Some cried and some cheered when Microsoft revealed that handset manufacturers couldn’t reskin Windows Phone 7 devices wholesale. But as it turns out, at least one major OEM is still banking on software to help differentiate its phones. HTC’s Drew Bamford told Forbes that Sense UI will still appear in the company’s Windows Phone 7 creations, and believes it will live on in Android 3.0 ( Gingerbread ) as well.
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HTC Sense coming to Windows Phone 7, after all
You thought about shipping off to Warsaw for the Imagine Cup 2010 finals, didn’t you? ‘Tis a shame you didn’t, because Microsoft is fixing to hand out Windows Phone 7 prototypes to every last finalist at the show (around 400, we’re hearing)
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Samsung’s Windows Phone 7 prototype slipping out to Imagine Cup finalists
It’s been a bit of a unicorn since making a quick appearance at MIX , but we just got the chance to go hands-on with Samsung’s Omnia i8910-based Windows Phone 7 prototype phone. Interestingly, we were told that this hardware will never be released to market — it’s just for testing purposes right now
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Samsung Windows Phone 7 prototype hands-on
Sure, we already know most of the Kin Two ’s main specs, but there’s nothing like a proper teardown to find out exactly what makes something tick, and the folks from Chipworks have now kindly ripped one apart so you don’t have to.
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Microsoft Kin Two gets torn apart, reveals Sony image sensor
The lads and lassies at XDA-Developers made an intriguing discovery this week: a leaked 100MB file that might be the first Windows Phone 7 ROM actually destined for a device. What’s more, it could possibly reveal details about a phone we barely knew existed — the filename references an “HTC Mondrian.” At best, the contents might reveal wonders beyond imagination, including full specs, bundled apps, even the tools needed to properly shoehorn WP7 onto your existing HTC handset.
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Leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM filename suggests an HTC Mondrian?
Hey, remember how Microsoft released a very limited version of the Windows Phone 7 binaries for developers, and then it took about 34 seconds for someone to unlock them to open up all their hidden goodness? Well, MS has just the delivered an updated set of tools for developers to help them get a little closer to making millions on the Maketplace, and yet again it took no time at all for that release to be unlocked This time there are a few new goodies to take a look at and if you’d like to take a peek, and learn how to try them out for yourself, click on through
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MS releases new Windows Phone 7 dev tools, we take ‘em for a spin and you can too (video)
The US Patents and Trademark Office has today made public a Microsoft patent application (serial no. 240,729) related to the graphical user interface found on the hotly anticipated Windows Phone 7 Series mobile OS.
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Microsoft seeking patent for Windows Phone 7 Series panoramic GUI
Looks like Zatz got the goods from the folks at Sling , who have a few interesting tidbits currently in the development pipe. Zatz not Funny is reporting that Sling’s Mobile Prouct Marketing Manager, Dave Eyler, has told him that the company is “actively moving towards H.264″ and Silverlight support, as well as delivering streaming with resolutions beyond the current 320×240. Though there are no firm details or timelines yet, this means we should definitely be expecting SlingPlayer Mobile versions for the iPad and Windows Phone 7 Series
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Sling working on player for iPad, Windows Phone 7 Series
If there’s any better argument for rigid spec requirements for Windows Phone 7 Series hardware, it’s this video of an HTC Touch Diamond running the OS at an especially syrupy pace. Indeed, the lag is so severe that it could very well be some trickery in the form of a RDP client running on a 7 Series emulator, which is in turn running on a PC — which, now that we think of it, is a pretty good possibility. Whichever way they achieved this feat, it’s certainly not a recipe for a viable handset.
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Windows Phone 7 Series screwed and chopped onto HTC Touch Diamond (video)
Don’t look surprised. With the Windows Phone 7 Series dev tools now out in the open the pent up demand for that elusive HD2 upgrade was bound to be a priority for some well-meaning developers, somewhere..
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HTC HD2 gets early Windows Phone 7 OS port, could be released before official devices (updated: videos!)
