And, our questions are (partially) answered. Shape Services (the makers of IM+) made a statement today on their facebook page: Hi everyone, just a few quick announcements: 1) Push feature is now temporarily disabled, sorry for that. We will enable it within 24 hours. No application update will be needed. 2) Windows Live Messenger (formerly known as MSN) service support has been removed...
IM+ was submitted to the Marketplace today, and we are all excited for it’s arrival (see our hands on video tour). It just cannot get approved quickly enough. But the developers, Shape Services, announced today that it will not have Windows Live Messenger support. The reason? Microsoft doesn’t allow it. They are seemingly taking Apple’s approach, and not allowing apps that they think...
As a Windows Phone 7 user, you shouldn’t be jealous of Apple’s iCloud service. Most of the functionality in iCloud is already baked into your phone via SkyDrive and Hotmail. The good folks from the Windows Phone Team posted a story to show us how it all works together. It’s a great primer for SkyDrive/Hotmail integration in general (if you don’t already have a Push capable email...
Matt Hasselbeck, quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, was interviewed over Twitter by the Seattle Times about his use of Windows Phone 7. He has been using a Samsung Focus for a while, and recently switched over to the Verizon HTC Trophy. His app recommendations? Hasselbeck recommends 4th and Mayor and often uses TweetCaster and Weatherbug daily. He also mentions using an iPad, but...
Joe Belfiore posted another interesting pair of tweets late yesterday, reminding people that quite a few of the features that Apple is including in iOS 5 are already available or announced in Microsoft Products, either Windows Phone 7 or Windows 8. He tweeted one yesterday, mentioning just the camera button. Today, he took it a bit further, and listed off several items that Apple has...
The Windows Phone Blog has a nice writeup on the new features we will see in the Mango Music + Video Hub. We've known about some of the features for awhile now (see our "Big Mango consumer list" for what we know so far), but it's great to have official confirmation and more details. There are also quite a few smaller updates that don't merit their own bullet point, but will help smooth...
Following up on a post from earlier today, where we make mention of Windows 8 and the inclusion of Metro, we have this nice tidbit from Microsoft regarding, well, Windows 8, and the inclusion of Metro. They have replaced the desktop with a start screen that should be familiar to anyone with a windows phone, and, well... The video demo says it all and we could type for hours, and not...