Monthly Archives: May 2011

Windows Phone at TechEd 2011

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

I’ll be in Atlanta next week for TechEd 2011, and looking over the schedule, I can see that there is going to be a lot of great Windows Phone information at the show. This includes both business (deployment/management) use cases … Continue reading →

Posted in Developer, Windows Phone | 14 Comments

Windows Phone: Number 1 by 2015?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

Previously, both IDC and Gartner predicted that Windows Phone would be the number two smart phone worldwide by 2015, solely thanks to Microsoft’s broad partnership with Nokia, which is giving up on its failing Symbian platform. Anyone with a shred … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone | 18 Comments

New Mango features revealed!

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Ryan and Travis Lowdermilk from the Windows Phone Dev Podcast have revealed some new consumer-oriented features that will appear in the next major release of Windows Phone (version 7.5), codenamed Mango. According to the two, Mango will include two new … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone | 64 Comments

Dell Venue Pro reportedly coming to AT&T in 8, 16, and, yes, 32 GB versions

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

ZD’s Matthew Miller reports that Dell’s highly-regarded Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone is now available at AT&T Wireless. And it comes with an interesting bonus: It is, I believe, the first Windows Phone to ship in a stock 32 GB … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone | 9 Comments

Windows Phone Marketplace issues

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

Microsoft (unofficially) told me today that it is aware of an issue with the Windows Phone Marketplace that is preventing customers from completing app purchases and is looking into it… Update: Uncharacteristically, Microsoft issues a short statement acknowledging the issue.

Posted in Online services, Windows Phone | 9 Comments

Fix coming for Walshed phones

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

If you used Chris Walsh’s updater tool to update your Windows Phone to “NoDo” early, I’ve got good news: Mr. Walsh has created a fix that Microsoft agrees will do the job. So no worries for those with Walshed phones, … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone | 25 Comments

Hell freezes over: Microsoft delivers an update to Windows Phone on schedule

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

I haven’t seen a miracle like this since the US hockey team beat Russia in the Winter Olympics in 1980. OK, that’s a bit over the top, but when you consider the last five months of update stupidity (or last … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone | 83 Comments

Windows Phone 7 workaround: Tasks integration

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Windows Phone 7 offers excellent email, calendar and contacts integration for Exchange ActiveSync-type accounts (through the Outlook, Windows Live, and Google account types on the phone). But it doesn’t offer any tasks integration at all. A new third party app … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips, Windows Phone | 14 Comments

Sigh. More software update problems

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Just when you thought we had put the Windows Phone update problem saga behind us, it appears that there are still issues that are preventing some early adopters from getting the only real Windows Phone software update, “NoDo,” on their … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone | 24 Comments