Yes, you’re hearing it right. In the future you’ll be able to play from your Windows Phone 7 phone with your buddies who’re playing on a console (Xbox) through Xbox Live. However, this isn’t a day-one feature, but is planned for future Windows Phone versions. Click on the source link to read the full article.
LG C900 to launch around September 28th?
Korneel De Feyter on August 25th 2010, 16:22
If we have to believe the Bluetooth SIG (the Bluetooth Special Interest Group| Wikipedia) LG’s C900 Windows Phone 7 handset would launch around September 28th. This is of course doesn’t quite inconsistent with what Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner said before. Of course plans could always have changed or Turner might have made a mistake. However September still looks very early and it was recently rumoured that Microsoft won’t accept third party apps in its Marketplace before October.
But as Engadget points out: “The Bluetooth SIG has a long history of promoting its members’ “special interests” by leaking valuable tidbits about their handsets before they’re announced.” Phone Arena even knows that this lines up with AT&T’s marketing material. It’s interesting that AT&T — as the iPhone carrier in the USA — includes Windows Phone 7 in its line-up.
The LG phone in question is a QWERTY slider and the Bluetooth SIG make notion of a C900N, C900k, and C900B version. The LG C900 would be sold in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
HTC’s Windows Phone 7 handheld starring in leaked video
Korneel De Feyter on August 11th 2010, 21:13
It’s called the HTC Shubert and it’s rumoured to be the one of the flagship HTC smartphones that will run Microsoft’s yet-to-release mobile OS Windows Phone 7. The Shubert (most likely named after the famous Austrian composer) is packed in a very attractive unibody aluminium case. As of the specs, we can only make wild guesses for the moment.
WP7 makes iOS 4 look outdated
Korneel De Feyter on June 22nd 2010, 19:06Paul Smith made an interesting comparison on his blog. He compared the new iOS 4 (formerly known as iPhone OS) with the not yet released Windows Phone 7 and his conclusion was clear: “iPhone 4 can’t keep up, looks dated compared to WP7″. He did his comparison by looking at the Associated Press app on both platforms. The developer(s) of both versions designed each app to fit the look of the two OS’s. The look and feel of Windows Phone 7 was obviously superior, making — as Smith noted — the iPhone UI look outdated. To read the full interview, click on the source link underneath.
If you however decide not to read the article, make sure you watch this video of the gorgeous Associated Press app UI:
First Prototype of Windows Phone 7 device shown at Engadget Show
Korneel De Feyter on February 28th 2010, 13:13
Gizmodo: “Windows Phone 7 and the End of Hardware Choice”
Korneel De Feyter on February 23rd 2010, 17:53
At HelloFromEurope.com we want to give you the best stories about Zune, Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft in general. Whether it’s ours or not. We want to share with you the good articles we read about these topics and that’s why you’ll see more external posts in the future. If we believe that a certain article or opinion could be interesting for you, we’ll share it with you.
Windows Phone 7 is a new beginning for Microsoft, and at the same time, an ending. The epoch of the “slap our software on any old hardware” open platform is dead.
There’s a spectrum of hardware and software integration. At one end, you have the likes of Apple, RIM and Nintendo who create software and design the hardware that it runs on. It’s controlled and tightly integrated top-to-bottom. At the other end, you have the classic Microsoft model—they just create the software, and a hardware company like Dell or HTC or Joe’s Mom buys a license to install it on their machine, which they sell to you. (FWIW, Microsoft would argue they’re in the middle, with open source, that is, “unstructured openness,” down on the other, wild ‘n’ crazy end.) In the center, you have a mix—there’s still a split between software and hardware, but one side dictates more stringently what’s required of the other side, or they work more closely together, so it’s sorta integrated, but sorta not.
If you can’t get enough: two ultimate guides to Windows Phone 7 Series
Korneel De Feyter on February 18th 2010, 14:31If you really can’t get enough about Microsoft’s latest mobile OS, here are two very extensive guides covering Windows Phone 7 Series.
Gizmodo:
Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now
Engadget:
Windows Phone 7 Series: everything you ever wanted to know
Bonus: Gizmodo: Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out-Appled Apple
Windows Mobile 7 to have gestures and debut in february?
Korneel De Feyter on January 16th 2010, 21:44
It looks like Microsoft has something to show us on Mobile World Congress and that’s the least that we could say.
There was a rumour that the company from Redmond would unveil version 6.6 of its Mobile OS, but now Gizmodo says a solid tipster told them it would be WM7.
The tipsters goes even further and describes some major features:
- it’ll have the Natal-like gestures to be able to use the phone without touching it
- you won’t be able to upgrade to Windows Mobile 7, because the OS actually requires you to have better hardware (faster processor, more memory, etc)