Neowin News Feed for: Mix11

Qantas shows what a Mango WP7 app is capable of

Mike Brown — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:52:56 +0000

With the upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone 7, Microsoft have been keen to show off to developers what the new features mean for their apps. Today, Qantas has demonstrated a flights app at the... Read more...

Future Windows Phone specifications announced

Byron Hinson — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:37:42 +0000

Microsoft has finally announced its new set of Windows Phone hardware specifications at the MIX11 conference today. According to Mobile Tech World Microsoft engineer Istvan Cseri set out the new set of hardware specs for future... Read more...

Skype coming to Windows Phone 7

Mike Brown — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:37:12 +0000

Skype, the well-known VoIP service slowly making its way onto every mobile device, has been confirmed to soon offer a Windows Phone 7 app. Confirmed at the MIX11 conference, the announcement was made by Microsoft's... Read more...

Improved Windows Phone developer tools coming with Mango

Mike Brown — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:37:12 +0000

At the MIX11 conference, Microsoft today announced an improved set of Windows Phone developer tools to be released before the next Windows Phone update. Mango, the codename for the next update, was also demonstrated at... Read more...

Windows Phone 7 now has 13,000 apps; Angry Birds May 25

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:19:16 +0000

On the second day of MIX11 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that the Windows Phone 7 app store now has 13,000 applications. The software giant is adding 1,500 applications a month, including games,... Read more...

Silverlight 5 beta launched

Byron Hinson — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:04:57 +0000

Microsoft has announced the first beta release of Silverlight 5 today. According to TNW, the beta download is available on the official Silverlight site. The Silverlight 5 beta adds a number of new features and capabilities,... Read more...

Microsoft demonstrates Windows Phone 7 Mango update

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:48:35 +0000

Today at MIX11, Microsoft talked about the next big update for Windows Phone 7, dubbed 'Mango'. The update will bring a number of bug fixes, features, stability improvements and overall a better user friendly experience. Mango... Read more...

Kinect SDK developers sign up announced; public release due spring [Update]

Byron Hinson — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:29:22 +0000

Microsoft’s research wing has announced that developers can now sign up for the Kinect Software Development Kit (SDK) that will launch soon, with a full SDK beta for hobbyists on the way on May 16... Read more...