Tagged with Windows Phone 7

Amazon Penny-Pincher Sale on Smartphones and $100 Amazon.com Gift Card Offer

By Jack Smith | November 21, 2011

Are you still waiting for Black Friday to get a new phone? Well, there’s no need to wait any longer, or stand in a long line to get a great deal!

Amazon added some more reasons to be thankful this holiday season. It is back with daily Black Friday deals and another round of Penny-Pincher Sale on smartphones. But, this time around, phones from Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T are also included in the sale. I’ll leave it out for you to guess why T-Mobile phones aren’t included.

If you can’t wait, just click

Send me to Amazon.com Penny-Pincher Sale - Latest Smartphones for 1¢ Deal!

Read Full Story

Posted in Mobile Phones.

Also tagged Amazon, Amazon Wireless, AT&T, Black Friday, BlackBerry, DROID, Motorola RAZR, Penny-Pincher Sale, Promos, Samsung Galaxy, Sprint, Verizon.

Buy Any AT&T Windows Phone 7 and Get 3 Months of Free Unlimited Music

By Jack Smith | May 3, 2011

Buy any AT&T Windows Phone 7 between May 1, 2011 through June 26, 2011 and get a free Zune Pass promotion code.

AT&T Windows Phone 7 Free Zune Pass

The free Zune Pass gives you 3-month full access to over 11 million songs in Zune marketplace which you can stream or download. Furthermore, you may also download the music to your Xbox console or PC. You also get 10 free songs a month which you can keep forever.

Read Full Story

Posted in Mobile Phones.

Also tagged AT&T, Deals, Microsoft, Promos, Zune.

Microsoft Offers Developers with Tools To Port iPhone Apps to Windows Phone 7

By Jack Smith | April 30, 2011

While RIM decided to tap into the fast growing Android apps market for their BlackBerry PlayBook, Microsoft decided to tap into iOS appstore by providing developers with the necessary tools for porting iPhone apps to Windows Phone 7.

Windows Phone 7 Interoperability: Porting iOS apps to WP7

Both RIM and Microsoft lack of apps is a big obstacle they have to tackle in order to win consumers over to their mobile ecosystem.

Read Full Story

Posted in Mobile Phones.

Also tagged Android, iOS, iPhone, Microsoft.

Pwn2Own Hacking Contest leaves Android and Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Undefeated

By Jack Smith | March 18, 2011

Pwn2Own is an annual hacking contest where contestants receive the device or computer that was successfully exploited and additional cash prizes from the sponsor. The Pwn2Own contest took place between March 9 to 11th, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada.

Pwn2Own Contest

Target web browsers included Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. Target mobile phones included Apple iPhone 4 (iOS), Nexus S (Android), BlackBerry Torch 9800 (Blackberry 6 OS) and Dell Venue Pro (Windows Phone 7).

Read Full Story

Posted in Mobile Phones.

Also tagged Android, BlackBerry Torch 9800, iOS, iPhone.

Windows Phone 7 Updates Coming in 2011

By Jack Smith | February 15, 2011

Microsoft at Mobile World Congress 2011, confirms that the new Windows Phone 7 features coming in 2011, besides the copy and paste functionality, includes: