With over $400 million set aside for WP7 advertising, we should be seeing a lot more ads on the web and mainstream media of the new mobile OS from Microsoft. Our friend from @WindowsPhoneUK just posted a new ad for Windows Phone 7.
My News Reader is a new Windows Phone 7 App by Nikhil Ramrakhiani. He has posted a short video demo of the app on youtube apparently the app is all ready for Windows Phone 7. Some of the features of the app include the ability to sort news via categories, save a news item so you can read it later. This WP7 app also supports multiple inbuilt themes and 5 languages : English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. It looks like the app is powered by Yahoo News.
Microsoft has always stated that it will continue to support Windows Mobile as long as there is interest in the platform, but this move certainly states otherwise. Now WMPU via Phonenews is reporting that they have given up on Bing for QVGA Windows Mobile devices. I am not sure if QVGA devices are widely used these days but there will be users who still use these. We expect this move is to focus on Bing for Windows Phone 7.
Users trying to install the latest version on their QVGA devices will be met by a suggestion to use use m.bing.com, saying “Sorry, the resolution on this device is not supported, please visit http://m.bing.com for the best search experience.”. Are you a QVGA user , do you see this message when you try to install Bing ?
Okotag is a barcode reader app for windows mobile. The app is available on different mobile platform for free. The app supports a wide variety of format Datamatrix, EAN 13, EAN 8, QR Code. Once decoded you have the option to send it to a friend via SMS.
Back in days when Windows Mobile was the Mobile OS of choice every one ( at least Windows Mobile Power users ) wanted to learn the art of cooking .. ROM cooking that is, good chefs are the top blokes in the xda-dev community that all of us love. I started off with the Black ROM series from Jasjamming and now run with Energy ROM by NRGZ28 on the Touch Diamond. I haven’t looking at flashing for a while now and am sure there are new players in the field and all of you will have your own favorite Chef and series of ROMS.
Now Windows Mobile will always have the hardcore fans and if you are one such guy and would love to take it to the next level the good folks from Techparaiso.com have put together a bunch of tutorials that will help you along the way to becoming a chef. You can check out the Tutorials on their website ( Twitter : @techparaiso ) or check out the xda-dev thread that lists out the various tutorial.
Its not my cup of tea but if you fancy ROM cooking , this might be for you. What do our readers think about ROM cooking for Windows Mobile ?
TodayXClock is a today screen plug-in for Windows Mobile devices that will allow the users to see a clock, calendar and alarm notification. The app can be installed in memory or storage card and the the settings can be edited via registry.
Pocket to Picture is a handy feature on WP7 devices. You can click on the camera button to take photos even if you’ve locked your phone. There’s no need to unlock the device, enter the passcode, or launching the camera app. If the device is in your pocket / purse the feature is disabled. Check this WP7 Camera features Video to learn more. Now thanks to the effort of MilaCzeque from xda-dev, HD2 users can enjoy this feature
This little application starts phone’s camera when user press home button when the phone is locked. ( Only works with original non-customized lockscreen ). It is aware of proximity sensor status, so it won’t start camera in your pocket. Your HD2 has to be locked for this app to work. If the HTC HD2 display is switched off and your device is locked you have to click the Home button twice.
Rune: The only problem is that they require that you sign up for a “free” account on their web-site. And to do that you have to agree to the terms and conditions. But they only state...
Saijo George: considering that the device is not launched yet , this must have been done to create some pre launch buzz
dwp7: very poor, is this for real? hardly show cases the phones talents……. must do better
Saijo George: the install instruction is the same as posted in the post. I am not sure if there are some special settings for the HTC HD
reeve: sir i have a question i have an HTC touch HD and when i try do install the finger keyboard application the keyboard wont appear to my phone… its not working, is there any special...
Haidar: It’s not real spec. it’s a dream of smarthouse.com.au , HTC will never release same device, it mean that they won’t sell any device else for long time, cause many people...
Saijo George: @l3v5y : Hey mate , how bad will be the multiple resolution effect developers ? I am thinking if the images are stretched or shrunk to fit the screen it will lose its intended glory....
Saijo George: @Adel Ammari : the image used in this post is just a concept . HTC have said that its working on Sense for WP7 but I dont think there would be much change to the Home Screen, we might...
Adel Ammari: I wish the interface was as sexy as the one in the photo, i so hate the plain interface of windows phone 7, color is healthy, colored, buttons, nice graphics, this all is very...
l3v5y: It will be possible, however the first wave of phones will be exclusively WVGA.
Windows Phone 7 Tip
Only the system clock is always visible on the status bar, but if a user double taps in the Status Bar area, all other relevant indicators slide into view for approximately eight seconds before sliding out of view.