Jan 01

NES emulator lands on Windows Phone 7, barred from the Marketplace

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It’s an important time in any young OS’s life: NES emulation. Windows Phone 7 has just passed this important puberic milestone, thanks to the hard work of Matt Bettcher. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t seem to recognize the significance, and is keeping the emulator out of the Marketplace (as per its no-funny-business terms of service). Matt’s trying to drum up some community support to change Microsoft’s mind on the matter, and in the meantime he’s planning to open source his project. There’s video after the break of the emulator running inside the WP7 emulator. It does the heart good!

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Dec 31

Just got a Windows Phone 7 handset? The best apps, accessories, and tips

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Ah, so you’ve just been given a Windows Phone 7 handset. If that’s what you’d been begging for all this time, then many congratulations; but if not, don’t hit eBay just yet — sure, WP7’s range of apps is comparatively limited with its recent 5,000 milestone, but hey, you gotta start somewhere, right? Even at its infancy, WP7 has proven to be a nice alternative choice if you want to stand out from the rest of the smartphone crowd, and don’t forget its two powerful weapons: Zune and Xbox Live integration. Until WP7 gets its major upgrade early next year, our holiday guide should keep you and your new phone going for a little longer. Go ahead and read on.

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Just got a Windows Phone 7 handset? The best apps, accessories, and tips originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 29

SurfCube gives Windows Phone 7 the 3D browser it needed so desperately

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If there’s one thing the 90s taught us, it’s that these silly 2D interfaces are only a passing fancy, and soon everything will be VRML-based mirror worlds of our physical space. SurfCube is a small, tentative step in that direction, turning the browser into a fake 3D experience of sorts, with favorites on “top,” and history and settings on the “sides,” while the front face of the cube is, naturally, the browser part. You can get around with swipes and flashy tilt gestures, and for $1.99 on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace it’s hard to go wrong. Just remember our VRML warning, and start investing in MicroVideoGoggles Inc. stock with your carphone once you get home from the record store.

SurfCube gives Windows Phone 7 the 3D browser it needed so desperately originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 24

HTC 7 Pro shows up on O2 Germany’s site, promises January launch

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HTC had pegged “early next year” for the 7 Pro’s launch in Europe, and when you think about it, January is just about as “early” as you can get. O2’s boys and girls in Germany have thrown up a teaser page for the QWERTY-equipped Windows Phone 7 handset, saying it’s expected to be available next month — a promising sign, indeed. Granted, launch dates can always slip, but considering how desperately the world needs some more landscape QWERTY options for WP7, we’d bet it’s one of HTC’s top priorities to get this thing pushed.

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HTC 7 Pro shows up on O2 Germany’s site, promises January launch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 21

Josh talks holiday gadgets on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (video)

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Couldn’t stay up till 12:37AM? We’ll forgive you… in time. Thankfully, the wonders of the internet are enabling you to travel back to catch our own Josh Topolsky’s holiday jam party with Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon. The duo ran through a gauntlet of gadgets, including B&N’s Nook Color, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, D-Link’s Boxee Box, Apple’s MacBook Air, Dell’s Venue Pro and the Gingerbread-equipped Nexus S. Also appearing: teenage jokes, visions of a lunar eclipse, legally / illegally downloaded content and the Nexus X. Yeah, the X. See what we mean in the pair of videos just past the break.

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Josh talks holiday gadgets on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 21

Microsoft: over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold to carriers and retailers

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Microsoft has decided to finally dish out some sales figures for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, but alas, these are not the sales figures we are looking for. Instead of giving us the juicy number of actual devices sold to end users, the Redmond crew has provided a neatly rounded figure of 1.5 million sales to mobile operators and retailers. That tells us that the mobile industry is cautiously buying into Microsoft’s new OS, and it’d be foolish not to, but it doesn’t really educate us on the relative success of the platform’s launch — 1.5 million units is a tiny, tiny number when you consider the platform launched on 10 devices on over 60 carriers in over 30 countries. All that Microsoft’s Achim Berg would say is that early sales have been “in line” with expectations.

Microsoft: over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold to carriers and retailers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 20

Windows Phone 7’s Marketplace grows faster than Android did at launch, doesn’t mean much

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An analyst note released by research firm IDC yesterday points out that in the nearly two months since Windows Phone 7’s retail release, the Windows Marketplace has swelled to 4,000 applications — a number that the Android Market took five months to reach. That’s impressive, no doubt, and the analyst behind the numbers notes that he “would not be surprised if Microsoft had the third largest app portfolio in the industry by the middle of next year.” Now granted, hitting number three would take very little effort on Microsoft’s part — they’d just have to beat webOS, BlackBerry OS, and Symbian, none of which have sparked iOS- or Android-like levels of developer interest. So beyond that, what does the growth mean? Read on!

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Dec 17

HTC HD7 gets its .bins all in a tizzy, custom ROMs up next?

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What do you get when you cross an HTC HD7 with a Mondrian ROM? Or a Schubert ROM? (‘Elephino… wait, that’s not right.) Nothing too crazy, we imagine, but in doing so, xda-developers patron ansar.ath.gr has provided a proof of concept that custom ROMs can be implemented on Windows Phone 7 devices. In more technical terms, “this proves that the imgfs.bin can be used from any branded device to any other branded device.” It’s okay, you don’t have to know what an imgfs.bin is, but if you’re the sort who likes to tweak phones well beyond what’s in the settings menu / user manual, just be patient and know there’s at least a few brilliant coders who’ll capitalize on this freshly laid groundwork.

HTC HD7 gets its .bins all in a tizzy, custom ROMs up next? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 17

Microsoft rolls out updated Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac

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It’s still technically in beta, but Microsoft has just rolled out a fairly significant update to its Windows Phone 7 Connector software for Mac. Among other things, the software now has a new device setup process, support for manual file imports from the device, and the ability to sync content purchased on your phone back to your Mac — not to mention a slew of bug fixes and other more minor tweaks. Hit up the source link below to start downloading, or just look for it in the Microsoft AutoUpdate app.

Microsoft rolls out updated Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 17

Paramount rolls out Silverlight-enhanced movies for Windows Phone 7

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Why simply download a movie when you can download a movie app? That’s the thinking at Paramount, at least, which launched it’s first Silverlight-enhanced movie app, School of Rock, for Windows Phone 7 devices this week. That’s one of an initial batch of ten movies that will be released before the end of the year, which will also include Zoolander, GI JOE: The Rise of Cobra and Waiting for Superman, among other yet-to-be-announced titles. In addition to the movie itself, each of those will come packed with a range of extras including trailers, DVD-style special features, a Scene It? pop-up trivia mode, and the ability to create custom movie clips. As for how much they’ll cost, School of Rock currently runs $10, although it’s not clear if that will be the standard pricing for all releases.

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