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Read More »PEGI releases Windows Phone 7 app
European games rating body PEGI has released a Windows Phone 7 version of its smartphone app. The download allows users to access the 16k+ strong database of game ratings for PAL titles. It supports 11 languages and, as well as consumer advice, review content syndicated from Eurogamer. The PEGI app …
Read More »Ballmer admits to Windows Phone 7 troubles
As part of hisMicrosoft Worldwide Partner Conference speech, Microsoft chief exec Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Phone 7 is not flying off the shelves as fast as the firm would have hoped. While still enthusiastically explaining how successful Microsoft is, there were concessions to its trailing position in the …
Read More »WP7 to get 500+ new features
Microsoft is reforming its Windows Phone with an imminent release of a new and improved operating system, the company’s CEO has claimed. Steve Ballmer said at a press conference in Tokyo that the Windows Phone OS is now much more global”, and will add over 500 new features”. Microsoft will …
Read More »Over 500 new features for next Windows Phone OS
Steve Ballmer says Windows Phone should have launched a year earlier
Read More »Microsoft unveils casual hits for Windows Phone
Windows Phone 7 versions of Angry Birds, Plants Vs Zombies, Doodle Jump and more due next month
Read More »Casual smash hits coming to WP7
Some of the most popular casual games ever will be released on Windows Phone 7 over the next two months. This will kick off on May 25th with Hydro Thunder GP, the Xbox Live racer that re-imagines the classic powerboat game, followed by cutesy platformer Doodle Jump on June 1st. …
Read More »Nokia drops Ovi brand after Windows deal
Store to remain intact while Nokia transitions for Microsoft deal
Read More »WP7 to overtake Android by 2015
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform has been subject to continual speculation about poor handset sales in recent months, but one analyst thinks the company is set for big success in the coming years. Pyramid Research’s latest smartphone forecasts report includes the prediction that by 2015, Windows Phone will overtake Google’s …
Read More »Rumor: Silverlight to run on Xbox 360
Will a new Microsoft app framework update open compatibility with the companyâ??s console?
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