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Windows Phone 7 Series, here's the pictures!

Microsoft's set the internet ablaze with new information about the Windows Phone 7 Series which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress today at Barcelona.
The pictures and videos are pouring in and I'm here to help organize some of this mess for everyone.
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It's Official: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/feb10/02-15MWC10PR.mspx
Here is the official press release announcing Microsoft's unveiling of their new smartphone OS. The header of the webpage states; "New phones designed for life in motion to debut at holiday 2010."
In Depth Video: http://gizmodo.com/5472166/an-epic-22+minute-walkthrough-of-windows-phone-7
Now if you want all the information you can get, here's Gizmodo's 22 minute hand's on review of Windows Phone 7 Series.
In Depth Read: http://gizmodo.com/5471805/windows-phone-7-series-everything-is-different-now
Now if videos aren't your thing and you'd rather read here is a long run down of the features present in the Windows Phone 7 Series.
Hands On:
http://gizmodo.com/5472222/windows-phone-7-series-hands+on-pics-and-video
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/windows-phone-7-series-hands-on-and-impressions/
Here is a hands on review by both Gizmodo and Engadget.
Pretty Pictures: http://gizmodo.com/5472229/windows-phone-7-hands+on-pics/
Some people say a picture is worth a thousand words, these may be worth more.

looks just horrid.

fixxxer2008 said:
looks just horrid.
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My thoughts exactly. Let's hope some form of 'skinning' is possible.

It's very ugly..Zune HD like....

Super ugly !!!

The homescreen is ugly, but the rest of the OS is very elegant and simple. You guys should watch demos on youtube you will be blown away. MS said that there gonna be tight on OEM customization, but I think their still gonna allow some customization for OEM to stand out from the competition. You guys REALLY need to try out the demo site: http://www.windowsphone7series.com/

i think also it is nice and clear - thats what i want - no overfilling with buttons and things from tabs and options on the "homescreen"
it remember me more of that TouchOne skin - where u move up - down - left and right to reach specific screens instead of using a tabsborder. people often forget that we use such phones also in cars and while walking - so we need a sure and failsafe surface with not to small buttons (at least less).
if anybody knows a good and fast! UI for Wm6.5 let me know - new sense is nice looking but still i search for something simplier to use/touch UI

First impressions...
It looks overly simplified, and more like an art project - or a set of 'design placeholders' that mark areas still needed to be finished in detail.
I question a lot of real-life interactivity with the device, it seems a little silly having the text of the hub cropped off screen.
It wouldn't surprise me if the the API's for this are very basic (aka. simple gadgets) - I have a feeling this isn't designed to run apps in the traditional sense.

FAVICON - XDA-Developers.com - Are either of these more readable at rapid glance?

Quick usability test, non-scientific...
Cheers and kudos to svetius and whole XDA-devs site re-development team for the major makeover to the portal page at http://www.xda-developers.com . Many other improvements have been made, many new forums added, and more changes are to roll-out over time, according to the portal page.
It's great to see an XDA twitter channel -- lots of good extended visibility. My question is, how readable is the new favicon at a glance, without your eyes a close distance to the screen focused right on it? Maybe most people have 20:20 vision for reading. I don't, and have to use various slight correction for smartphone to eyes -- and another for desktop screen to eyes.
Do these read about the same to you? Is either more clear?
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The darker one is a very little bit more clear for my eyes.

One with red glow seems to be more readable to me. One without glow - the x & d look connected. Also letters are just generally easier to see for me. It would probably be better if glow was a tad different. Reds too close to orange to really produce the "stand-out" affect imho. Example, (not a good one, would probably be ugly) if the red glow was green it would be easier to make out the xda. Just my thoughts, though. I also have bad eyes.

The black one looks better.

Okay, thanks for feedback. What I've concluded is: My eyes are worse than I thought. Most favicons I can read very well from the distance where I sit in my chair to my computer screen. The new xda one was perceived as a blur to me, but that's due to my eyes and need for closeup glasses for things that small.
I was just experimenting (based on that YouTube favicon experiment, where they changed theirs) to see if there was anything I would be able to see which read to me as "xda" without any close-upglasses correction.
Like most things here, since there is never any scientific sampling done, results of questions like this this are neither confirmed nor refuted, especially for a site of 2 million registrants, and maybe 5 people rendering an opinion. But, of the 5 people -- a statistical grain of sand out of 7 to 10,000 daily visitors -- your eyes say it's fine as is. Good enough for me

