Tag: Windows Phone 7
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CES 2011 Microsoft Keynote Live Blog on Wednesday
Image via Wikipedia Microsoft keynote live blogs have always been very popular here in the past so I will be running a live blog of Microsoft’s CES 2011 on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011. The keynote starts at 6:30pm PST 9:30pm EST and as usual, I will get the live blog up and running about 30…
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Windows Phone 7 passes 5,000 apps while Android hits 200,000
A pair of stories have surfaced today showing the latest app numbers from Windows Phone 7 and Android. Windows Phone 7 has reportedly now hit 5,000 apps in its marketplace. The average app cost on WP7 is currently $1.51. Of those 5,000 apps, over 1,100 are games which is a rather impressive number. To check…
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Microsoft Dreamspark: Free development software for students
Have you ever had an idea to create an app or service but didn’t have the tools or the money to get the tools to make your dream become reality? Are you also a student? If so, they Microsoft has just the program for you! Dreamspark is a program from Microsoft that gives students free…
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How to find the best Windows Phone 7 apps
Earlier today, I came across a great show for Windows Phone 7 owners called Hot Apps. The show is created by Microsoft’s Channel 9 and does a great job of highlighting some of the best apps on the platform. I will admit it is no Big App Show (the best way to find great iPhone…
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Windows Phone 7 developer releases sales data & its not good
Apparently Microsoft is ashamed of the sales of Windows Phone 7 so far judging by their unwillingness to talk about sales numbers but now there is some data available thanks to a developer giving an idea just how bad things are doing. Given the fact that Windows Phone 7 is still not on carriers like…
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Windows Phone 7 only supports 15 apps with push notifications
Reports are starting to surface of the fact that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 devices can only support 15 apps with push notifications which seems rather low. Supposedly this was designed into the system (why?) but wasn’t really given the polished it needed. When a WP7 user tries to use more than 15 apps with push…