Jun 27

More Mango features uncovered: in-browser audio streams, Xbox Live voice chats, and more (video)

Posted in: audio, mango, Microsoft, operating system, OperatingSystem, os, Today's Chili, video, windows phone, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7, Wp7, xbox, xbox live, XboxLive

Nokia WP7 MangoWhile we wait (rather impatiently, we might add) for Mango to make its official debut others are still playing with test builds, pouring over code, and digging up interesting tidbits about Microsoft’s mobile OS update. That WP7 will be getting improved HTML5 support is nothing new but, that it will specifically support in-browser audio and continue to stream even if you navigate away from the browser or lock the screen, is music (literally) to our ears. Snippets discovered in a recent Mango dump have also turned up mentions of Xbox Live Voice chat, parties, multiplayer gaming, and tighter integration with the 360 for pushing Live content to your big screen. If you hit the WPSauce source link you’ll find a whole host of other fascinating things in the WP7 code, and some details about just how deeply Facebook will be tied to the OS. But, before you go, check out the video of the HTML5 audio support in action after the break.

[Thanks, Charlie]

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More Mango features uncovered: in-browser audio streams, Xbox Live voice chats, and more (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 26

Nokia N9: are you buying one?

Posted in: meego, nokia, smartphone, Smartphones, Today's Chili, windows phone, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7, Wp7

Why hello Nokia, we can see you’ve lost a few buttons and gussied yourself up with a new version of MeeGo. Very nice. That new outfit is a one-off affair, you say? Not to be repeated? We’re a little sorry to hear that, although we have to admit — those metro threads don’t look half bad on you either. We wonder what your adoring public will think? Shall we ask? Yes, let’s.

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Nokia N9: are you buying one? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 20

The Next Windows Phone: It’s Pretty Great

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Pleasant. That doesn’t sound like much of an accomplishment, or a benchmark or like, impressive. But the truth is, most technology isn’t pleasant. The new Windows Phone is. Very much so. More »

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Jun 20

Is this Nokia’s Lankku?

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Well, hello there… beautiful? It’s a bit hard to tell, you know, given that shroud of mystery that’s veiling what appears to be Nokia’s heretofore elusive Lankku. If you’ll recall, the outfit’s first consumer MeeGo handset (N9-00) was purportedly axed back in February, and now it seems that the successor is finally getting its time in the sun. We’re told by an insider that the object shown here may or may not keep the N9-01 moniker when it ships to consumers. Moreover, it’ll run MeeGo Harmattan, ship in Q3 to folks in Europe, boast a 960 x 540 screen resolution, include an 8 megapixel AF (read: not EDoF) shooter and sport a frame that’s just marginally thicker than the iPhone 4 — reportedly, anyway. We’d obviously take all of this with a grain of salt for now, but with Elop himself set to speak this week in Singapore at CommuicAsia, hopefully the outfit’s CEO will be the one shedding more light on the situation. Needless to say, we’ll keep you abreast of any related developments.

Update: Oh, and these certainly look an awful lot like the first leaked press shots of this thing.

Update 2: Looks like she was it! This, folks, did indeed turn out to be the N9!

Gallery: Nokia’s Lankku (N9-01) leaked photos?

Is this Nokia’s Lankku? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 18

ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft’s approval

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Microsoft just earned itself a boatload of geek-cred and made Apple and Sony look pretty bad in the process. We knew the Windows Phone team was playing nice with the jailbreakers from ChevronWP7, but we didn’t realize just how cozy the two were going to get. Today the devs announced that ChevronWP7 Labs would open up soon, with the approval of Redmond, allowing users to load homebrew apps on their handsets. Unlike tools from the iPhone Dev Team, this service won’t be free. Instead, customers will have to cough up a small fee via PayPal — but we’re sure many of you are more than willing to pay a reasonable price to avoid the sort of cat and mouse game Apple has been playing with hackers since 2007.

ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft’s approval originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 17

Nokia Windows Phones will launch in six European nations first, Finland not among them

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Nokia VP Victor Saeijs has this week disclosed the six launch markets for the vanguard devices born out of the Microsoft-Nokia partnership. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and the UK will all count themselves as hosts to Nokia’s Windows Phone debut, but the company’s mother nation of Finland has strangely been left out in the cold. Knowing Nokia, there’s no doubt that once the WP7 handsets are ready they’ll find themselves swiftly available worldwide, but if you care to be among the very first to own one, you’ll be wanting to visit Europe’s western shores — preferably some time before the year’s through, as Mr. Saeijs also reaffirmed that there will indeed be a Nokia Windows Phone coming out in 2011.

Nokia Windows Phones will launch in six European nations first, Finland not among them originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 13

Microsoft job listing hints at annual Windows Phone updates

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From the looks of it, a job posting on Microsoft’s career site has informally confirmed that Windows Phone is on track to receive “major yearly releases.” The idea of pushing a hefty Mango-sized package of features to its phones once a year shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, as both iOS and Android aim for the same goal, but it’s nice to see that the folks in Redmond have a good feel on exactly where the platform is headed. Now, update fans need not be worried about refreshes only coming once a year; the listing asks for someone to head up work on minor amendments in between these releases, which means we should look forward to NoDo-style maintenance updates on a regular basis. Or it could all amount to absolutely nothing. Your move, Ballmer. Your move. Head to the source link for the job listing.

Microsoft job listing hints at annual Windows Phone updates originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 10

Microsoft releases Android developer poaching package for Windows Phone 7

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Microsoft’s App Guy has quite a job on his baby-soft hands: to boost Windows Phone 7’s numerically-challenged Marketplace by encouraging developers to port apps across from other platforms. The little fellow helped iPhone devs out a couple of months ago with an API mapping tool to make it easier to translate iPhone APIs to WP7 code. Now he’s extended the mapping tool to work with Android APIs too, and backed it up with a 90-page white paper and a promise to get more involved in developer forums. Will the App Guy’s efforts unleash a flood of new apps for Windows Phone? We don’t know, but we dig his shorts.

Microsoft releases Android developer poaching package for Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 08

Google Maps Navigation to get offline mode? Garmin and TomTom on notice

Posted in: Android, Google, gps, navigation, rumor, rumors, Today's Chili, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone7, Wp7
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Dutch tech site All About Phones claims that Google Maps Navigation will get a true offline mode later this summer. In December the Android app received an update that cached routes and the surrounding areas, but without a data connection you still couldn’t enter a new destination. A source inside the Dutch telco industry said that Goog would removing the requirement for coverage — an obvious next step for the nav tool, especially with Ovi Maps bringing its turn-by-turn prowess to WP7. The move is also bound to be another thorn in the side of standalone GPS makers like Garmin and TomTom. After all, it’s tough to compete with free.

Google Maps Navigation to get offline mode? Garmin and TomTom on notice originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 08

Microsoft details SkyDrive integration with Windows Phone Mango (video)

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We already knew Windows Phone Mango would include SkyDrive functionality, but Microsoft has now released a few more details on some of the cloud storage features we can expect to see when the update rolls out, later this year. With the update, SkyDrive users will be able to share their stored photos via text message, e-mail or IM, and to upload their videos to the cloud with the touch of a button. They’ll also be able to browse, share and edit uploaded MS Office documents directly from their handhelds, while searching through their entire SkyDrive via the Office Hub. Storage limits remain capped at 25GB, though Microsoft says we should expect to see more cloud-based features roll out in the near future (including a revamped, HTML5-based SkyDrive web interface), so more changes may very well be on the horizon. Soar past the break for some demo videos from Redmond, along with a hands-on clip from WinRumors.

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Microsoft details SkyDrive integration with Windows Phone Mango (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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