All of the smartphone platforms have games of some sort, but only Windows Phone has Xbox Live. For today’s 30 Days With Windows Phone 7, I’m going to play around–literally–with the games hub and Xbox Live capabilities. I have a number of games on my iPhone–two whole folders. I...

OK. Things are about to get serious. The first few days of the 30 Days With Windows Phone 7 series have been playing around with a soon-to-be-outdated version of the OS, but now thanks to Microsoft and Federal Express I’ve got my hands on a Samsung Focus running the new Windows Phone 7.5 version of the...

I spent Day 4 of the 30 Days With Windows Phone 7 experience talking about apps and the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. However, I saved one very important element of Windows Phone 7 apps for today because I felt that it’s worthy of its own post. So, today, I am going to take a look at the ability to try...

The first smartphone based on the new “Mango” edition of Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform was unveiled on Wednesday in Tokyo. The phone is the first of several handsets due over the next few months, that Microsoft hopes will signal its return to the smartphone market as a serious...

Mango, the latest version of the Windows Phone mobile operating system, was released to manufacturers Tuesday, Microsoft said in a blog. The OS code was officially turned over to manufacturers and mobile operators. The OS will come pre-installed in new Windows Phones and will be available as an update to...