buying a new Nokia smartphone or mobile phone later this year will start to see the new branding on services included within. However anybody already owning a Nokia phone will see this new rebranding through future software updates. Jerri continues: “The reasons for this decision includes the fact that Nokia is a well-known and highly-loved brand the world over. Our mobile experiences are tightly integrated with our devices – there is no longer a differentiation. For example, if consumers want the best mobile navigation experience, they know it’s a Nokia that they can rely on. These last few years, and moving forward, our mission remains unchanged: we will continue our work to deliver compelling, unified mobile service offerings and next-generation, disruptive technologies.” This is solely a name-changing exercise and the service roadmaps will continue exactly as planned. The only difference consumers can expect to see is the replacement of the word Ovi with Nokia, not only on their device software but also in other places such as printed material or online media and advertisements. The transition should be a smooth and seamless one.[/box]

     

     

    Source: Nokia Conversations

  • WP7′s Pre-Nodo Update Fails Yet Again

    Looks like WP7 hates Samsung Phones. Microsoft was suppose to roll out it’s Nodo update this March which would have added useful features like copy/pasting and other performance based enhancements. To allow for the bigger updates WP7 users have to install a pre-update which went seamlessly with some but ended up in bricking many Samsung Phones. The lucky ones who’s phones didn’t bricked simply ended up with a failed update. A week later they released an other update specially for Samsung users which was later found out to be broken too. Microsoft claims that only a 100 users have been affected but we found many more complaining on various tech forums all over the internet. We recommend you let all this drama unfold and wait for the proven proper version.

  • WP7′s Pre-Nodo Update Fails Yet Again

    Looks like WP7 hates Samsung Phones. Microsoft was suppose to roll out it’s Nodo update this March which would have added useful features like copy/pasting and other performance based enhancements. To allow for the bigger updates WP7 users have to install a pre-update which went seamlessly with some but ended up in bricking many Samsung Phones. The lucky ones who’s phones didn’t bricked simply ended up with a failed update. A week later they released an other update specially for Samsung users which was later found out to be broken too. Microsoft claims that only a 100 users have been affected but we found many more complaining on various tech forums all over the internet. We recommend you let all this drama unfold and wait for the proven proper version.

  • Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T And Windows Phone 7 Mango Get A Commerical

    The joint made Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T is gonna be the first Windows Phone 7 to hit the shelves and now it’s gotten itself a full fledged ad which also show off Windows Phone 7 Mango.

    The ad itself is not made by Microsoft, Fujitsu or Toshiba it’s actually made by Japanese cell phone carrier KDDI and they’ve done a quite decent job. Ad features the phone’s Xbox Live support, Microsoft Office and other features which are also available in competing Operating Systems like Internet browsers and Google or Bing maps connectivity. The ad is below:

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  • Brandon Foy, Creator Of Awesome Unofficial WP7 Ads Gets Hired By Microsoft

    You guys remember Brandon Foy right? Well for those who don’t he made some awesome ads for Windows Phone 7 a few months ago and received critical acclaim with some people even claiming them to be better than the ones by Microsoft themselves and we wholeheartedly agree.

    Microsoft even promised to air another video of his if it hit 200,000 views on YouTube. So today the news is that he got hired my Microsoft as a UX Director and today was his first day at work. Great to see big companies like Microsoft appreaciating the talent and letting it prosper. We can also expect much better Windows Phone ads since Brandon is in charge, so good luck mate!

    One of Brandon’s ads is embedded below:

    Source: @BrandonFoy

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  • Windows Phone 7 Mango Blows All Other Phones Out Of The Water In HTML5 Browser Tests

    Ever since Microsoft announced Mango for their Windows Phone 7 platform they have been focusing on the OS’s exceptional HTML5 performance leaving behind the likes of Android, iOS and BlackBerry OS.

    So Microsoft gave us another demo at the Worldwide Partners Conference (WPC) earlier this week where an HTC Mango handset went against the Samsung Droid Charge, BlackBerry Torch and an iPhone 4 with the latest iOS 5 BETA 3. The demo on display was called ‘Fish’ where 3D fishes were being rendered onto an ocean background.

    As you could see in the video the Charge managed to pull 20fps, the Torch did 9fps, iPhone 4 managed to do around 15fps while the HTC managed a blazing fast 50fps! Now that’s what you call owning the crowd.

    Source: WMPoweruser

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  • iPad 3G Hacked To Enable Full Phone and SMS Funtionality

    The iPad 3G has reportedly been hacked by the guys over at iPhoneIslam to enable full Phone and SMS funtionality. This hack requires no additional hardware as the iPad already has a 3G modem and you’ll perform every cellular operation that you would perform on an iPhone.  The video of the hack in action after the break.

    [box] A hack that will change the game. Can you imagine turning your iPad to a fully functional phone. With No Special Hardware all what you need is Jailbroken iPad 3G and your iPad 3G will do anything you expect from iPhone… Phone Calls, SMS, FaceTime by Phone Number… ETC[/box]

    It is not yet confirmed if the video is fake or real but it is highly unlikely that this would be just a publicity stunt as iPhoneIslam has a good reputation in the jailbreaking commmunity and they’re the same guys who were behind FaceIt-3GS, a hack that enables FaceTime video calling on an iPhone 3GS. iPhoneIslam hasn’t given a released date but says PhoneItiPad will be available on the Cydia Store “very soon,” and before WWDC.

     

     

    Source: iPhoneHacks

     

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