Just hours after Microsoft announced it had signed the release to manufacturer build of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Fujitsu Toshiba has announced the world’s first Windows Phone Mango device: Windows Phone IS12T. In a statement (surprisingly lacking the words “world’s,”...

Is anyone still in doubt that Mango is being readied up for a September release? Microsoft officially announced today that the Windows Phone team has signed off on their release to manufacturing, most commonly known as RTM, build of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. In a blog post, Microsoft stated...

In this episode, we talk about all of the latest Windows Phone Mango hacks allowing any current WP7 user to load the Fall update today; Microsoft’s Brandon Watson offers Molly Wood and Scott Adams a Windows Phone Mango developer device and if they don’t like it he will make a...

Director of Developer Experience for Windows Phone Brandon Watson is betting Dilbert, the famous comic strip, creator Scott Adams will like the Windows Phone experience more than Android’s or iPhone’s — and he’s thinking it’s a lock, too. Watson has offered Adams a...

Time is a funny thing. Just a couple of months ago many were speculating that Mango, Microsoft’s next mobile OS update, would unfortunately not make it out this year. Needless to say, this wasn’t a popular rumor. Without Mango falling in the last quarter of the calender year, the...

Everyone needs exercise. Some need it more than others, and as the CDC states, the trend in America is one of horizontal expansion. We are ballooning beyond a healthy, physical state. Sure, sometimes it’s hard to go out and exercise, but with a little motivation people can make changes...

Microsoft will begin accepting application submissions from developers for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in “late August,” the company officially stated. Though there is no official word of when Mango will be available for the public, recent reports claim that the first Mango device...

If you were hoping for juicier news on what the official Mango update’s name would be come fall when it’s to debut, well you’re out of luck. It seems Microsoft just couldn’t come up with a sweeter name (okay, done with the puns). Tech Crunch was lucky enough to snag...

The best thing about having a smartphone is having a myriad of entertainment options in the palm of your hand. You can chat, watch movies or TV shows, read, play games, listen to music, talk to friends, and plenty of other distractions. For me, it’s podcasts. When traveling or even...

One of the best messenger apps has finally arrived on Windows Phone in the past couple of weeks. Kik Messenger is a fast, efficient IM app that has already gathered a strong following on iPhone and Android. With 4 million downloads and users, Kik has become an instant favorite to a lot of...

Steve Ballmer recently spoke at the Imagine Cup on Monday, briefly talking about different subjects regarding many Microsoft products. One note of interest has been the release of second generation Mango Windows Phones, and if Ballmer stated the actual release timeframe, folks will likely...

The Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update will be bringing Visual Voicemail to its lineup of devices come this Fall, but was never exactly detailed how it would work by Microsoft itself. Thanks to PocketNow, you can see clearly that the feature works exactly as you would expect it to. Watch the demo...

Hackers were able to port Mango to an older Windows Mobile device, but we’re guessing this may be of interest to much more people: if you’re using a Windows Phone device with NoDo, a new hack allows you to get Mango now rather than wait for Fall — without having to be a...

Microsoft may be charitable enough to allow all consumers of Windows Phone 7 hardware to get the Mango update this Fall for free, as if anyone should expect otherwise, but users of Windows Mobile 6.5 were never supposed to be so lucky. Until now. Hackers, under the website, moniker, or both...

Verizon announced that it will be shifting gears from offering unlimited data plans to a new 3 tier limited data plan. Verizon customers currently enjoy unlimited data for a cool $29.99 a month. Customers who already have this option will retain it as long as the keep paying for it, and...

Windows Phone Mango, the latest version to the mobile operating system, has been gaining good press and traction ever since its announcement almost a month ago. The media has summed up Mango as an update worthy of making Windows Phone feel complete, even if it’s not due for about a year...

Microsoft is in no way uncharitable (well, for those that are hoping for a smartphone…). The company continues to lineup giveaways; this latest one gives you the chance to win one out of one hundred potential Windows Phone devices — but that’s not all, if you win, you also get...

It’s finally been a pretty newsworthy day ever since it seemed things may have simmered down for a while. Microsoft officially released Windows Phone 7.5 Mango for developers today — practically a week after the press was actually invited to test out the same exact software. In a blog...

Earlier today, it was announced through the Windows Phone Blog, that Mango will now let users add custom ringtones through the Zune software. They also announced that third-party developers could add ringtones via an app. Ways to get Ringotnes on Mango: Through Apps – App developers...

LG Quantum Mini Review ProsCons The device feels substantial and quite smooth, and welcoming for that matter, to the touch. Its full-spaced, physical QWERTY keyboard should garner positive critiques from those who can do without it and for those who love physical...

The audio streaming happens around the 1:25 minute mark. Though we can’t understand what the man in the video is saying, it appears as though the audio works while you turn off the screen, while on the lock screen, and you can even control the audio with the volume rocker. Pretty...

Famous music producer Timbaland updated his Twitter status on Thursday with the following message: “xbox live on a phone? Really? dope. check out the new htc trophy windows phone at verizon [sic].” He followed that tweet with a link to the promotional Verizon HTC Trophy page....

It’s been almost a month since Microsoft announced their biggest update yet to the Windows Phone operating system, dubbed 7.5 and codenamed Mango, touted to have over 500 new features. But we’re just now getting to the bottom of what exactly is new in the Games Hub for when the...

Remember those Windows Phones that Nokia got a license to make? Well, one has surfaced. The first Nokia Windows Phone is codenamed Sea Ray. In the image above you can see the device and it is obviously running WP7, and the design looks close to the prototype pictures we saw a few months...

“Microsoft has gone out of its way to build an awesome experience for the phone with Windows Phone 7. But the only experience they can’t control is when you walk into a retail store to buy one.” Those are the opening words when you visit Windows Phone Tattletale, a new...