Windows Phone Summary of the Week: October 24 - 30, 2022

Welcome to the WPCentral Summary of the Week, where nosotros bring yous the latest goings on in the Windows Phone community for the by week. Stories y'all may have missed, deals you're not aware of and more than are all covered here. Before we begin, should you exist interested in our Nokia World '11 coverage (and how we hung out with Stephen Elop), head on over to our everything you need to know virtually Nokia Globe article. Our Dave Blake returns this week with a special Nokia update from our forums. Speed on by the break for the full run through.

Things are changing effectually here, with Mobile Nations condign the community network brand and to celebrate both the news and Halloween, we're giving away a Windows Phone in a contest! Nokia is no ready to hitting the U.Southward. until 2022, which we were already aware of. New York Time'southward David Pogue has taken Windows Phone for a spin and positively reviewed the platform. Three United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland has announced the news that the carrier volition be sporting the Nokia Lumia 800 (Cyan and Black), which shows their delivery with earlier reports of the network ditching the platform.

HTC and Microsoft took Windows Phone to Paris Games Week, where a booth was situated alongside Age of Empires and Halo. The HTC Ultimate (Titan) gets full page treatment in a Brazilian paper. Dart has been denied admission to internal AT&T documentation to prevent the merger with T-Mobile. The Zune Laissez passer has gone downwards to Australia. With all the promotion, advertising and the release of the Lumia 800, Nokia is giving away five of them for gratuitous on Facebook. Microsoft is following suit with a Twitter contest that promises some sweetness prizes.

To testify off their vision of the time to come, Microsoft has published a video that puts Windows Telephone in a more integrated role with personal and office productivity. While Microsoft continues to advance onwards, Nokia looks at Symbian users and has provided an app that gives them an insight into Windows Phone. HTC are even so spending advertizement funds, in fact they fail to evidence signs of slowing down, with the manufacturer taking over the Metro newspaper.

Microsoft will be set to hold a special issue on November 7th, in New York. Nosotros'll be at that place to comprehend it every bit always. As well equally throwing parties, Microsoft is using their Skype acquisition to pump adverts onto the network. Jim Gaffigan, a comedian, has teamed up with HTC to exist featured in their videos promoting the HTC Radar and Titan. Nosotros got in touch with Nintendo almost the illegal ROMs that appeared on the Market and it seems every bit though Microsoft has finally removed them.

Our Paul Acevedo gets hold of Signal Studios and Chrome Studios, developers of Toy Soldiers: Boot Campsite, for an interview. Nosotros've also got an exclusive preview of Shoot1UP, an upcoming Xbox Live championship which is set to be released in 2022. For at present, nosotros can settle with Orbital that has circled onto the Marketplace. Kinectimals has been catnapped unfortunately, Microsoft will be releasing the title on Windows Phone on November 2d.

The Xbox Companion app will be coming to Windows Phone this winter. For updates, Doodle Jump gets updated to version 1.3 and Emerge'due south Salon goes up to 1.i. EA will be releasing some exclusive titles to Nokia, co-ordinate to an announcement at Nokia Earth.

At that place have been a number of updates beingness rolled out this week. Nosotros've had IM+ pushed to 1.viii, Groupon hits 2.v and has deals in Europe, BoardExpress receives Mango treatment, gMaps Pro sports compass support, ...I'm a WP7! introduces lairs, Mehdoh flying up to 1.4, and ImageWind returns to the Marketplace Mango'd.

Windows Phone Folders for Mango is released to the public which the homebrew community can enjoy. The Tango video calling app nosotros covered from HTC'southward London event back in September is ready to support video conferencing by November 7th. The official Facebook app, developed by Microsoft, is going to receive Mango treatment on Halloween. We take a dive into explaining Nokia Music from Nokia Globe as well as WNM Alive, which allows users to have free voice calls with people who live nearby (or afar).

We've received discussion on carriers and manufacturers that are rolling out updates to enable tethering:

LG Optimus seven update brings WiFi tethering
Optus Omnia 7 gets tethering add-on in update
HTC Mozart in India receives update for Internet sharing
Samsung Omnia 7 on Three UK gets Tethering update

HTC Radar 4G TMobile

The HTC Radar 4G will be available on T-Mobile for $99 (contract) on November second. Nokia Windows Phones are available for ordering online, and they're are showing up in Italy. Vodaphone Britain is displaying Nokia love with offering £60 in vouchers for the showtime 10,000 customers to club the 800. For T-Mobile, the 710 has passed through FCC, while in the United kingdom the carrier is looking to stock the Nokia 800 before long. Orange U.k. is going i improve on Vodaphone by offering a free Xbox 360 when upgrading to the 800.

Every bit much equally we'd savour having the features, the Nokia 800 does non support Television set-out or the ability to be used equally mass storage. Back to a 1st gen device, we take Deutsche Telekom sending the Mango update for the Samsung Omnia 7 into scheduling. Acer has announced the W4/Allegro, which is a mid-spec handset and volition compete with the Radar. ZTE is looking to bring some Windows Phones to Europe.

