Windows Phone 7.1 Mango Technical Preview

Release Date ‎Jun 20, 2011‎ in SlashGear

 
   

Mango is a solid step for Windows Phone 7 -- but it's still not enough

Computerworld (blog) - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
By all accounts, Mango is a solid upgrade for Windows Phone 7. But it's still not a cure for what ails Microsoft's smartphone operating system. There's plenty to like in the upgrade. The People hub has been improved because you can now set up groups, ...

Is Nokia Developing a Phone it Doesn't Fully Support?

Forbes (blog) - Jason Raznick - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Depending on how much stock you put in the words of Eldar Murtazin, you may or may not believe that, in the not-too-distant future, Nokia plans to invest fewer dollars in its newest smartphone. On the surface, this news isn't all that shocking. ...

First Nokia WP7 Phone In October?

Techtree.com - Chethan Rao - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
You can expect the first Nokia WP7 handset, sometime during the end of this year. If new reports are to be believed, Nokia could unveil the device even a lot earlier than that. The company is holding a Nokia World event in London on October 26 and 27. ...

Microsoft's Mango praised but has much to prove

CNET - Jay Greene, Marguerite Reardon - ‎Jun 21, 2011‎
The next version of the Windows Phone operating system, code-named Mango, got heaps of praise today, as embargoes lifted for reviewers to comment on a technical preview of the code they tested. ...

Mango Phone: a Peach of a Late Bloomer

Wall Street Journal - Katherine Boehret - ‎Jun 21, 2011‎
It seems, at long last, that Microsoft has a viable smartphone contender. The bad news is it won't be available until this fall. Nevertheless, I got my hands on an early version of Microsoft's phone, which runs Mangoâ€"the code name ...

Testers to get Microsoft 'Mango' Windows Phone beta soon

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - ‎Jun 21, 2011‎
Microsoft is ready to release a beta of its Windows Phone “Mango” operating system update to testers, possibly as soon as this week. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 25 years for a variety of ...

Rumour: Windows 8 To Have SMS, Geo-Location

Techtree.com - ‎Jun 21, 2011‎
Windows 8 leaks are pretty normal these days. According to Redmond Pie, a tech enthusiast named Thomas Hounsell has dug deep into the latest leak by reverse-engineering the code of certain files. He has posted the following findings on his Twitter ...

Windows Phone Mango hands-on (review)

CNET - Bonnie Cha, Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
It was eight months ago that Microsoft launched its revamped mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. Overall, the platform was well-received both by users and the tech press, as they lauded the fresh, bold, ...

Hands-on with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango technical preview

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
Microsoft is rolling out some devices with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango's technical preview to show off what is coming later in 2011. Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, ...

Hands-on: Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango"

The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
What do you get when the world's largest software company makes a phone operating system a top priority? You get so many features and capabilities it's almost overwhelming. After spending a week playing with an early version of the upcoming "Mango" ...

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 "Mango"

PC Magazine - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
Many, many new features. New groups feature helps you make sense of busy social networks. Multitasking. Current hardware spec is less than cutting-edge. Bing search results vary in quality. Some features not quite finished yet. ...

Windows Phone 7 'Mango' Hands On

PCWorld - Ginny Mies - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
Last month, Microsoft took the wraps off "Mango," a significant update to Windows Phone 7. Mango includes more than 500 new features that are designed to improve multitasking and to make apps and the OS work together more ...

Windows Phone Mango (June pre-release) demo

mobileburn - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
MobileBurn.com - Here's a look at a current pre-release build of Microsoft's Windows Phone "Mango" smartphone operating system. Mango introduces a number of new features, including groups, the IE9 browser, combined inboxes, multi-mode IM/chat, ...

New Windows 8 build reveals virtual keyboard, SMS

CNET - Lance Whitney - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
The latest build for Windows 8, known as Build 7989, has leaked onto the Web, reportedly revealing a batch of potential new features. Windows has long offered a virtual keyboard. But with Windows 8 destined for tablets and other mobile ...

Microsoft's Windows 8 client to include a hypervisor for virtualization

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
Looks like the rumors were right. There seems to be a Hyper-V 3.0 coming in Windows 8 client, based on information from the latest Windows 8 leaked build. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 25 ...

Web apps get the ultimate endorsement: Windows 8

ZDNet Asia - Stephen Shankland - ‎Jun 19, 2011‎
Web-style programming in the next-gen Windows is a radical break for Microsoft. But there are reasons to expect it'll help draw programmers, not just alienate them. ...

