Why I Want a Nokia Windows Phone

When closed, the Nokia E7 closely resembles the company's N8.

(Credit: David Meyer/ZDNet UK)

 

Nokia is wonderful at hardware. But like Motorola, another veteran of awesome industrial design, Nokia is not terribly strong on the software front--once upon a time it was, but it proved unable to shake itself loose from the now-outdated software of its glory days.

The Nokia E7 is a prime example. It really is a thing of beauty (I like a proper keyboard, me) but I don't want one because it runs Symbian. As it happens, I retain a lot of respect for Symbian as an operating system, but its user interface sucks. It's a tragedy that Nokia hasn't been able to quickly and effectively redesign that UI for the modern age, but there you go.

Point proven. Stick something else in there, and the E7 would rock.

Now we know what that "something else" is: Windows Phone 7.

Read more of " I want a Nokia Windows Phone, and here's why" at ZDNet UK.

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Windows Phone 7 Gets "VoIP"; iPhone "FaceTime" Competitor ?

Microsoft had a solid CES appearance with the announcement of many new key products. But sometimes it’s not what’s said at the main events but inside conversations that can provide a peek into the upcoming products from the company.

At a high profile CES Event, a key WP7 employee delivered, in an off comment fashion, a few tips about where the platform may be headed. One feature that was discussed was that Microsoft is working on a FaceTime type like application for Windows Phone platform.

Now we have confirmed the news that Microsoft is working on a Apple iPhone's "Facetime" competitor, a feature of the platform that allows the user to make video phone calls to other users of the iPhone.

The registry keys "VoIP" and "SIP" are hidden inside the "ControlPanel" portion of the registry, and both seem to be set to be off (by having "0" under their "Enabled" value). It's worth noting that for some reason, these keys are in a portion of the registry that contains other features that are fundamental to the platform, such as theme colors. Right now, we don't have write access to the registry to attempt to turn it on, but hopefully in the near future the homebrew community may allow us to do this.

The VoIP feature has not been revealed before, and it is not certain whether or not this will be used for the "Facetime" like feature, or if it would be available for actual VoIP calling to other Windows Phone 7 users.

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Windows On iPad

Its been bothering me for quite some time now that many people have beep asking me, if the ipad is running or can run windows..

Windows on an iPad?

First lets define the term "OS" or "Operating System".. OS is the main software that the device runs. Its responsible for the main interface of the device or computer and is also responsible for running all the applications.. The OS must be compatible with the hardware's architecture in order for the system to work..

Most people do not realize that mobile devices, such as cellphone actually also do have an OS too.. Their just usually not mentioned especially if they are proprietary, but they all do have one..

Warning: technical content, skip to the last two paragraph for non techie people:

For example on on x86 and 64bit architecture devices such as your laptops and desktop computers, popular OS that are used are: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu and Mac OSX.  For all iphones, ipod touch's and ipads, they all use the operating system called "iOS" which is proprietary and developed by apple themselves.. Thats why ipad can run iphone apps coz they have the same OS.. For nokia's, usually they run symbian S40 for their standard phones and symbian S60 for their smartphones.. However nokia together with intel is developing an new OS for their high end phones called moblin.. For most sony ericsson's they use A100 or A200, which is also proprietary.. Most recent HTC, samsung and motorolla phones have been using Android as their OS.. Android is developed by Google.. Another culprit of confusions is their is that there is another OS for mobile phones which is developed by microsoft called windows phone 7 or old versions called windows mobile..
Note: Windows Phone 7  is different from windows 7!..

So the main and only reason why windows wont run on an ipad is because windows is simply not compatible.with the ipad's hardware architecture.. And yes, Microsoft could modify windows to run on the ipad they wont (ever)..Why would they?!..

Hope that cleared alot of confusion.. For those who havent subscribed to my blog yet, please do.. Its now simplier than ever thanks to feed burner..

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Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Hacked, Video

Someone claimed that the Windows Phone 7 marketplace had been hacked by phone hackers, reported at Neowin.net, because phone hackers are now seems to be busy to hack most popular smartphones like Android, Droid, iPhone and now Windows Phone 7 marketplace.

WPCentral reports that they have seen the tool in action. Created by a "white hat" developer, the application is called "FreeMarketplace" and performs the original steps outlined in the whitepaper by;

• Downloading the entire marketplace using a C# code snippet that was provided
• Circumventing the maximum application sideload limit, this was originally outlined on WithinWindows
• Enabling deployment of the disabled XAP files by deleting a file header inside the XAP "Zip" itself
• Activating the disabled marketplace XAP by replacing an entry assembly (the example used an open source app which had the debug assembly freely available
• Removing the XAP's security signatures
• Replacing the marketplace published entry assembly with a facade debug assembly

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Windows Phone 7 Grew Faster Than Android Marketplace

 

After the launched of Windows Phone 7 people were really expecting that new version of Windows Phone 7 will surely hit and get successful coverage in market amongst Android, iPhone and other popular devices. Now the latest research report from IDC, remarked that the Windows Phone 7 marketplace grew faster than Android's did at launch. The report noted that Microsoft added 4,000 applications in just two months, a milestone that took Android's marketplace over five months to achieve.

There are a number of factors as to why the Windows Phone 7 has grown as fast as it did. As Engadget.com points out, there are already thousands of developers who know the programming language, which means they can quickly turn code into an app without much trial and error.

The same can't be said for Android, which required Java programmers to learn new libraries and constructs. You also need to include the fact that there are more programmers looking to cash in on the rapidly expanding mobile app market. Programmers are also porting over their apps from iOS and the Android market to Windows Phone 7, expanding their portfolio to multiple platforms.

Microsoft could easily become the third largest mobile app market by the middle of next year, which doesn't face very much competition in terms of WebOS, BlackBerry OS and Symbian.

Despite all of that, this is a major accomplishment for Microsoft and its consumers. With a larger marketplace for consumers to download applications and games, more consumers will begin to migrate to Windows Phone 7.

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