AT&T has announced the Focus S and Wink for November 6th. The Samsung Focus and HTC HD7 are at present available on the carrier pre-pay "Go" plans with the Focus existence sold out. Photos of a Lenovo S2 surface and could be heading to China?

Nokia Conversations has gone Metro with a complete design revamp. Microsoft's Windows Telephone Inner Circle dark parties are ready to go to 15 more U.South. cities. If you lot weren't already enlightened, Windows Phone is extremely sexy. If this isn't enough, Nokia is working on a flexible screen! With Nokia using 'Lumia' equally the brand for their strong Windows Phone family, what does it mean in other languages? Protitute in Spanish?

For developers, Homebrew apps tin can be developed using Mango native code, which allows apps to accept advantage of APIs etc. and Nokia is set to give abroad 25,000 Lumia 800s to developers. Woah!

Highlights

Introducing Mobile Nations, our new community network brand!
Halloween Costume Competition: Email us a photograph of yous in costume with a Windows Phone and you could win!
Nokia not to striking Usa with Windows Phones until 2022?
NYT's David Pogue reviews Windows Phone: gorgeous, classy, satisfying, fast and coherent
Lumia 800 coming to Three UK, staying with Windows Telephone
Everything you demand to know from Nokia Earth '11

News

HTC and Windows Phone at Paris Games Week
HTC Ultimate gets a Brazilian full-page ad
Sprint hits in hurdle AT&T/T-Mo merger lawsuit
Zune Laissez passer headed down nether
Nokia giving away 5 Lumia 800 handsets on Facebook
Windows Telephone Twitter contest launches
Microsoft takes a peek at the future...
Nokia giving Symbian owners a taste of Windows Telephone
HTC taking over the Metro newspaper
Microsoft holding Windows Telephone event in NYC on Nov 7th--nosotros'll exist there
Microsoft synergy in action: Skype advertizement the HTC Radar
HTC Titan, Radar take heart phase in video series with Jim Gaffigan
MSFT updates the Windows Phone website, adds Nokia Lumia line-upwards
Microsoft pulls illegal NES ROMs from Marketplace

Gaming

Xbox Live Developer Interview: Signal Studios and Krome Studios, makers of Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp
Xbox Live: Shoot1UP Sectional Preview
Orbital circles around to Xbox Live this week
Kinectimals sneaks onto Xbox Live along with Orbital, pulled a few hours later on
Kinectimals catnapped, Microsoft to rescue on Nov 2
Nokia World: Kinectimals sit-in video
Xbox 360 Companion App for Windows Phone 7 coming this wintertime --> -->
Xbox Live: Doodle Jump version 1.three and Sally'southward Salon version 1.one updates
Nokia has exclusive access to some EA titles

Software

IM+ v1.8 with Mango multitasking support at present available
Groupon hits v2.v and gets deal in Europe now
Board Express finally gets Mango update with pinnable forum tiles
gMaps Pro goes Mango with compass back up and more
I'm a WP7! updated to iii.4 with hugger-mugger lairs
Mehdoh updated to 1.four, brings more support and fixes
ImageWind triumphantly returns to the Market with a Mango update
Windows Telephone Folders for Mango released [Homebrew]
LG Optimus seven update brings WiFi tethering
Optus Omnia 7 gets tethering add-on in update
HTC Mozart in India receives update for Internet sharing
Samsung Omnia 7 on Three UK gets Tethering update
Tango video conferencing coming November seven
Facebook will be a Mango for Halloween
So why Nokia Music? We explain.
WNM Live - talk to strangers near you using VOIP

Hardware

HTC Radar 4G on TMobile for $99 on Contract coming second November
Nokia Lumia 800 shows up for pre-auction in Italy
Vodaphone UK showing Nokia beloved with £lx in vouchers
Nokia Lumia 710 with T-Mobile bands passes FCC
Orange UK: Upgrade to Nokia Lumia 800, get a free Xbox 360
Nokia Lumia 800 coming soon to T-Mobile UK
Nokia 800 doesn't back up TV Out and cannot be used as USB mass storage
Sprint decides they like the Go far; tout it for business organization
Deutsche Telekom sends the Omnia 7 Mango Update into scheduling
Acer announces the W4
ZTE Windows Phones heading to Europe [update]
AT&T announces Samsung Focus S and Flash for November sixth
AT&T Focus and HD7 go prepaid and Focus gets sold out
First pics of a Lenovo S2 Windows Phone appear. Headed for Communist china?

Fun

Nokia Conversations goes Metro
Windows Phone Inner Circle is heading to a city near you
Windows Phone is sexy and you know it --> -->
Nokia's working on a flexible screen that you interact with --> -->
Lumia - Spanish for prostitute?

Developers

Develop apps with native Mango code [Homebrew]
Nokia to requite away 25,000 Lumia phones to devs starting today

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