Own This World, PPC.ch & xda-developers Alliance

I created a PPC.ch & xda-developers Alliance in the game: Own This World for WP7!!
(since now it is just "PPC.ch Allianz", but if some members from here join us, I will change the name to "PPC.ch & xda-developers Alliance" )
Name: PPC.ch Allianz
Accesspassword: pocketpc
First at all a demand (for game despription read below): The new alliance member should try to conquer at least 10-20 areas within one month. This demand has the background, that we consistently grow and there shouldn’t be a big unbalance in the alliance between the members with a lot areas and those with not so much areas.
Just so every one can benefit from the alliance and not just a few members (resource allocation). In particular cases it is very hard to realise because of the rivals in the particular environment but everyone has sympathy with it. However this is not the standard the worldmap has a lot of free areas.
Anyone who wants can post here his/her nick name in the game, and the country/city which he represents mainly, so that we know who is who and how far we extend.
I’m Okan58 and I’m active in Germany Hamburg and Bremen .
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Basics of the Game:
"Own This World" is a mixture of risk and Four Square, that is a kind of real-life riskgame, in other words: it's a massively multiplayer location dependent game for the iPhone and Windows Phone 7 where the real world map has been split into millions of territories that you compete for with players that are also physically in the same area. Your rank in the world climbs as you claim territories. If you have the most you are crowned the ruler of the World.
There are some pictures that should illustrate this (video at the end of the post):
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The world is split into squares and the goal is to take a lot of squares: This is only possible if you are in the area which should be occupied and produce automatically every 30 sec a soldiers (also runs under the lockscreen) or by discharging soldiers which where previously loaded into a van.
The number of enemy soldiers can be reduced by means of attacks depicted below. The more quarters one control the higher is the nightly resource production. In an alliance everything is separated to the members.
The PPC.ch alliance is with more than 30 members on the 1st Place in Germany. Let us show the world how big pocketpc.ch and xda-developers.com is. If there are any questions just post them here. Within the game, you can also communicate with each other.
Downloadlink: http://social.zune.net/External/Lau...oneAppID=9acb761b-0c1c-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
The website (see who is owning your city ): http://ownthisworld.com/
Video-Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG71sIuV9vw

Installous7 - what do you think about that ?

Windows Phone Hacker three hours ago, published the app - Installous 7
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What I should write more - nothing. You have to read this:
Software piracy has become an extremely controversial subject lately. We all know SOPA and PIPA. But when it comes down to the very personal scale of app development, one must question the true wrongdoing in obtaining free software. We have debated this internally at WPH, and while our major developers have voted against it, the new blood here has decided to make a modest proposal. Leave it to the hands of the users.
We've heard many arguments against obtaining cracked applications, all of which are erroneous. Some claim it hurts homebrew, and has resulted in the extreme locking down of the WP7 operating system. Others claim it robs developers who spend hours developing, and takes away from the income of not large, greedy corporations, but rather, personal developers who may have families to support, or education to fund. Others claim it is just morally wrong, and shows a degrading of character when something so cheap is still seen unworthy of personal dimes.
This application is subject to the disclaimer that you use it under your own moral obligations and local laws. Essentially, this application installs a DRM store to your phone that causes the Marketplace to unlock all trial applications, and circumvent charging users for purchases. It's easy and effective. We can't say we support it, and don't know how long it will be until Microsoft patches it, as they are historically very quick and organized in bug fix updates.
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Source - Windows Phone Hacker: http://windowsphonehacker.com/articles/installous7-04-01-12

Good April joke

I think so too

I knew it was an April fools joke but I was still afraid to install it.

Anyway, but that is good joke:
In Polish: http://tech.wp.pl/kat,130040,title,...4376534,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=1e325&_ticrsn=5

lol...woke up in a bad mood...that makes me laugh at least...
Happy April Fools Day folks !!!!
wow...i'm in late ;] ... sh*t! i slept during two days!!!

I thought that it was for real hehehe if you're looking for apps like installous of apple, you can always have private marketplace to your wp7

How the Honor 8X Got its Ultra Slim Chin #ad

On September 5th, Honor announced the Honor 8X in an event held in China. One of the highlighted features of the new mid-range phone was the 91% screen-to-body ratio. This gives the phone minimal bezels and an impressively small chin at the bottom of the phone. The Honor CEO talked a little bit about what technology they used to achieve this result.
The 8X with its 6.5’ IPS display feels the same as a 5.5’ display when you hold it. Comparing with competitors, the Honor 8X wins out obviously with its 4.25mm chin, which is due to the flagship COF technology
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-George Zhao (Honor CEO)
We got to hear a little bit about COF and how that allows the phone to have a much smaller chin. COF stands for “Chip on Film” and replaces the traditional COG (Chip on Glass) method. Compared to COG technology, COF reduces the bottom border of the device by 1-2mm. This technology does make the manufacturing process more difficult, which is why you don’t see it on many phones.
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This graphic shows how the COF can wrap the FPC chip around to the back of the display. This removes the chip from where it would normally sit, which is right at the chin of the phone. This is why Honor can have such a slim frame on the upcoming 8X.
COF technology is not new, rather it’s usually found only in flagship devices. Honor implements COF into the Honor 8X which is a budget phone. The phone will be sold for around $200 once it’s available in the US.
Honor has been dominating the budget category of the smartphone industry. The previous Honor 7X model was the most popular unlocked phone on Amazon throughout the holidays.
We look forward to getting our hands on the Honor 8X and seeing all the different ways this phone is bringing flagship features to a super affordable device.
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