Microsoft have been busy talking about games for Windows Phone 7. Having seen the success of the iPhone and iPod touch as a gaming platform it appears Microsoft are keen to ensure that Windows Phone 7 devices are as good as, if not better. Firstly they have integrated Xbox LIVE into the OS— from Xbox LIVE Avatars to staying connected with friends.
“We believe that no matter where life takes you, the best in gaming and entertainment should follow,†said Marc Whitten, corporate vice president of Xbox LIVE at Microsoft. “Windows Phone 7 takes a different approach to handheld gaming, utilizing Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Game Studios, leading game publishers, and innovative indie developers, to create powerful, shared experiences for everyone.â€
Only Windows Phone 7 has a Games hub featuring Xbox LIVE, creating a different kind of mobile gaming experience that puts the games you want front and center. Xbox LIVE games on Windows Phone 7 will be specially selected from the top names in mobile, PC and console game development, making the best mobile games even better, thanks to Xbox LIVE. With try-before-you-buy demos, Xbox LIVE leaderboards, turn-based multiplayer, Achievements and more, Windows Phone 7 brings the quality, consistency and community of the Xbox experience to gamers on the go.
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0 Replies - Read more/Discuss »Microsoft have announced that after the Windows Phone 7 OS has been used daily by more than 1,000 people in Microsoft and over 10,000 developers that the technical preview is now out there to the broader community. From yesterday they say that thousands of prototype phones from Asus, LG and Samsung are making their way into the hands of developers over the next few weeks.
The whole mobile OS has moved on massively since Microsoft first released Pocket PC and this early preview is getting some pretty mixed reviews.
The BoyGenius Report states that "There is no killer application on Windows Phone 7, and we can’t see an overwhelming reason to use one instead of an iPhone, BlackBerry or Android handset. Whether Microsoft’s OS updates to the platform will be enough to change our minds in the future is up to them, but for now, they’ve created a decent mobile operating system from scratch, but it unfortunately still has that Microsoft feel. And that’s not the best thing sometimes."
Infoworld is alot more brutal stating "Windows Phone 7: Don't bother with this disaster Microsoft's demos of its great mobile hope shows Windows Phone 7 to be only a tepid knockoff of a 2007-era iPhone"
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0 Replies - Read more/Discuss »Gizmodo are hearing that Microsoft are killing off the Kin project, which is hardly surprising given the poor uptake and the bad reviews that the device received. I actually think this is good news, with Kin and Windows Phone 7, as well as the recently announced Windows Phone Enterprise edition, Microsoft was making their mobile phone OS story confusing and fragmented. By moving the Kin team into the Windows Phone team, hopefully can only be goodness.
Microsoft's official statement is We have made the decision to focus on our Windows Phone 7 launch and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones
source: gizmodo.com
0 Replies - Read more/Discuss »Would you like a different ringtone based on the category of the caller, rather than assigning ringtones per individual contact? Well over at xda-developers, v3patel has updated the app he created in 2007, which is called VipPimRIngTone. It should work on WM5 or WM6 with any .netcf version including 3.5
0 Replies - Read more/Discuss »Well what a surprise, with lots of hype around the iPhone v4 launch today, Microsoft choose to release a prototype Samsung phone to PCMag, who report back that it is "fast and smooth, with all the features we've come to expect from Windows Phone 7: big, bold text, Xbox Live, Zune, Bing and such"
With it still being six months away from launch, and the competition from Android and Apple iPhone heating up it will be very interesting to see how Microsoft and the hardware companies respond.
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