The Chrome to Windows Phone 7 is actually an app that’s already approved and just waiting for your download, if you happen to own any Windows Phone 7 handset. It functions just as the name says, by pulling the pages from your desktop’s Chrome browser to your Windows Phone 7, just like how the Firefox Home for iPhone works. Once you download both this app and the applicable Chrome extension, a quick click on the Windows logo in your otherwise Google browser will send links or selected text to your Microsoft mobile.

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When it comes to Windows server, HP would be a familiar name for the corporate. But sad news comes this time. HP, the maker of the MediaSmart boxes that somehow defined the first release of Windows Home Server, has confirmed that it is cancelling plans to support the next major release of the OS, codenamed Vail.

The reason of it is because of the removal of storage pooling from that release, which a very odd move is looking that HP has always been supporting the Windows Home Server market strongly. HP is promising to continue support for its existing MediaSmart products but apparently has already redeployed development teams to focus on WebOS devices. For its part, Microsoft will be relying on Acer and Tranquil PC to hang the decorations for the Vail release party.

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Remember when we talk about a slight ‘hack’ onto the Windows Phone 7, where a utility will allow you to bypass the requirements for installing apps, thus making you able to install the API alone without needing to go through the app stores. Now, Microsoft has released a brief statement regarding that:

“We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system. We encourage people to use their Windows Phone as supplied by the manufacturer to ensure the best possible user experience. Attempting to unlock a device could void the warranty, disable phone functionality, interrupt access to Windows Phone 7 services or render the phone permanently unusable.”

So, they didn’t abruptly say that it’s illegal, but they did mention that you’ll break the warranty, besides some other things that may or may not occur. Just like what Apple did regarding iOS jailbreaking. But this is still Microsoft, and they’re so used to their Windows being widely pirated, so they might still use some other techniques like WGA, or they might end up like Apple, releasing updates and updates only to have them cracked open in days.

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Windows Phone 7 hasn’t really lifted off, as they’re just announced not too long ago. I won’t say it’s a real contender to the iOS and Android just yet, as there are still some features missing in Windows Phone 7 take makes it incomplete. But Windows Phone 7 is indeed a refreshing experience from the seas of icons in the iOS and Android handsets. Last time, success is measured by units shifted; now success is measured by the number of apps, games, and developer headcounts. This is where Steve Jobs keeps boasting about the success of their iPhones and iOS, and Google keeps on saying that they’re catching up in a bizarre number. Nokia announced just last week that they’ve attracted some 400,000 new developers over the last years. Now you see that every smartphone companies are using apps as the measuring unit. Read more…

Just when I’m thinking about Windows Phone 7 and how it’ll get jailbroken, here comes a new software that’ll “unlock” your new tile smartphone so that you can install whatever you like without going through the marketplace. Microsoft’s been insistent so far about keeping side loaded apps out of the equation unless you’re a developer, but a new tool called ChevronWP7, compatible with Windows XP SP2 and up, will let you throw nearly any rubbish into your new handset. Handy for installing stuff Microsoft will never approve.

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Not sure whether you should jump over to Windows Phone 7? Having too many options to choose from? Well we have great news for all you early adopters, or perhaps ‘potential’ early adopters! According to Trusted Deals, Microsoft and LG are teaming up to offer free applications with LG’s new Optimus 7! This Optimus 7 is LG’s representative in the Windows Phone 7 market, and is probably a good strategy from LG to boost identity for the soon-to-be-crowded Windows Phone 7 market.

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Well, this report probably best explains why you can hardly get your hands on Dell’s baby running on Windows Phone 7. Apparently, there’s some bug on the Venue Pro, and ‘lucky’ early adopters have faced some problems with it. Users have reported to face problems connecting to secure WiFi networks, and also some of their batteries are even labelled as “engineering samplers”. Probably explained why there’s problem with these units, it’s a norm for prototypes to be buggy you know? Read more…

When Windows Phone 7 was launched, a main feature for smartphone was missing, and that is USB tethering. But now, apparently you can have that feature back, if you happen to have a Samsung Focus or Omnia 7. That’s because some sites have found a way to go around the removed feature and enable it. It’s a quick and relatively easy hack to enable using your handset as a 3G modem on Microsoft’s new platform. Read more…

Will we see the fall of Blackberry caused by Windows Phone 7? Well, at least a few corporates will be ditching the Blackberry phones, and some might even follow the bench. That should give quite some drop in Blackberry’s sales and domination of the corporate level.

Microsoft gave out over 90,000 Windows Phone 7 phones to its staff during July of this year, and now we have Dell following their footsteps. Well, there’s nothing wrong with that, since it’s their own product, and they should support their own products.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Dell has revealed plans to move its 25,000 employees over to its own line of smartphones, giving them all Windows Phone 7-equipped Venue Pros in exchange for handing in their BlackBerrys.

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Michael Dell expressed at an event in Hong Kong, that it’s easier to develop smartphones using Microsoft’s Windows operating system than Google’s Android. Along that, he also mentioned said that Dell would be launching a “significant number” of tablet PC models next year. Now this somehow contradicts with the news of Dell launching their 7-inch “Looking Glass” tablet in a few weeks’ time. Looks like Dell prefers to develop on a platform that’s been there for many years instead of a platform initially developed for smartphones. Let’s wait until Gingerbread comes, and we shall see how that will change his opinion.

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