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Windows Phone 8 Official Launch

What an exciting week. Surface, Windows 8 and now Windows Phone. The response to all has been fairly positive even from the biggest of haters. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/windowsphone/liveevent.aspx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbvixHH8frs&feature=endscreen&NR=1 Here are some notes from the Windows Phone 8 live event, which was

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Want to try Windows Phone 8 Development? Act Fast!

Download and install the Windows Phone 8 SDK (requires Windows 8 Pro) http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us Sign up for free Team Foundation Service in the Cloud. http://tfs.visualstudio.com. Sign up for a Dev Center account (to submit apps) for 8$ (only for the next

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St. Louis Microsoft Holiday Store on Surface Launch Day

A colleague was able to get in line for a Surface on Friday 10/26. Yes, there was a line. Check out some of the pictures below.

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Windows Phone 8 Release Live stream Link

Windows Phone 8 Release Livestream Link You can watch the live stream of todays Windows Phone 8 full reveal on the Windows Phone Facebook page here. Also both Engadget and The Verge are doing live blogs of the events. I

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St. Louis Microsoft Holiday Store Website

In less than 48 hours on 10/26 our local Microsoft Holiday store will be selling Surface tablets. Via an online ad on one of our local news sites I came across the Microsoft Store web page specific to the St.

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Microsoft Store app updated with Holiday Pop Up store info

Don’t have a true Microsoft store in your town but interested in getting a Surface on 10/26? No worries, the updated Microsoft Store app has all the details on these stories readily available with the disclaimer, “opening on 10/26.” Get

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Nokia wireless charging for legacy devices?

In a post hidden in the sidebar on CNET titled “Nokia CEO Stephen Elop: We’ll spend to break through (Q&A)” there was a picture of an accessory I had not seen before. The device looks like a mint LifeSaver candy

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St. Louis Galleria Microsoft Pop Up Store Appears

WPCentral has just posted some pictures of the new Microsoft “pop up” store in the St. Louis Galleria. This will supposedly be the only place to pick up a Surface RT tablet come October 26. Until we get a chance

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September 29, 2012 – St. Louis Windows Phone Meet up

It’s that time again. Join your fellow Windows Phone enthusiasts at the Triumph Grill on September 29, 2012 to talk all things Windows Phone.   RSVP and get all the details here.

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Windows Phone 8: News Collection

Windows Phone 8 is on the verge of release and although we’re still a bit in the dark about all the aspects of the software, we’re seeing more and more information about the devices. Below are an aggregate of information

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