Tag: WP7

  • China to finally get its first WP7 Device!

    China to finally get its first WP7 Device!

      Here in the states we’ve been enjoying Windows Phone 7 for about a year and a half now.  When doing phone comparisons it is very common to refer to the “Big 3” mobile operating systems as the only ones who really matter, discounting BlackBerry OS, Symbian, and other seemingly anachronistic and obsolete systems.  The…

  • WP7: Leaked photos of the LG fantasy or miracle?

    WP7: Leaked photos of the LG fantasy or miracle?

    Some of us have seen a few blurry photos of the Fantasy that surfaced over at XDA Developers Forum. To add to the confusion, it is our understanding that the Fantasy is now the Miracle and the Fantasy may be an entirely different phone all together. Miracle or Fantasy, we are seeing some less blurry…

  • Angry Birds Fly to Windows Phone 7!

    Angry Birds Fly to Windows Phone 7!

    Nowadays, you can’t really claim to have a mobile OS worthy to mention unless you can produce an Angry Birds title…Well today Windows Phone 7 enters that category. Windows Phone 7 has got Angry Birds in the market place for $2.99. So now we can shot those birds at the pigs and get our eggs!

  • What’s More Secure? iOS or Android?

    What’s More Secure? iOS or Android?

    So it seems Symantec did an independent study of mobile operating systems. They attempted to measure how secure Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms are, and also determine how the mobile systems stack to today’s desktop operating systems. Symantec claims that these mobile platforms are much more secure than today’s popular desktop operating systems, though…

  • Nokia Windows Phone 7: First Look

    Nokia Windows Phone 7: First Look

    Fellow PPCgeekers and readers, we present you to the very first Nokia WP7 device. Introduced by no other than Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia. Ex-Microsoft employee Elop, paused his presentation to ask the crowd of bloggers and journalists to “put away their cameras” as he was going to show them something “super confidential.” Despite his…

  • [RUMOR] Nokia to Launch WP7 October 26th?

    [RUMOR] Nokia to Launch WP7 October 26th?

    Today Nokia announced that its annual Nokia World Conference would be held on October 26-27 in London…Leading many to the conclusion that this will be when they kick” off their Windows Phone 7 devices. However, there is nothing that gives us 100% truthfulness to the agenda. Right now we don’t even know who the keynote…

  • Jailbreak your WP7 with ChevronWP7 Team and Microsoft’s support

    Jailbreak your WP7 with ChevronWP7 Team and Microsoft’s support

    There’s a bit of good news coming from the ChevronWP7 team, it seems it’s been a while since we have heard much from them. Well, now they have made a pretty big Windows Phone announcement, completely backed by Microsoft. The specific Blog post on their site confirmed a forthcoming low-cost alternative to Developer Unlocking your…

  • IM+ Pro for WP7 Headed to Market for approval

    IM+ Pro for WP7 Headed to Market for approval

    Recently we did a review of IM+ Pro for Android. On top of that, we have started a giveaway contest for 4 licenses of IM+ Pro for Android. Well, for those of you who are using a WP7 device and have been waiting for IM+ to arrive in the Windows Marketplace, it seems that day…

  • T-Mobile HTC HD7 Free, with 2 Yr. Contract

    T-Mobile HTC HD7 Free, with 2 Yr. Contract

    Beginning today, T-Mobile has announced that they will be making the HD7 available for free with a two-year contract.This is a Web-only offer — now thru Thurs, 6/9/2011 The HTC HD7 is a Windows Phone 7 handset designed to bring what you care about, to one central place. The most noticeable feature about this device…

  • The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast For 06/01/11!

    The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast For 06/01/11!

    The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Season 2, Episode 22 for 06/01/2011! See us on both ZUNE Marketplace & iTunes! Also, got  a minute? REVIEW the podcast and tell us what you think! Be sure to follow us on twitter! Host: Laos101 AKA Joshua Sherman Guests: Our Newsies! Mr. Hoodracer, and News Manager Jason Fieldz Topics:…

  • Windows Phone 7 Just Went Tropical

    Windows Phone 7 Just Went Tropical

    Windows Phone 7 Mango update has just had some features leaked that I thought we would all like to know about. It does seem Microsoft is actually listening to people and working to improve their OS. With Mango being the BIGGEST update for Windows Phone 7 to this point, we have some sweet tropical leaks…

  • The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast For 03/31/11!

    The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast For 03/31/11!

    Next Podcast on April 14th!   The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Season 2, Episode 20 for 03/31/2011! See us on both ZUNE Marketplace & iTunes! Also, got  a minute? REVIEW the podcast and tell us what you think! Be sure to follow us on twitter! Host: Laos101 AKA Joshua Sherman Guests: Our Newsies! Mr. Hoodracer,…

  • Sprint Waiving Mail-In Rebates Indefinitely

    Sprint Waiving Mail-In Rebates Indefinitely

    This is great news for Sprint customers! Verizon Wireless recently started doing this on most of their smartphones and looks like Sprint caught wind and decided to do it also.

  • Windows Phone 7 to Overtake RIM?

    Windows Phone 7 to Overtake RIM?

    The technology group Ovum is predicting that by 2016 Android will drive the smartphone market growth by double. The predictions see Android owning 38% of the market, Apple owning 17.5 and Blackberry holding 16.5%.

  • PPCGeeks Review – The LG Quantum

    PPCGeeks Review – The LG Quantum

    Hey There Geeks! Thanks to the LG Electronics Corp – we were given the unique opportunity to look at the LG Quantum, one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices currently on the market,we took an in depth look at it in this review! Read on to hear our side commentary as well as see…