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Read more about the article Tips for Windows Phone 7 and HTC HD2
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Tips for Windows Phone 7 and HTC HD2

If you already flashed your HTC HD2 with Windows Phone 7, seanyuan62 from XDA-Developers have some tricks for you 🙂

Here is the list:

Using the Windows Phone 7 voice controls:
Press and hold the Windows key at the bottom of your screen and you can start talking to your phone. Try saying “Open Calendar”, to see what we mean.

Adding apps to the Start screen:
When you are in the long applications list on your phone pressing on an icon and holding brings up a contextual menu that gives you a series of options, one of which is “pin to start”. Press on this option and the app will be shown on the Start screen.

Add people to the start page:
No it’s not just about adding apps to the start page, but people too. Find them in your contacts book, click on the “pin” icon, and they’ll be added to your Start page so you can speed dial them whenever you need.

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January 21, 2011
Read more about the article Jaxbot’s Windows Phone 7 theme – version 1.15 released
Freeware / News / Skins and Themes / Windows Phone 7 Series

Jaxbot’s Windows Phone 7 theme – version 1.15 released

http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s_screenshots/homescreen.png

Current version: 1.15: Performance greatly increased, lockscreen password, etc.

“Treats”

The real WP7 contains something called “Treats”. These are little, fairly useless, but cool features.
Some of the ones included in this theme: Text icon changes depending on amount of messages. First it is a smile, then a frown, and finally a gasping face. Bing search background changes depending on the day’s image.

Upcoming features

Pictures hub
Office hub
Games hub
Integration with Steam
Appointments tile
Smoother interface

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August 3, 2010
Read more about the article What about multitasking in Windows Phone 7 Series?
News / Windows Phone 7 Series

What about multitasking in Windows Phone 7 Series?

So here’s the story on multitasking in Windows Phone 7. According to the director of Windows Phone:

The core operating system is a modern multitasking operating system. If you play music for example, the music will play back as you navigate around the experience…if you’re using email, we have great support for push email and that happens in the background.
For third party applications—we’ll get into a lot more detail on this in MIX—but we have a few ways we’re going to make sure that third parties can bring their value to the user even when the app is not running. Live tiles are an example. Data feeds in the hubs are another example for some apps.
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February 16, 2010