Group text messaging is one of the 500 some-odd updates coming to Windows Phone 7 Mango. It’ll arrive inside the updated messaging hub and will even be smart enough to route messages to your contacts via IM when they’re online. But Mango isn’t due for a few months yet, and maybe you want to group […]
Communication
Visual voicemail coming to Windows Phone 7 Mango
Voicemail and answering machines changed the way we use voice communications by allowing people to leave spoken messages in non-real time. But who has the time to listen to all those messages your friends, family, and colleagues leave on your phone? Visual voicemail changed all that by providing text transcripts of spoken messages allowing you […]
New Windows Phone 7 apps include Angry Birds, Kik Messenger, Gowalla
A number of top tier apps have finally found their way to Windows Phone 7. This week the popular Angry Birds game flew into the Windows Phone Marketplace, along with mobile check-in app Gowalla, cross-platform messaging service Kik, and cooking app Epicurious. The sudden rush of apps from big-name developers could be a sign that […]
Who needs iCloud? Microsoft outlines SkyDrive features in Windows Phone Mango update
Apple introduced its new iCloud service to much fanfare yesterday, offering a way to synchronize your music, documents, photos, contacts, and apps across multiple devices. The full iCloud service goes live this fall, but some portions are already working. But Apple is hardly the first company to bring cloud-based services to mobile devices. Google Android […]
Windows Phone Mango to connect IM with SMS
Micorosft’s next-generation Windows Phone operating system will remove some of the walls between text messaging and instant messaging. Basically Windows Live Messenger will be responsible for texting and IMing in the Windows Phone Mango update. Messenger isn’t a standalone app though. It’s built into the Messaging hub, which means it’s a core part of the mobile operating […]