Microsoft is telling everybody that it listens.  The Windows Phone 7 Series is dead even before it is launched.  The name has been changed to Windows Phone 7, dropping the “series” at the back. The name “Windows Phone 7 Series” has been a hot topic on Internet since it was announced.  Hatred of the “Windows Phone 7 Series” moniker has been nearly universal — it’s too long, it trips you up every time you try [...]

Despite Microsoft’s official statement saying there will not be Windows Phone 7 Series upgrade for HTC HD2, the ROM chefs are working hard to bring it to HD2. The latest news is that a ROM hacker from Russia has successfully used the development tools from Microsoft to create a WP7S ROM for the HD2.   The ROM is in beta now and it will soon come online for download.  HD2 owners, you have been saved! You [...]

Like the Windows Phone 7 series but won’t be able to run it on your Windows Mobile 6.5 devices?  We have something that may solve your problem – running the Windows Phone 7 series theme on you phone.  Jaxbot on XDA-Developers had done a theme and it is on beta now.  Download and try it on you phone if you want to. [via xda-developers]

Before the first Windows Phone 7 Series hits the market, developers have started to develop games for the platform using XNA Game Studio.  With this, developers are able to develop games across platforms (XBox 360, Windows PC and Windows Phone 7 Series) with minimum effort.  And it looks promising.  It seems like Microsoft is making the Windows Phone 7 Series to be a mobile gaming platform like the “PSP” and more. [via engadget]

Many of the high end Windows Mobile device (like HD2) owners are hoping to get Windows Phone 7 upgrade when Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 later this year. Device like HD2 has a snapdragon CPU with high resolution capacity touch screen, 5MP camera and enough RAM seems to be one of the devices that qualified for Windows Phone 7 hardware requirement and likely to receive Windows Phone 7 upgrade. However, here is a piece of [...]

This came out to be a surprise during one of the Engadget show.  The Microsoft executive actually brought an LG made prototype Windows Phone. The device shown was running the early version of Windows Mobile 7.  And it has a side sliding QWERTY keyboard with back, home, search and camera dedicated buttons.  The camera is found to be 5MP.  And the device has an impressive thickness.  It is just slightly thicker than iPhone and Nexus [...]

Are you excited about the Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series announcement?  Do you want to know more about it? Engadget has a pretty comprehensive article regarding this latest creation from Microsoft.  It covers most of the information available now from Microsoft and the net. Follow this link to view the article.

Interested to know more about the recently announced Windows Phone 7 Series?  We have a 22 minutes video here to show you lots of things you would like to know about the new platform.  It is really interesting to see what Microsoft has been doing to the new mobile OS. Enjoy!

Yes, it is official now.  Microsoft has officially announced its next generation Mobile OS platform – the Windows Phone 7 Series, to the world during the press conference in MWC. Yes, it is completely rewritten from ground up and it has nothing similar to the current Windows Mobile 6.5.  The entire platform, from the core to the UI, will give the smartphone market a tough competitor. It is a completely new mobile OS to the [...]