Microsoft has announced a new version of its phone software with built-in support for Xbox Live, arriving this autumn.
"For the first time ever, Microsoft will bring together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone, exclusively on Windows Phone 7 Series," the company said in an announcement. "Partners have already started building phones; customers will be able to purchase the first phones in stores by holiday 2010."
"This hub delivers the first and only official Xbox LIVE experience on a phone, including Xbox LIVE games, Spotlight feed and the ability to see a gamer's avatar, Achievements and gamer profile."
You'll be able to earn Achievements using games on the handset itself, and Microsoft is standardizing the development environment so that games developers can write games that work both on the phone and other platforms - including, presumably, Xbox 360. "A big part of our strategy here is to make it so that it's easy to author software that runs in multiple places, knowing that you want to really optimize for the places where it runs," Microsoft's Andy Lees told CNET.
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How Xbox Live will appear on the new Windows Phones.
There's only one shot of how this will look, which shows how you can view your Avatar and Gamercard on one screen, the latest Spotlight items in another, and your games collection in another. There's also a Facebook-style pane of 'nudges' and 'requests' which will show when people want to play games with you.
This, finally, is the vision promised by Bill Gates when Live Anywhere was announced at E3 all those years ago. But it's only on Windows-powered phones, not iPhones or anything else. Will you buy one?
Quote from: sambo on February 15, 2010, 03:41:54 PM...
This, finally, is the vision promised by Bill Gates when Live Anywhere was announced at E3 all those years ago. But it's only on Windows-powered phones, not iPhones or anything else. Will you buy one?
My phone runs on Windows 6.1. When it comes time to upgrade to a new phone, this will definitely be a big factor in my decision. But I'm not going to run out and buy a new phone simply to play a few Mobile XBLA games.
Fortunately, it looks like the timing will be perfect. I'll probably need to upgrade to a new phone by the end of this year. ;)
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You'll be able to earn Achievements using games on the handset itself
OH NOES!!! I'm off to buy one now!
Quote from: Failed on February 15, 2010, 09:47:18 PM
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You'll be able to earn Achievements using games on the handset itself
OH NOES!!! I'm off to buy one now!
Well,that's the biggest shock of the year so far!
Quote from: Failed on February 15, 2010, 09:47:18 PM
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You'll be able to earn Achievements using games on the handset itself
OH NOES!!! I'm off to buy one now!
Achievements on your mobile?! Failed just jizzed in his pants!
so did i....
Quote from: RedMaster11 on February 16, 2010, 09:02:30 AM
Quote from: Failed on February 15, 2010, 09:47:18 PM
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You'll be able to earn Achievements using games on the handset itself
OH NOES!!! I'm off to buy one now!
Achievements on your mobile?! Failed just jizzed in his pants!
so did i....
Failed has the phone down his pants!!!
... on vibrate
Must be a birds phone then..... :o
Well I plan on using my phone to text and call people :-\
Same here! Don't even understand why they put cameras on phones... use a bloody camera if you want to take a picture, the quality will be infinitely superior!!!
Quote from: Jaynestown on February 17, 2010, 12:22:27 PM
Same here! Don't even understand why they put cameras on phones... use a bloody camera if you want to take a picture, the quality will be infinitely superior!!!
I am with JT.
Quote from: TaraJayne on February 17, 2010, 04:01:22 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on February 17, 2010, 12:22:27 PM
Same here! Don't even understand why they put cameras on phones... use a bloody camera if you want to take a picture, the quality will be infinitely superior!!!
I am with JT.
I use mine as a scanner, scans any document into a .pdf which I can then transfer to my PC...awesome.
How big's you phone Luke, must be HUGE!!!
Well I dont like to brag... ;)
Quote from: Lukehi on February 17, 2010, 06:39:53 PM
Well I dont like to brag... ;)
Which is why hes put the stud back in bible study :D
Are you taking the piss or can you really do that with your phone
I reckon he must be taking the piss... next he'll be telling us his phone makes tea and coffee!!!
Quote from: Jaynestown on February 17, 2010, 06:49:20 PM
I reckon he must be taking the piss... next he'll be telling us his phone makes tea and coffee!!!
It's possible with the right software. Simply take a picture with your cameraphone, then save the image as a .PDF document.
I have a Samsung BlackJack II w/ Windows Mobile 6.1. It has a PDF Viewer app and MS Excel that both allow me to do it.
Just check your phone's apps. You can probably do the same thing, or download a free program that will let you.
exactly Neato..I use the andriod app on my HTC Hero phone, its well handy
You have Excel on your phone? I admit that my be useful, but how the hell can you seen enough of it, I struggle with my monitor!!!
wow. I just have an LG 360. It does not do these wonderous things. But it is black like my elite, DS and TV and its called a 360 :-\
Quote from: TaraJayne on February 17, 2010, 09:46:31 PM
wow. I just have an LG 360. It does not do these wonderous things. But it is black like my elite, DS and TV and its called a 360 :-\
How girly!! Everything matches!
;D
Quote from: Jaynestown on February 17, 2010, 09:33:53 PM
You have Excel on your phone? I admit that my be useful, but how the hell can you seen enough of it, I struggle with my monitor!!!
You can zoom in as close as you need to. My phone's screen is about the same size as a DS screen.
