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HTC treads into mini tablet zone with 4.7-inch screen smartphone

Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 8:21am

How big and powerful can a smartphone get before it can no longer be considered a smartphone? Whereas a decade ago, every cellphone maker was obsessed with shrinking the comm device, the opposite seems to be happening today with smartphones that are bordering into mini tablet territory.

Microsoft details the newest version of Windows Phone 7

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 2:00pm

Microsoft has just unveiled Mango, the codename for Windows Phone 7.1. This is the first major update to Microsoft's mobile platform, and it's got a host of new features for people to fiddle around with.

Kinect + Windows Phone 7 = Awesome multiplayer madness

Raymond Wong

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 4:27am

What happens when Microsoft marries its Xbox 360 Kinect with its Windows Phone 7 smartphones? As this demo video shows, a whole new take on motion/touch-based multiplayer gaming that looks incredibly fun!

Windows Phone 7 won't let you add custom ringtones

Michael Trei

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 6:14pm

If you're the type of person who thinks it's oh so cute when your phone blasts out Blondie's Call Me for a ringtone, strike the Windows Phone 7 off your shopping list. For some unknown reason, this most basic of features isn't available (yet) on any of the WP7 devices.

Microsoft can't ignore Macs anymore - allows Windows Phone 7 to sync with them

Raymond Wong

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 9:15am

Apple's iPhone sees incredible success because it has iTunes. While many will argue that iTunes has become a bloated and slow piece of software — there is no denying that if it was a Mac OS X only software, there probably wouldn't be as many iPhone owners as there are. Microsoft will finally release a tool that will allow Windows Phone 7 to sync to Macs.

HTC's HD7 is the first big-time Windows Phone 7 Phone

Monday, October 11, 2010 - 5:47am

Today is the official launch of Windows Phone 7, and it looks like HTC has the main flagship phone for the platform with their HD7. There are to be nine WP7 phones in all at launch later this year, but this seems to be the biggest and the baddest.

Microsoft holds a mock funeral for the iPhone and BlackBerry

Michael Trei

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 4:16pm

I've heard of pumping up the team, but this just seems weird. Somewhere on or near Microsoft's Redmond campus today, they held a mock funeral for the iPhone and BlackBerry. The event anticipates the upcoming October 11 release of Windows Phone 7.

Dissecting Microsoft's incomprehensibly bad Windows Phone 7 ad (updated)

Stewart Wolpin

Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 1:58pm

If Don Draper were alive today (or even real), he'd have a field day with Microsoft's teaser ad for Windows Phone 7. If you haven't seen it, take a look at it above. I'll wait. In the meantime I'll chain smoke a couple of Luckys and down a double Scotch since Microsoft's Mad Men seem to think this is 1962.

Finally, a reason why Windows Phone 7 is a MUST have

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 5:08am

Well, it took Microsoft long enough. The company never leveraged its various services across its products like, say, the way every Apple product wants you to have iTunes. Finally — finally! — Microsoft is officially stamping its identity here.

4 reasons to love Windows Phone 7, and 3 things to worry about

Kevin Hall

Monday, July 19, 2010 - 4:09pm

There hasn't been widespread excitement over a Microsoft-made phone in a long, long while, but the company aims to change that with Windows Phone 7. Its been sending out preview builds (read: WP7 isn't final yet, so it's all subject to change) and so far, the reception has been pretty good. Can Window Phone 7 stand up to its Apple and Android competitors? Find out what the previewers have loved — and what they're worried about — about the preview device.

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Windows Phone 7 stories

HTC treads into mini tablet zone with 4.7-inch screen smartphone

Microsoft details the newest version of Windows Phone 7

Kinect + Windows Phone 7 = Awesome multiplayer madness

Windows Phone 7 won't let you add custom ringtones

Microsoft can't ignore Macs anymore - allows Windows Phone 7 to sync with them

HTC's HD7 is the first big-time Windows Phone 7 Phone

Microsoft holds a mock funeral for the iPhone and BlackBerry

Dissecting Microsoft's incomprehensibly bad Windows Phone 7 ad (updated)

Finally, a reason why Windows Phone 7 is a MUST have

4 reasons to love Windows Phone 7, and 3 things to worry about

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