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Windows Phone 7 Series UI Clone being Developed for WM 6.x

You knew this was coming and that it was only a matter of time, but there’s now a Windows Phone 7 Series themed shell being developed by Jaxbot at XDA-developers. It’s not much to look at right now, seeing how it’s a new project and riddled with bugs, but it’s still kind of intriguing to see. Check out the video preview below. 




It’s only an alpha, but here’s what’s working so far:

• Set Phone, Text, Outlook, and People to a certain app
• See upcoming appointments on lock screen
• See information on live tiles

There’s no doubt that an unofficial WP7S UI would be popular among the WM community, so it’s good to see the ball rolling already. I wouldn't mind seeing that lockscreen released as a separate app when it's polished off and completed :). Take the early test release for a spin (VGA/WVGA only) and view the discussion at XDA-developers.

Download Swype v3.9 for HTC HD2

There is a new version of Swype for HTC HD2 floating around the Internet now. Some said that this version 3.9.10.10.5032 was extracted from the leak T-Mobile USA HTC HD2 ROM. It was redesigned to suite HTC HD2 and has bigger soft keypads.

Well, I only tested Swype v3.9 on HTC HD2. I believe it will work on other Windows Mobile devices with WVGA screen size . By the way, you can get the older version here.

Download Swype v3.9 here.

HTC HD2 Caught Running Windows Phone 7 Series

Keep in mind though that such images can easily be Photoshopped to look like the real deal when it is not. HTC HD2 by all means meets all the specs which Microsoft has made mandatory for a Windows Phone 7 Series device including a 1Ghz processor, over 512MB of RAM, a large multitouch capacitive touchscreen and so on. The only hardware requirement which HD2 is missing is the dedicated Bing search button for the device. Currently though, neither Microsoft nor HTC has denied the possibility of Windows Phone OS 7.0 upgrade for HTC HD2. This is what the official Windows Phone account on twittersaid about this possible upgrade.

to everyone asking about HD2 & Windows Phone 7 Series; nothing announced yet but there may be info coming next month

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the next generation of Windows phones called theWindows Phone 7 Series in his keynote address at the Mobile World Congress 2010.Windows Phone 7 Series refers to the next-generation Windows phones running Windows Phone OS 7.0.

Via:redmondpie

WinMo 7 Startup Screen

Windows Phone 7 series was released merely 5 days ago and already [ElCondor] has a new startup for it. [ElCondor] took the newest design, logo and slogan of WP7S and made it into something that enhances your excitement of restarting your device. The startup is made for all resolutions, so no one is left out, and all you do is install the CAB and your set.

“This looks pixilated but the dithering isn’t visible on your screen! It prevents gradient banding.”

More info here XDA-Dev

Hold on guys!

I just got back from vacation, updates and new tweaks will be published later today.

Thanks guys.

Opera Mobile 10.3 released, now supports Windows Mobile Standard, Flash Lite

The latest version of Opera Mobile 10 has now been released for Windows Mobile.  Beta 3 does not bring much user interface changes, but does finally bring a modern Opera browser to Windows Mobile Standard.

Additional features include Flash Lite support, and due to the Click to play feature this will not slow down the browser in general use. Flash Lite 3.1 support is disabled by default, but can be enabled by visiting Tools -> Settings -> Advanced and set plug-ins to "On".

The main improvements from the previous betas are:

• keypad/smartphone support
• Flash Lite 3.1 support (disabled by default)
• Complete bookmark sync in Opera Link
• BIDI support also for language extensions
• phone numbers in plain text are converted to links
• support for background sound
• general bug fixing (stability, UI)

Known issues include:

• Opera Link: Bookmarks saved in Beta 2 are lost when upgrading to Beta 3
• Hotmail does not work, please use the mobile version www.hotmail.com/m
• Dragonfly – need to do ‘connect’ two times in a row to get a connection working
• Flash is only a preview/in alpha state, expect instabilities, performance degradation during use
• Flash is only supported on touch devices
• Need to double-click on Flash content to view it in full-screen, another double-click to return
• right-to-left support is not complete in the UI
• On certain WM5 Smartphone/WM6 Standard devices, the dictionary is not disabled in the password field
• Unable to type special characters on Moto Q9
• Certain HTC devices with TouchFLO will force Opera back to portrait mode if visiting home screen when Opera is in landscape
• Some input method editors are known not to work well with Opera because they do not comply with Microsoft’s SIP and/or IME standard.

Unfortunately there is no support for multi-touch or the accelerometer on the HTC HD2 at present.

Read more on www.opera.com/mobile or download the browser atwww.opera.com/mobile/download/ from a PC or "m.opera.com" from a mobile phone.

Via: wmpoweruser

Hacks And Utilities 2.0 will soon be out... (more tweaks to come)

This is the ultimate pack for Htc HD2 users.

The pack is completely virus free, most of the stuff is downloaded from XDA developers forum and jayceooi's website, so all credit goes to the authors!

