Windows Phone – Page 2

Full 3D gaming on Microsoft’s Windows Phone demoed

March 10, 2010March 10, 2010 Doug Groves Microsoft, Visual Studio, Windows Phone, WP7S, Xbox, XNA5 Comments

Engadget managed to get a hands on of a couple of Windows Phone 7 games built with XNA Game Studio 4.0. Although they weren’t allowed to take any video of the games in action, they said it did work, including unlocking achievements. The more impressive of the two was a top down sci-fi looking dungeon crawler called The Harvest, running at the full 800×480 Windows Phone 7 resolution. The other is called Battle Punks and is a one-on-one fighting game. Although there’s no in-game action of either, they did post…

Mobile World Congress Part One

February 19, 2010 Doug Groves Microsoft, Mobile World Congress, MWC, Show, Windows Phone, WP7S0 comment

Mobile World Congress is the biggest cell phone event of the year, and in this first look at it, we talk about Microsoft’s newly announced Windows Phone 7 Series, which makes a clean break from it’s Windows Mobile past.

Windows Phone 7 Series – has Microsoft pulled it off?

February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Doug Groves Microsoft, Windows Phone, WP7S, Xbox Live, Zune6 Comments

Probably the most anticipated event at Mobile World Congress has finally passed, and with it, Microsoft has announced a whole new direction with it’s mobile platform, which has been rebranded Windows Phone 7 Series. Although WP7S devices aren’t expected to start shipping until near the end of the year, the folks at Redmond have definitely taken a ground up approach with the new OS, UI and hardware. Microsoft will be much more strict on the minimum hardware specs, which is a good thing, since in the past there were some…

WindowsPhone – what Microsoft needs to do at Mobile World Congress

February 12, 2010February 14, 2010 Doug Groves HTC, Microsoft, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Xbox Live, Zune3 Comments

We rarely delve into outright speculation here at rgbHeadquarters, but over the past month or two, there have been a number of rumours regarding what is going to be a major update to the Windows Mobile platform with version 7, and the rebranding to Windows Phone. With Mobile World Congress starting next week, those rumours have increased, and many have solidified somewhat. What to expect from Microsoft at MWC is largely dependent on what they need to fix, and a little reading of the tea leaves.