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Windows Phone 7 Goes RTM!
02 September 10 08:01 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

Yesterday (September 1) Terry Myerson, VP of Windows Phone Engineering, Microsoft officially posted in his blog that Windows Phone 7 just went into RTM stage. RTM, short for Release To Manufacturing is the stage where there are no more changes to the...

Filed under: Launch, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, RTM

Motorola Smartphone With Windows Phone 7 On Verizon According to BestBuy mobile
28 August 10 06:15 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

OK, this is what Motorola, Verizon and Microsoft have in common so far: a new Windows Phone 7 smartphone to be released soon… really soon… end of September soon… I was at the mall this afternoon and went into a BestBuy mobile (of all places) where I started...

Filed under: Launch, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, WP7, Motorola, Release Dates, BestBuy mobile, Verizon

FREE Windows Phone 7 Development Tools Available Sep. 16
23 August 10 08:09 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

As we get closer to launch date, Windows Phone 7 news are getting white-hot. Only six months after announcing the launch of the new OS and with a few beta releases for the development tools, it was finally announced today that the development suite, final...

Filed under: Development Community, Visual Studio, Development, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Software, Smartphones, Windows Phone 7, Gaming, Xbox Live, XNA, Development Tools

Windows Phone 7 Gaming – The full list
19 August 10 07:21 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

Here is the full list of games that will be available for Windows Phone 7. This looks like such a complete list… and it’s only the beginning! Take a look at some of them: 3D Brick Breaker Revolution (Digital Chocolate) Age of Zombies (Halfbrick) Armor...

Filed under: Launch, Windows Phone, Software, Windows Phone 7, Gaming, Xbox Live

Windows Phone 7 Gaming Primed for Launch!
18 August 10 08:08 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

It was announced that Windows Phone 7 will be launched with no less than 60 titles available for trial, purchase or free download in the Xbox Live hub. Some titles are from well known franchises such as Halo: Waypoint, Castlevania, Crackdown, Star Wars...

Filed under: Windows Phone, Smartphones, Windows Phone 7, Gaming, Xbox Live

Am I Ready? - Checklist Before Getting A Windows Phone
09 August 10 05:16 PM | dsamuilov | 1 comment(s)

With less than 60 days till launch; a few friends and readers are approaching me with questions on how to be prepared for moving everything they have on their current smartphones into their new Windows Phones. This is an attempt to help out those who...

Filed under: Launch, Windows Phone, Operating Systems, Smartphones, Windows Phone 7, Zune, Checklist, Xbox

Windows Phone 7 Launch Schedule
04 August 10 08:21 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner has announced, without giving out actual dates, a more specific launch schedule. He has given a timeframe more specific than the already known and vague “holiday season” timeframe and has said that the smartphones will become...

Filed under: Launch, Operating Systems, Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone Live services: Sync + Storage + Remote Wipe
04 August 10 07:44 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

Windows Phone Live was announced to provide several services at the time when the first devices are launched (more on the launch timeline in a new post). The features offered will reportedly be free and will be a one-up from the MyPhone free service for...

Filed under: Launch, Devices, Operating Systems, Smartphones, Windows Phone 7, FREE, Companion Services, Websites, Website

Steve Ballmer: The Tablets Are Coming Soon
15 July 10 07:24 PM | dsamuilov | with no comments

Steve Ballmer; Microsoft CEO indicated a few days back at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference while addressing a crowd of 14,000 people that major partners would be releasing Windows 7 Tablets (slates as he calls them) really soon. He said that...

Filed under: Launch, Presentation, Windows, Microsoft Partner, Smart Phones, Windows Phone, Windows 7, Smartphones, Tablet PC, Steve Ballmer, Slate, Slates, Windows Phone 7