Windows 8 beta for tablets at September PDC?

 You don't need us to tell you what you already know in your gut to be true: Redmond is working hard on its tablet strategy. How embarrassing is it for Microsoft, the company that pioneered tablets and the 7-inch UMPC, to be completely absent from the conversation in 2010 and 2011? That could change in September. Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley recently shared the slide above which she believes to be 99.99 percent genuine. The timeline shows the major milestone dates for a Windows 8 (aka, "Windows Next") release -- an OS that M. JoFo believes to be focused on tablets (aka, "Lap PCs" in Microsoft parlance) with its purpose-built touch-centric design. According to the slide, we're looking at an M2 milestone this month followed by M3 in July or August. Foley says that would put Microsoft on track for a Windows 8 beta release right around Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) event in September followed by a second beta in 2012 before being released to manufacturing around the summer of 2012 -- just like we heard early last year and just in time for Dell's Hancock tablet. There are still many open questions including Microsoft's ARM vs. Intel priorities and how the company plans to scale across the enterprise and the "workhorse PC" and "Family Hub PC" in the home.

Comparison infographic - Windows Phone 7 devices

Heres a comparison infographic between the Windows Phone 7 devices  (Dell Venue Pro, HTC HD7, HTC 7 Mozart, HTC 7 Pro, HTC Surround, HTC 7 Trophy, LG Optimus 7, LG Optimus 7Q (Quantum),Samsung Focus and Samsung Omnia 7).

WINDOWS PHONE 7 MARKETPLACE CRACKED - PROOF OF CONCEPT

HOW TO GET EMBEDDED YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO WORK ON WINDOWS PHONE 7

Here is an easy fix to get Youtube videos embedded in to any webpage to work on Windows Phone 7.Video after the break.......

WINDOWS PHONE SEVEN : FACEBOOK APP UPDATE (VERSION 1.1)

In this video, the guys at WMPowerUser goes over the new features in v 1.1 of the Facebook for Windows Phone 7 app.Video after the break

Microsoft: over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold to carriers and retailers

There is one phrase that Achim Berg uses repeatedly to describe the new Windows Phone 7. “It’s a different kind of phone, fast and easy,” says Berg, vice president of business and marketing for Windows Phones. It’s a sentence he relates with enthusiasm daily, whether he’s giving a Windows Phone 7 demonstration to a large crowd, or showing off his phone to someone he’s just met.More after the break.........