Verizon’s first Windows Phone 7 phone has been released and is being sold for $200 on a 2 year contract. The word is soon after the release there will be an update for copy and paste functions along with support for CDMA networks. Engadget has a full review of HTC Trophy

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Let’s put it simply, it is an HD2 running Windows Phone 7 Series OS. No, it is not a mirage. Although HTC has said countless times already that HTC won’t be endowing the HD2 owners with the Windows Phone 7 upgrade, some folks have already somehow put the leaked copy of the 7 OS into their HD2 Windows Phones. They have been able to get everything running well except for the graphics part which is choppy at best.

Read our HTC HD2 review

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Asus last Windows Mobile device was Asus P835 that came with Windows Mobile 6.1. After that Asus did not release any Windows Phone device. However, Asus’ CEO has shown some indication that they might again come back to Windows Phone, if the recently released Windows Phone 7 series truly delivers everything that it promises. Here is his quote,

"We think this is the first time Microsoft has really strong determination to win back the mobile phone."

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Game Development Conference (GDC) 2010 will feature sessions about development of games on the Windows Phone. Here’s what they say:

“The sessions appears as part of Microsoft’s Game Developer Day tutorials on March 9th and 10th, with much of Wednesday, March 10th dedicated to the new operating system and technical/design specifics.”

Here is the agenda: Overview of Game Development for Windows Phone’, ‘Optimizing Performance of Modern Games for Windows Phone’, ‘Development and Debugging Tools for Windows Phone’, and a discussion on "basic design for a web-services-enabled game" for a Windows Phone 7 Series-compatible device.”

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The secrets of MWC (Mobile World Congress) are slowly poring out. One of them being the Windows Mobile 7 that is going to be called as ‘Windows Phone Series.’ The replacement of ‘Mobile’ with ‘Phone’ isn’t new to our ears and was quite expected.

So ‘Series’ is a word that’s holding our inquisitiveness. Maybe  taht cud mean more versions, more variety or a ‘customization’ venture. Let’s see what MWC has to say about this.

Via Engadget