Please note, The pack will constantly be updated with more apps, tweaks and other hacks. Some tweaks requires a soft reset or restart.


Apps:
-Skype
-Opera (latest beta)
-Klaxon
-Open market
-HTC HD2 HD Video Converter (PC)
-Video Downloader

Device Center:
-drvupdate6.1-amd64.exe
-drvupdate6.1-x86.exe

Phone Manual:
-091017_Leo_HTC_WWE_QSG.pdf

ROMS:
-HSPL (app to install unsigned ROMs)

Tweaks:
-Battclock
-Bsb Tweaks 1.6 (Req: .NET framework 3.5)
-SRS WOW-HD
-Torchbutton
-Touch X Taskmanager
-Touch X battery indicator
-Touch X Keep Audio Booster Running
-Touch X screen responsiveness less sensetive
-Touch X Unlock Additional Video Recording Format
-Touch X Wireless Draft N ON
-Currency Symbols for Keyboard
-Chainfire-HD2-3D-Driver-Patch-1.1
-KeypadLedControl_v0.4
-Clean RAM
-BOOT (Se previous posts)
-LED Notification Enabler

Microsoft already setup for MWC

Well Mobile World Conference is only 4 days away and it seems our guys at Microsoft are already caking for this event. The show starts money February 5th, which as you can tell is mealy 4 days away, but that still seems like ages to most.

We have some pretty high hope for this show and at this point. The show will either be the biggest ever with the announcement of WM7 or the dumbest so far with the announcement of anything that is not equally as cool as WM7. To sum up what we expect from this MWC here is my personal list:

• WM7, well we are all waiting for this announcement and some screenshots of what we are going to be working with.
• New devices, well from what we see so far, almost none of our current hardware can run WM7, except one which leads me to #3.
• HD2 upgrade to WM7, I know everyone is waiting for this and even though I am HD2-less I am hoping with you.
• free update for current 6.5 devices to 6.5.3, well that one should not be too hard.
• A more lifely show that does not put us to sleep like CES did for me.

Via: wmpoweruser

HTC Flashlight

The latest version of the HTC HD2 ROMs contain some interesting new apps, including an ereader, but also this new HTC Flashlight app, which makes pretty good use of the super-bright dual LEF flashlights in the monster.

The cab  can be downloaded for your HTC HD2 from XDA-Developers here.

Via Pocketnow.com

StartMenu Grid 4 Large

Are 3 rows honeycomb items in Windows Mobile Start Menu does not enough for you? Need to swipe up quite some times in order to reach the program that you want? There is a tweak to make 4, 5 or even 6 rows on your Windows Mobile Start Menu. It works on my HTC HD2, and I think it will work on other Windows Mobile devices like Samsung Omnia II, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, X2… And it works on multiple screen resolution like WVGA, VGA, QVGA and WQVGA.

Download StartMenu Grid 4 Large cab here. Or head to xda website to download 5 / 6 rows mod.

Via: xda-developers

JWMD Icon Changer

Here are some key features of "JWMD Icon Changer":

· Changing/Removing the Icon
· Can create New Folder
· Saving/Loading Themes
· Sorting Start Menu Programs
· Register shortcut files
· Changing the Animated Bootup Screen (the 2nd bootup screen)
· Changing Microsoft Bootup Screen (the 3rd bootup screen)


Download

Keypad Led Control

Some people requested a way to keep the keypad lights on while the display is not in standby. 

By default the keypad lights turn off after 10 seconds when the device comes out of standby. This little tool keeps the light on while the display is on.




Download

Code found in Htc Sense

The code from which TouchFlo3D/HTC Sense in constructed will apparently still overlay Windows Mobile 7, with the software apparently already checking for the presence of the OS, even in current builds.

XDA-Developers member CookieMonster found this code in Manila 2.5.1922 lua scripts (from 6c219600_manila on this occasion):

if HomeMachineStatus.WM7Device.Value then
  IsWindowsMobile7Device = true
  PredefineItem = 1
  HomeItemCollection = HomeManager:GetHomeCollection(1)
else
  IsWindowsMobile7Device = false
  PredefineItem = 0
  HomeItemCollection = HomeManager:GetHomeCollection()
end

This development is somewhat interesting, and raises interesting questions regarding user interface innovation in Windows Mobile 7.  Given that the Windows Mobile 7 UI will still be hidden below what every other OEM is using, will we see as flashy an interface as on theZuneHD, or will things remain relatively pedestrian, as in Windows Mobile 6.5 now? 

More info here

Get ready for Windows Mobile 7 guys!

As many of you already know Microsoft will present Windows Mobile 7 for Mobile World Congress next month. Every day we're getting closer and more rumors leak out. I just found a newly leaked pic that looks pretty real. The pictures comes from a Russian blogger who got his Twit answered by the HTC team, check the picture closely(see above)!