Great news for the folks who use their phones as a modem with their notebooks – Director of Microsoft, Brandon Watson announced today that tethering support will, infact be there for the Windows Phone 7 devices, but it will be up to carriers whether they want to enable it or not. I believe that this feature can be a make or break decision for some, but some really don’t mind it since they would rather prefer to carry a USB-powered 3G modem instead. [via twit.tv] [...]

CloseSudoku is inspired by the Android version of this game – OpenSudoku-Android. In this game, the numbers can be filled in by clicking on the board and then selecting the required number. Alternatively, you can also choose a number and then place it on the board. The game supports skins and thus the user can change the colors, elements size and so on. To install the game, just unzip it on your device and then run the ClosedSudoku’s executable file. [download] [...]

WP7 is sponsoring the Secret Cinema events and thus the lucky movie-buffs will be able to get sneak peak at the new WP7 UI and some of its features. Here is the video. Although the video does not show us anything that we are not aware of, but I love the phrases being used by Microsoft. One of them is “The Revolution is Coming”. [via twitter]  [...]

Windows Phone 7 has now officially hit “release to manufacturing” stage. The OS has been finalized and is now being delivered to the OEMs that will continue their work of integrating the software with the hardware. The WP7 devices are expected to make their debut by the holiday season this year. According to the Terry Myerson, president of Windows Phone Engineering, WP7 is the most thoroughly tested mobile OS Microsoft has ever released. [via windowstreamblog] [...]