Microsoft tries accelerating mobile Web progress

ZDNet Asia - Stephen Shankland - ‎Jun 19, 2011‎
Following its strategy for promoting IE9 for PCs, Microsoft has launched a Web site to showcase what can be done with mobile browsers. Apparently happy with its test drive effort to ...

ChevronWP7 Labs: Microsoft Approved WP7 Jailbreak

Techtree.com - ‎Jun 19, 2011‎
Even as tech corporations are busy enforcing an Orwellian grip on our freedoms with cruel euphemisms of 'curated experiences' and 'product ecologies', the homebrew movement gets an unlikely saviour in none other than Microsoft. ...

ChevronWP7 Hackers to Release Microsoft-approved App

PCWorld - Keir Thomas - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
Windows Phone 7 hackers ChevronWP7 are soon to release a Microsoft-approved app that allows users to install non-approved software. But that doesn't mean the group and the software giant have kissed and made ...

Can Nokia Return to Domination with Forthcoming Windows Phone?

Black Voice News - Corey Washington - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Poor Nokia. Two words you may not be accustomed to hearing when discussing the most dominant smartphone … once upon a time. But Nokia, and it's often-criticized Symbian OS, have been on a downward spiral the smartphone giant is ...

BlackBerry's Fuzzy Forecast and Pictures That Never Are (Video)

All Things Digital - Ina Fried - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Katie Boehret kicked off the show with her review of Mango, the forthcoming Windows Phone update. I've also been playing around with the new software and think it tells us a lot about where Microsoft is heading with Windows Phone â€" namely a continued ...

Nokia to Launch Windows Phone in 2011

Gigjets - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
The Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. revealed its plans for 2011 to release its first mobile phone using the Microsoft Windows 7 platform. Stephen Elop, Chief Executive of Nokia said in a speech Tuesday in Singapore that they will start to deliver the ...

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

Fast Company - Lillian Cunningham - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Nearly nine months after the launch of its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, Microsoft faces a steep uphill slog in the app race against Google and Apple. The two competitors offer more than 200000 and 400000 apps, respectively, ...

Microsoft And Google Bringing A Good Name To Hackers

Sure Start News - Don Kingswood - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
With the recent rise to fame of LulzSec, teamed up with Anonymous, and their “Internet-terrorism”, it comes as a surprise to find that there are some hacking groups out there doing good. Jailbreaking involves unlocking a mobile phone's operating system ...

New Microsoft Tool to Port Android Apps into the Windows Phone

Planet Insane - Andrew Gilbert - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Free E-Book that will teach you how to work less and earn more...Download your FREE Report ... Microsoft has recently introduced a tool which will allow developers to port their Android apps into the Windows Phone. This is revealed through a blog post ...

Windows Phone "Mango" Rethinks Our App Addiction

ITBusiness.ca - Harmeet Singh - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
"Mango is the update that makes Windows Phone a more complete product. Unlike updates to Apple's iOS or Google's Android, which are often about adding features and tweaks these days, a good bit of "Mango" is about adding core functionality consumers ...

Windows Phone Mango Update Will Be Released To Beta Testers Soon

ITProPortal - Michael Ide - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Microsoft is set to release the beta version of its Windows Phone Mango OS update for testing, according to new reports. “I'm hearing from a couple of my contacts that the release is imminent,” said Mary Jo Foley of Zdnet. Foley also claims that the ...

Photos: The juice on Windows Phone Mango - what's inside Microsoft's mobile OS ...

Silicon.com - Bonnie Cha, Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
We got a look at Windows Phone Mango - now also known as Windows Phone 7.5 - before Microsoft's OS update rolls out this autumn. Apps gain new life outside of the Marketplace in Mango, ...

Nokia Windows Phone 7 Devices Launching 26th Of October?

Geeky gadgets - Roland Hutchinson - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Nokia has already announced that they would be launching their first Windows Phone 7 devices in certain European countries in quarter four of 2011, and now it seems that we may have a possible launch date of October the 26th. ...

Nokia Windows Phones to be announced on October 26?

LiveSide - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
By damaster on June 22, 2011 3:31 AM After Nokia and Microsoft has inked the deal back in April, We've heard quite a bit of rumors around lately about Nokia Windows Phones, said to be launched sometime in Q4 2011. Rumor has it that the first wave of ...

 

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