Mango is a sweet upgrade for Windows Phone 7

Release Date 29 Sep, 2011 in USA Today

 
   

Wheres my Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) update?

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 29 Sep, 2011
There seems to be some confusion around when Windows Phone users will get their big “Mango” software update. As least that's what I'm hearing from Microsoft Blog readers. One reader called to say many of the reports from other news outlets are, ...

Mango is a sweet upgrade for Windows Phone 7

USA Today - Edward C. Baig - 29 Sep, 2011
A year or so after Microsoft gave the boot to its creaky Windows Mobile software in favor of Windows Phone 7, the revamped operating system for smartphones still seems radically fresh. By Edward C. Baig The Windows Phone ...

Microsoft, Samsung to Share Patents, Work on Windows Phone

BusinessWeek - Hugo Miller - 29 Sep, 2011
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the software maker seeking to challenge Apple Inc. and Google Inc.'s dominance in smartphones, agreed to share patents with handset-maker Samsung Electronics Co. Microsoft will receive royalties ...

Microsoft Agrees to Share Patents With Samsung, Market Windows Phone

Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 29 Sep, 2011
Microsoft will receive royalties for mobile phones and tablets built by Samsung that use Google's Android operating system, according to a statement today. The companies also agreed to cooperate on the ...

How to Force Your Phone to Upgrade to Windows Phone Mango

PC Magazine - Sara Yin - 29 Sep, 2011
On Tuesday, carriers began updating existing Windows Phone 7 devices to Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango," Microsoft's first major overhaul of its mobile operating system. But as you can tell from our informal survey of all four major carriers, ...

Microsoft launches Mango OS in Singapore

TODAYonline - Mohd Yazid - 29 Sep, 2011
Microsoft launched its Windows Phone 7.5 upgrade, codenamed "Mango", to all Windows Phone 7 users here yesterday. While the user interface and layout look relatively similar, the displayed content has been improved significantly ...

Windows Phone Mango: How to Upgrade Now

PCWorld - Eric Mack - 29 Sep, 2011
Microsoft has started rolling out its Windows Phone 7.5 update, with more than 500 new features including a new music hub and better multitasking. But most Windows Phone 7 users will have to wait a week or ...

T-Mobile will carry HTC Radar 4G as its first 4G-capable Windows Phone Mango

The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 29 Sep, 2011
T-Mobile announced Tuesday that it plans to carry the HTC Radar 4G, its first Windows Phone capable of 4G speeds. It will come pre-loaded with Mango, the latest version of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. HTC Radar 4G will have an aluminum ...

Windows Phone Mango getting good reviews but is that enough?

The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 29 Sep, 2011
(This story ran in the print edition of The Seattle Times today. - Janet I. Tu) From the announcement of a Web marketplace to new ways to group contacts, Tuesday's rollout of Mango, the wide-ranging update to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system ...

Windows Marketplace goes webby

Register - Bill Ray - 29 Sep, 2011
Windows Phone users, happily getting their Mango update, can now buy apps using a website as well as the Windows-only Zune client. The web-based version offers access to the same range of applications, ...

"Mango" Arrives with a Wi-Fi Tethering Surprise

PCWorld - Tony Bradley - 29 Sep, 2011
It's here. Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" started rolling out to devices today, and it brought a few surprises along for the ride. When Windows Phone 7 was first launched, it received tepid reviews. It was missing key features like ...

Windows Phone 7.5 DOES NOT transmit location information without user consent

ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 29 Sep, 2011
Following my post from earlier this week which reported that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system transmitted user information without consent, it appears that Microsoft has ...

Microsoft launches Windows Phone Marketplace

CNN International - Christina Bonnington - 29 Sep, 2011
Apps are organized into one of 16 categories, and on the main page you can also browse by featured, free, top or new. (WIRED) -- Finally, the Windows Phone 7 operating system is starting to catch up. ...

Microsoft opens web-based Windows Phone market

ZDNet UK - Jessica Dolcourt - 29 Sep, 2011
Microsoft has thrown open the doors to its newly renovated online Windows Phone Marketplace, in advance of its Mango software update. The web-based Windows Phone app marketplace lists around ...

