This is a Windows Phone 7 promotional video which was shown at a Microsoft MIX10 session that takes a look into the live of Anna And Miles and how they use Windows Phone 7 in their everyday life.

An emphasis is on end to end scenarios that includes sharing photos, games, searching, messaging, social networking and navigation.

Check out the Windows Phone 7 ad after the break.

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A recent survey by ChangeWave shows that Android has overtaken the iPhone as the mobile OS that smart phone buyers plan to buy in 2010. In Dec 2009 it is Android’s 21 percent vs iPhone’s 28 percent and fast forward to March 2010 and Android tops interest to 30 percent while iPhone’s at 29 percent. A mere 1 percent win but a win is a win.

This trend shows that Android will be a growing threat to the iPhone OS X. The other competing platforms such as RIM, Windows Mobile saw a drop in interest. In the satisfaction area though the iPhone leads at 76 percent while Android is a near second with 65 percent.

Analyse the statistics more with 4 more pics of the ChangeWave survey graphs after the break.

Via: Electronista

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The HTC HD2 seems to be selling like hot cakes as we reported earlier that the HD2 was out of stock and subsequently was available online and now the online website list it as temporarily out of stock as seen from the T-Mobile website.

Sold out again in two weeks, T-Mobile has to keep up with the demand on the phone or lose potential customers to other smart phone competitors. The HD2 had rave reviews as the best Windows Mobile phone and largest screen on a smartphone.

People looking forward to buy the phone will have to wait till the next batch of HD2 is restocked and this time hopefully T-Mobile should have a better idea of how much the demand is.

A quote from T-Mobile representative explains:

The HD2 has been very popular and is currently sold out in many locations. We are working as quickly as we can to secure additional inventory. We will post updates here on when additional inventory will be available.

Some Retail stores may still have inventory. If you live near a T-Mobile location, you can contact them to see if they have inventory remaining.Click here for a list of T-Mobile locations. We suggest you contact stores via phone before visiting to see if they have inventory on hand. If they do not have inventory, they should be able to take your name and notify you when they have stock in stores.

Via: SlashPhone

Windows Mobile 6.5 was announced at the Mobile World Congress recently and promises to be a big step forward in usability over the current 6.1. At a conference call, Steve Ballmer spoke about Windows Mobile as one of its 7 core businesses.

Windows Mobile 7 according to Steve Ballmer will be coming out next year as Microsoft ramps up on the mobile operating system which some 2,000 dedicated employees are working on it with nearly a billion dollars in yearly operating expenses. Somewhat unprofitable, Microsoft hopes to turn the tables around with the new OS as they face stiff competition with Android and Apple as they take up the momentum in the market share.

Source: VM Poweruser

Net Applications, a research firm takes a look at the web market share for mobile browsing for cellphones in February and showed that the iPhone operating system is trouncing its competitors with a 66.6% share. Java ME came in second with 9.06%, Windows Mobile third with 6.91% while Android and Symbian settles for a 6.15%.

iPhone is literally without competition in the smartphone traffic in the US, however it was noted that the achievements of Android and BlackBerry was praise worthy since they were only available at a later date and Android even manage to tie in with Symbian.

Source: Hits Link

If you can’t live without Google search on Windows Mobile phones, the good news is that you can now download the Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile at m.google.com/search.

The Google Mobile App allows history to be stored for previous query searches, as well as access to other Google properties such as Google Maps, Calendar and Docs.

Check out the demo of Google Mobile App for the HTC Touch after the jump.

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Pwn2Own, the annual hacker competition held for the 3rd year running will be held at the CanSecWest Security Conference on Marth 16-20th in Vancouver BC. Sponsored by 3Com’s TippingPoint unit, the contest will target two sets of technologies: mobile devices and web browsers.

For the first track, it will present contestants with fully patched iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile phones in their default configuration and they would have to submit exploits that uses general actions a normal user would take while using the device. Cash prizes amounted to $10,000 for those who can break into the mobile devices.

For the second track, contestants would have to take a shot at web browsers (IE8, Firefox, Chrome) installed on a Sony Vaio running Windows 7 as well as Safari and Firefox installed on a Macbook runnig Mac OS X. All browsers will also be fully patched. Cash prizes amounted to $5,000 for those who can track a malicious bug.

So if you are good in hacking and wants to take a chance in participating in this competition, you can choose any of the track or both and must generally prove successful code execution. A rule though states that each contestant can only win one prize. For more details head over to TippingPoint website for rules, regulations and details.

Source: TippingPoint