Back in July, it became known that Windows Phone 7.5, codenamed 'Mango', had been finalized. Shortly after, the factory version of Mango leaked into the wild, yet it included none of the customizations provided by device makers, such as HTC. If you own an HTC 7 Mozart and have been desperately waiting for Mango, you might be happy to know that a customized Mango firmware has unexpectedly been leaked into the wild, tailored specifically for the HTC 7 Mozart.
If you're a hardcore gamer, you likely own more than one console, yet game consoles take up space, especially if you live in a crammed college dorm. Thankfully, the newest star in geekery and console modding goodness has published pictures of a combination of a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360, all in one box!
Since late last year, Windows Phone 7 has captured the minds of many users, both for its attractive looks and deep integration with Microsoft's services. Yet, many might still be using services outside Microsoft's umbrella, such as Google Talk. If you've been struggling for a way to use Google's instant messaging service on your new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device, Gchat is the perfect app for you.
Whenever a popular game like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is getting close to release, there's always a great amount of hype in the air. Microsoft is boosting up the hype and potential sales by releasing a new special edition Xbox 360 bundle modeled specifically after the new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 title.
It's no secret that Windows 8 will include a radically revamped user interface, which was partially shown off publicly by Microsoft a few months back, yet we haven't yet seen it in its entirety. Thankfully, Microsoft has accidentally unveiled what Windows 8's Start menu might look like in an official video showcasing a completely unrelated feature.
SkyDrive, which is part of Microsoft's Windows Live suite, is a service that allows users to store files online and share them with themselves or others. This can only be done officially through a web interface, yet there's speculation that Microsoft might soon release a SkyDrive client for desktop and mobile platforms.
Microsoft has been spilling out a lot of details about its future products at its events. Earlier this week, the company revealed 'Tango' and ‘Apollo’, the next release of Windows Phone 7. Now, at a TechEd conference in New Zealand, the company revealed that future 'Mango' devices would feature a front-facing camera and that Skype would be brought to the platform later on.
Windows Phone Mango has been finalized and is all ready to be implemented by smartphone manufacturers on new devices. Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile is the first manufacturer to step up to the plate by launching the first ever Mango-powered smartphone to Japanese customers, and perhaps soon in other countries all across the world.
With Mango already completed and a few months away from landing on smartphones later this year, Microsoft has already unveiled plans for two releases in the future for Windows Phone, codenamed Tango and Apollo.
If you're a regular reader of this site, you're probably aware that HP has recently decided to put its line of webOS hardware to rest, leaving all of the platforms developers wondering what to do next. In response, Microsoft has been offering extensive help to all of the platform's developers develop apps for Windows Phone 7, which has received a phenomenal response.
