New Windows Phone 7 devices, including Asus E600, to be launched at MWC 2011

Microsoft is reportedly getting ready to officially unveil the second batch of Windows Phone 7 devices this February at MWC 2011.

According to DigiTimes and some anonymous sources, one of the new WP7 handsets expected to be announced at MWC is the Acer E600 (which is pictured below and will likely be available in the US via AT&T).



MWC aside, it’s said that Microsoft also plans to launch a Chinese edition of Windows Phone 7 sometime in the second half of 2011 – this seems to be in line with the rumored Mango update that should bring support for Far Eastern languages.

Since China is the world’s largest mobile market, Microsoft probably hopes to sell millions of Windows Phone 7 devices there. We’ll see next year if it makes it or not.

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Evo jos nekih zanimljivih cinjenica vezanih za Windows Phone 7, koji neki brkaju sa sada nazalost bivsim Windows Mobile OS:

"Windows Phone 7 supports upgradable storage via an SD Card, however it does not support the ability to hot-swap SD cards without having the phone reset to factory settings." Strasno! Dakle, kad god izvucete memo karticu, sledi hard reset...

"Windows Phone 7 does not support the ability to connect to hidden wireless (Wi-Fi) hotspots, hotspots with a static IP address, tethering to a computer, videocalling, VoIP calling, USB mass-storage, universal email inbox,universal search,turn-by-turn navigation, a system-wide file manager, Bluetooth file transfers, USSD messages, or custom ringtones." Uzas se nastavlja...

"Windows Phone 7 does not support Office documents with security permissions,[68] IPsec security,on-device encryption,strong passwords,or internet sockets. ...Windows Phone 7 only supports a small subset of Exchange features. ... The list of past phone calls is now a single list, and cannot be separated into inbound, outbound or missed calls." Dakle, vracamo se u praistoriju - istorija poziva je jedinstvena i nikako nije moguce filtrirati propustene, primljene i odlazne...

A valja dodati i da se MS u medjuvremenu odrekao Silverlight koji je platforma za razvoj WP7 aplikacija, tako da se ni u tom delu bas ne nazire neka nada...

Btw., jedino sto sam u poslednje vreme cuo pozitivno u vezi WP7 jeste da ce negde u januaru navodno izaci neki service pack ili nova OS verzija sa podrskom za copy/paste, Flash i neku formu multitaskinga, ali to su zasad nagadjanja, a i dzaba im ako ostanu sve ostale mane, od koji su neke neoprostive...

Steta... Ne razumem kako poslovni korisnici da se oslone na ovakve vrlo negativne stvari... Ko je njima sada uopste ciljna grupa? Poslovni korisnici zasigurno nisu... Zele da preotmu deo "kolaca" koji je zahvataila kompanija Apple? Mislim da im to nece poci za rukom, jer nemaju hordu takve strukture da ih brani. A i kako stanje stoji iPhone je za ove "uredjaje" prvoklasni smartphone...

Bar su hard reset odradili bez kombinacije tastera... Samo izvuces karticu   

Nece imati custom ringtones 

Dok na Android mozete nabaciti Ubuntu sa sve programima za Hakovanje wep enkripcija, ovde se i ne mozete povezati na skrivene mreze 

Ovo za strong passwords nisam razumeo. Verovatno postoji ogranicenje broja karaktera i/ili ogranicenje samo na brojeve/mala slova/bez specijalnih karaktera !?

A sto se Silverlight-a tice, skinuo sam par tutorijala da vidim kako se radi sa njim. Znaci i to odbacise 

Ovo mu dodje kao najveci poslovni promasaj ...

SurfCube 3D Browser now available in Windows Marketplace




The SurfCube 3D browser is now available for $1.99 in the Windows Marketplace. Using cubes, the browser gives the user the illusion that he/she is reading web sites in 3D. The cube format allows you to view things like your browsing history or another web site with just a spin of the cube.

The browser will support viewing sites in both portrait and landscape orientation, and lets you the browser lock in any orientation you like, making it easier to use the browser while in bed. A private mode allows you to view sites with secrecy and the software lists your browsing history and favorite sites. The bandwidth saver mode speeds up site rendering which could save you money. With the SurfCube 3D browser, being so square never made you look so cool.




