With both Windows Phone 7 and RIM on the decline it is no surprise to see that there are not too many developers who seem to be very interested in them. It is difficult to say if this is for sure since the survey was only responded to by 2,760 developers who are using these devices, but it is very evident simply by looking at sales that both of these companies are suffering and having a hard time.
Originally there was an update for Windows Phone 7s which was supposed to be released in the first half of March, but unfortunately due to some persistent glitches it looks like this update will not be coming out until the later half of March.
Looking for the Windows Phone 7 look without the Windows Phone 7 data drain? Look no further since the folks at Cydia have come out with a theme for your iOS device which will make it look like the Windows Phone 7 OS. I still do not see why this is so desirable since, I personally, feel that iOS is a much more elegant and easily used OS.
Although the expectations were very high for the line of Windows Phone 7s, the amount sold and the amount of users is very low compared to what they had expected. The entire line of Windows Phone 7s was said to be what would take iOS and Android off of their positions as the leaders of the smartphone industry.
When we have our smartphones on we are usually constantly using up our data, but the new Windows Phone 7s are like little data sucking vampires. For many users they are finding that their phones are using an abnormally large amount of data from their plans. For some of the people they are experiencing a loss of data up to 2mb per day, which eventually adds up to 1.5GB of data.
If you need to learn patience then it would probably be a good idea to purchase the Dell Venue Pro. The Venue Pro which is Dell’s full QWERTY slider Windows Phone 7, was delayed yet again and now Dell seeks to make amends. The Venue Pro has been released previously, however it was forced to be sent back.
There have been some weird posts circulating on whether or not there is a push notifications limit. Microsoft had come out earlier to say that at the moment there is a limit to the amount of push notifications which can be active at a time. That number at the moment is 15 but this is bound to change as they get a greater idea of what their users want.
We all know that Windows Internet Explorer is one of the most sub par web browsers available to us in our general use. I think that Google Chrome is one of the top choices in web browsing. The best part of all of this is that Google Chrome is now available to Windows Phone 7 users.
Not too long after it’s failures with Windows Mobile Acer moved onto a new OS, namely Android OS. After the recent launch of their Android phones it appears that there are some indications that the Acer will be making a move towards making a Windows Phone 7 phone themselves. With the recent success of their Android based phones, it won’t be much of a gamble if they make one or two Windows Phone 7
Apparently Dell has no problem with trying the patience of it’s customers. This past week the Dell Venue Pro, their Portrait Sliding QWERTY Windows Phone 7, which has a few bugs which they have known about. The Venue Pro has some issues connecting to secure wi-fi networks, and some of their batteries have been mistakenly mislabeled. To begin with it was already a phone which was hard enough to come by in one of the seven Windows retail stores, so it is pretty ridiculous for those lucky enough to even get a device to be forced to go through such early troubles.