I mostly use it simply to view Excel spreadsheets if I'm away from my office. Trying to edit spreadsheets on my phone ... now that's a headache.
I've got a samsung tocco ultra touch phone thingy and it's a pile of sh*t!
Windows Phone 7 Achievements to feature up to 200 Gamerscore points per game
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We just got our hands on the Windows Phone 7 during an interview at GDC, and given our unnatural obsession with bolstering our online notoriety, the most prevalent question in our mind was: just how many Gamerscore points can we crank outta this thing? The answer: A beefy 200 Gamerscore points per game, which will be added to your total Gamerscore, as displayed on your Xbox Live Gamertag profile.
We'll be writing up our impressions of the platform, as well as our interview with its creators, later today. For now, rest assured knowing that when you unlock an Achievement in a Windows Phone 7 game, it totally makes that satisfying "bloop-bloop" noise.
wow this might be the first phone i'll have actually 'purchased' from a respectable source :P
Yo G-man, isit true true this new Windows Mobile will not be compatible with a mac laptop at all? ;D
If so that really suck for me :(
I don't even have a mobile. When my last one broke i didn't bother to replace it, I barely leave the house, so it seems pointless
My new phone is way beyond awesome
(http://www.slashphone.com/media/data/796/t-mobile_mda_vario_3.jpg)
I hardly ever use it. I nfact I don't even know where I last put it :-\ This is why I don't deserve it
Iphone all the way!!
Well until this windows 7 is out ;D
Microsoft Game Studios is setting up a dedicated phone developer, working on games that will - among other things - bring existing franchises like Halo to mobile, and connect to Xbox Live.
The news comes from a job ad we spotted this morning, and follows the reveal of Windows Phone 7 earlier this year.
"Microsoft Games Studios is establishing a new studio - MGS Mobile - focused on bringing games and entertainment to the mobile life that people lead," says the ad, which seeks a Producer to lead development of "new first-party groundbreaking mobile title(s) for the Windows Phone 7."
It also says that the news studio "will be the hub for MGS franchises and titles on mobile devices." So it's conceivable that we could see a Halo, Fable or Forza game on mobile - a vision first expressed by Bill Gates back at E3 2006.
The clumsily-named Windows Phone 7, which we saw at E3, connects to Xbox Live to show you your Avatar and Gamercard, and Microsoft confirmed that it would be developing games that could be played across phone, PC and Xbox Live Arcade. Which is where the new studio comes in.
One to watch, anyway - Microsoft's keen on getting a bigger piece of the smartphone market, currently dominated by Apple and RIM's Blackberry, and gaming is something it's already good at.
n1 sambo, good to hear news about this i thought they had given up. Can't wait for the achievo bloop-bleep on the bus.
edit: i called sambo, quinty. i think there avatars are the same >_<
Wow I am so glad to hear that about Halo, I am not even jokin I almost brought my Iphone 4 yesterday now I am def waiting for this windows mobile ;D
Quote from: sambo on July 04, 2010, 12:46:21 PM
Microsoft Game Studios is setting up a dedicated phone developer, working on games that will - among other things - bring existing franchises like Halo to mobile, and connect to Xbox Live.
The news comes from a job ad we spotted this morning, and follows the reveal of Windows Phone 7 earlier this year.
"Microsoft Games Studios is establishing a new studio - MGS Mobile - focused on bringing games and entertainment to the mobile life that people lead," says the ad, which seeks a Producer to lead development of "new first-party groundbreaking mobile title(s) for the Windows Phone 7."
It also says that the news studio "will be the hub for MGS franchises and titles on mobile devices." So it's conceivable that we could see a Halo, Fable or Forza game on mobile - a vision first expressed by Bill Gates back at E3 2006.
The clumsily-named Windows Phone 7, which we saw at E3, connects to Xbox Live to show you your Avatar and Gamercard, and Microsoft confirmed that it would be developing games that could be played across phone, PC and Xbox Live Arcade. Which is where the new studio comes in.
One to watch, anyway - Microsoft's keen on getting a bigger piece of the smartphone market, currently dominated by Apple and RIM's Blackberry, and gaming is something it's already good at.
Just give me some Tetris, Blackjack, etc. (games I typically play on my phone) with achievments, and I am a happy camper! ;D
Quote from: Astrex on July 04, 2010, 08:32:46 PM
Wow I am so glad to hear that about Halo, I am not even jokin I almost brought my Iphone 4 yesterday now I am def waiting for this windows mobile ;D
and a reception ;)
Quote from: TaraJayne on July 09, 2010, 01:58:01 PM
Quote from: Astrex on July 04, 2010, 08:32:46 PM
Wow I am so glad to hear that about Halo, I am not even jokin I almost brought my Iphone 4 yesterday now I am def waiting for this windows mobile ;D
and a reception ;)
My sister and my mum both have Iphone4, I can't repeat the fault so wether it's with certain phones I don't know...
An old thread I know but cba starting a new one.
Bored of my HTC now and want a new phone so just wondering what people opinions were on these? I know Rex and Red have and love them but has anyone else got one or played about on one?
Apart from the XBL compatibility how do they fair against the Andriod and iphones?
I'm overdue for a new phone, and already decided to pick up a WP7. I just haven't had the time to decide which model, and actually go to the store and get one.
I need a vacation just to take care of my own personal errands. :-\