Windows Phone 7.5 to reach Malaysia in coming months

Sin Chew Jit Poh - 29 Sep, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- Microsoft (M) Sdn Bhd, a unit of Microsoft Corp, expects its latest product, Windows Phone 7.5, previously code-named "Mango," to come to Malaysia in the coming months. Chief marketing and operations officer, ...

HTC: Windows Phone to outpace competitors

ZDNet Asia - Kevin Kwang - 29 Sep, 2011
With improvements made to Microsoft's mobile OS in terms of usability and development of apps, HTC exec confident Redmond's platform will give competitors "run for their money". ...

Microsoft rolls out Windows Phone Mango

GMANews.TV - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
Months after getting relatively favorable reviews for it, Microsoft has started rolling out the latest version of its operating system for smartphones, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. The updated Mango OS has upgrades to communication tools and an improved ...

Samsung delivers a unique experience with Omnia W

AsiaOne - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
SINGAPORE - Samsung today announced the launch of the Samsung Omnia W, its first smartphone based on the latest release of Microsoft's Windows Phone, code-named Mango. Featuring an elegant design, a vivid SuperAMOLED display as well as an enriched ...

With Mango, can Windows Phone 7.5 compete?

ZDNet Asia - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
commentary The Windows Phone OS update is only part of the equation. It'll go nowhere without killer hardware, carrier support, and piqued developer interest. commentary From today, ...

Windows Phone 7, Day 23: The Camera Isn't Just for Pictures

PCWorld (blog) - Tony Bradley - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
Once upon a time, I used my smartphone camera to take pictures of things so I could share them on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, With Windows Phone 7 "Mango" I can still do that, but "Mango" also comes with a whole ...

Web-based Windows Phone Marketplace opens

ZDNet Asia - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
Microsoft completely overhauls its previous online storefront to offer a robust, Web-based home for apps that can download over-the-air to your Windows Phone. ...

Windows Phone 7.5

CNET - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
With Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Microsoft is sending a clear message that its mobile ambitions are moving full steam ahead, but can they hope for more than third place? Ambitious Microsoft heaped up 500 changes in the Windows Phone update, many of which ...

With Mango, can Windows Phone 7.5 compete?

CNET (blog) - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
The question on everyone's lips isn't so much if the more than 500 changes to Windows Phone OS will satisfy current Mango users; they will. It's a good release, on one that proves Windows Phone is maturing, however gradually. ...

Microsoft unleashes Windows Phone Mango

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”, the newest version of its smartphone software. Mango, first introduced in May, comes with a slew of new features designed to improve the user experience. “Our top goal was product satisfaction ...

Windows Phone is improved, but is it enough?

msnbc.com - Wilson Rothman - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
Microsoft is starting to roll out Windows Phone 7.5 to the small population of current Windows Phone owners. The upgrade is meaningful, but is mostly catch-up. What will it take for Microsoft to grow a real user base? ...

Windows Phone Mango: Update schedule and new devices

CNET (blog) - Bonnie Cha - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
Earlier today, Microsoft set Windows Phone 7.5 Mango free, and the updates are starting to roll out to handsets around the world, including here in the US The company has done a good job of making the software available to most of the current devices, ...

Mango's launch beats the odds and does not mimic NoDo's fiasco

ABC Online - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
To the surprise of many, today's Windows Phone mobile Mango update has gone smoothly thus far. So much so, that several publications are applauding its graceful entry into the market. Why is that? Because the last released update to Windows Phone, ...

Microsoft rolls out Windows Phone 7.5

The Australian - Chris Griffith - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
During staged releases, users will be prompted to connect their phone to their PC and download the update, which was known as Windows 'Mango' during development. “We plan to begin delivering the Windows Phone 7.5 update to a small percentage of ...

Windows Phone Mango: 10 Things You Need to Know

PCWorld - Al Sacco - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
I was fortunate to sit down this morning with Microsoft's Paul Bryan, Windows Phone senior director of product management and enterprise experiences, to discuss the new software at the company's offices in Cambridge, Mass. ...

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Rolls Out Slowly

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎
Mobile operating system update will be delivered to the phones of current users any time within the next four weeks. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Microsoft on Tuesday formally rolled out a highly-anticipated update that adds a bucket of new ...

 

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