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WP7 Multitasking

Quick look at Multitasking on Windows Phone 7 that will be released later in 2011.






Windows Phone 7 Copy / Paste

This video shows how Copy / Paste will work on Windows Phone 7, once the update containing this feature is released by Microsoft. It also shows, contrary to what many believe, that there is support for multiple paste actions.

This is a recording of the official Windows Phone 7 emulator from the Windows Phone SDK, running the updated emulator image containing Copy / Paste support.

Stvarno ne razumem kako mogu ovo da predstavljaju kao neku novost kad multitasking postojo ko zna koliko dugo.O copy/paste ne bih ni da komentarisem.

Nisam primetio da su to predstavili kao neku novost. Ovo je jednostavno najava da ce kasnije tokom godine biti ispravljene odredjene stvari koje sada fale u WP7 i to je svakako za pohvalu.

Windows Phone Beats iPhone and Android in Browser Benchmark Test


Windows Phone 7 running IE9 handily beat the iPhone and Android Nexus S in a HTML5 speed reading test. The test was performed by Joe Belfiore, Director of the Windows Phone program at the MIX11 developer conference in Las Vegas yesterday.

Winrumors notes that Belfiore used a HTML5 speed reading demo from Microsoft's own ietestdrive.com site. The demo ran at around 20 FPS on Windows Phone "Mango" and 11 FPS on the Android Nexus S device. Despite having a five second head start, the iPhone 4 crawled along at 2 FPS and failed to finish in time. Google’s Android device finished in second place behind Windows Phone’s Internet Explorer 9.

The Windows Phone 7 device clearly won due to IE9's ability to make use of hardware acceleration. Apple has yet to announce plans for hardware acceleration in its mobile browser; however, the expected unveiling of iOS 5 at WWDC 2011 could bring this as a feature.

You can watch the browser test below or you can view the entire keynote here.

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Joe Belfiore caught in a corner by Laura Foy, epic video of WP7's Mango update ensues




We already wrote about the new features expected to hit Windows Phone 7 handsets with the upcoming update, codenamed "Mango", but it's another thing to get them demoed by the hands of Joe Belfiore himself.

As the head of Windows Phone Program Management at Microsoft, he is one of the main guys who will have the final say about what will go in the Nokia Windows Phone.

He was cornered at the MIX 11 development conference by Laura "Thug" Foy, a Microsoft internet show host, and it all ended up well for him and for us, since most of the new features got demoed on the ASUS phone that has been used as a Windows Phone 7 development platform from the onset.

The video is 15 minutes long, so if you don't feel like watching the whole thing, the universal search and app quick jump are at 2:43, the Marketplace enhancements are at 4:30, search apps at 5:45, the apps which take advantage of the now-open sensor and camera APIs, plus the new Live Tiles are at 8:00, and the real multitasking demo is at 10:50.

If you are eager to watch the whole 2 hour keynote about Windows Phone 7 at MIX, it is available here.




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Windows Phone 7 postaje 7.5

Najnovija nadogradnja za Windows Phone 7, koja je do sada bila poznata pod imenom Mango biće isporučena developerima tokom maja i doneće multitasking opciju na Microsoftove mobilne telefone. Ono što je još vrlo važno je i izmena imena OS-a, koji će od sada biti poznat kao WP7.5, odnosno Windows Phone seadm i po. Verovatno se Microsoftu Mango naziv činio dosadnim i neinspirativnim u moru inovativnih kodnih imena.
Sem što donosi neophodni multitasking, Mango tj. 7.5 update donosi i bolju podršku za instalaciju i korišćenje aplikacija nastalih izvan Microsoftovih laboratorija, ali i bolju interakciju “živih kockica” panelnog interfejsa. One sada troše manje energije, lakše se programiraju i koriste. Sada su konačno otključane i kamera i senzor rotacije, koji će moći da se iskoriste u mnogim aplikacijama. Windows trenutno radi i na unapređenu Marketplacea, popravljajući kompatibilnost, poteškoće tokom korišćenja i uvodeći više moneta za plaćanje. Novo ime će korisnicima lakše pomoći da uoče razliku od prethodne verzije Windows Phone operativnog sistema, ali će ono dalje doprinet lakšem prelasku na nove verzije, jer pretpostavljamo da je sledeći broj 8, zar, ne?! Kao na računarima