Xbox 360 Surpasses 2.5 Million Kinect Sensors Sold

Xbox 360 Surpasses 2.5 Million Kinect Sensors Sold: "

Microsoft Corp. today announced that strong demand over the Black Friday weekend has propelled retail sales of Kinect for Xbox 360 to more than 2.5 million units worldwide since it launched just 25 days ago.

'We are thrilled about the consumer response to Kinect, and are working hard with our retail and manufacturing partners to expedite production and shipments of Kinect to restock shelves as fast as possible to keep up with demand,' said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. 'With sales already exceeding two and a half million units in just 25 days, we are on pace to reach our forecast of 5 million units sold to consumers this holiday.'

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Substantial Windows Phone 7 update on the way

Substantial Windows Phone 7 update on the way: "

That is the story if the tweets from Chris Walshie of the ChevronWP7 unlocker tool fame turn out to be true. I’m really excited about this because he goes on to tweet that

Lets just say, they could have called it Windows Phone 8

More interestingly he tweets that

MS took 3 months to do what it took Apple 3 years. :-;

All this development dovetails nicely with Paul Thurrott’s latest post, How would you fix Windows Phone? It is a massive list that covers everything I can Imagine so I would urge you to check it out. If we go by the tweets, I would assume that the update will bring Windows Phone 7 up to parity or beyond, the iPhone or Android in terms of features and user experience. So what kind of features or fixes would you guys like to see in this coming update?

Via mobilitydigest

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Guide: How to Jailbreak / Unlock Windows Phone 7 (ChevronWP7 Unlocker)

Guide: How to Jailbreak / Unlock Windows Phone 7 (ChevronWP7 Unlocker): "News from DailyMobile.se:

The guys at RedmondPie have published a guide on how to jailbreak and unlock Windows Phone 7 (Samsung Omnia 7) using ChevronWP7 Unlocker. Head over to this post to read the guide.

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Controlling a Missile Launcher with Windows Phone 7 device

Controlling a Missile Launcher with Windows Phone 7 device: "News from DailyMobile.se:

This guy developed a Windows Forms application that exposes some web service operations that control the missile launcher via his Windows Phone 7 device. Check out the video demo after the break.

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Windows Phone 7 gets unlocker, enables app sideloading & home-brew software

Windows Phone 7 gets unlocker, enables app sideloading & home-brew software: "

Posted on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:47:00 EST by Daniel Rubino

We knew it wasn't much in terms of security, so unlocking Windows Phone 7 to 'developer mode' to enable is now a done deal.

What this means for the community is now you can install unapproved applications onto your device, such as apps that modify the UI or access lower level functionality like the phone. The first recent example of such software was this augmented reality app that accessed the camera API.

Of course we still need an alternative Martketplace to distribute said software, much like Apple's Cydia. We imagine that this won't take too long, leading to rapid growth in the home-brew community for Windows Phone 7.

The unlocker, called ChevronWP7, was completed by Rafael, Chris Walsh and Long Zheng, with the latter two becoming household names by now. To enable the unlocked, developer mode, you simple download the file, connect your phone to your computer and run the installation. Seems easy enough and we're told there's no risk.

Couple of tips:

• You may have to install the registry file on ChevronWP7.com, we did


• Make sure the lock screen is not on when you try or you'll get an error


• Yes, you an re-lock the device if you want to

Source: ChevronWP7; via Addictive Tips; Thanks, Ali W., for the tip!

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A Quick Look at Photo Stylist App on LG Optimus 7

Microsoft Enabling Windows Phone 7 App For Use On Xbox 360 Consoles

Microsoft Enabling Windows Phone 7 App For Use On Xbox 360 Consoles: "

Today Microsoft has been advertising for a software developer to help bring Microsoft’s Silverlight technology to the Xbox 360.

When this eventually happens the Xbox 360 would then be able to use Windows Phone 7 applications that would then be cross compatible between both devices.

Microsofts advert:

“looking to hire motivated developers with a passion for creating ground breaking multiscreen platform experiences now targeting the XBOX… As a developer you will be responsible for delivering features for Silverlight on the XBOX as part of the next wave. Candidates must have 5+ years of professional development experience in C++ and a willingness to work on new operating systems and languages.”

Microsofts Silverlight technology is already the development basis of Windows phone 7 and already runs on computer desktop by adding Silverlight support to the Xbox 360 will effectively bring the platform to the TV opening up a huge market for Microsoft to sell apps.

Via WPower User

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