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[Video] ‘Ask Ziggy’ Windows Phone app aims to compete with Siri

Mobile Geeky — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:21:43 +0000

The over-hyped technology in late 2011 it was perhaps Apple’s Siri, their voice recognition/information application for the iPhone 4s. So, if you are craving Siri like functionality for Windows Phone 7 platform, the Ask Ziggy app is answer that goes beyond Siri functionality.

The Ask Ziggy has developed by Shai Leib. It’s free (and even ad-free) program that can “translate human speech into transcribed text”. You can Call, Text, Email your contacts, Update Windows Live, Facebook, and Twitter, Get Weather, Stock Values, Flight Statuses, Get Ziggy to do Math, or ask any question you want all by speaking to your phone.

Just Ask Ziggy a question, and you will hear a response out loud. You can also click on your speech bubble to search the web directly for your question.

Here are some tips:

Directions – “Find” + [search word]. For Example. “Find Thai Food”, “Find Gas”, etc…

Flight Status – say “Flight” + [airline] + [flight number]. For Example. “Flight Jet Blue 234″.

Stock Prices – say [company name] + “stock value”. For Example: “Starbucks stock value”. You can try to substitute a company name with the Ticker symbol such as “MSFT” for “Microsoft”.

Weather – say “The weather In [location]“. For example “The Weather in New York City” or substitute another city names.

Tip Calculator and other simple math – say “Calculate” + [operation]. For example: For a tip calculation say “calculate point 2 times 47 point 99″ for 20% of $47.99. Other examples are “5 + 3″, “100 ÷ 3″, “10 – 5″, etc…

You can view search results for all your questions by clicking on your speech bubble at any time.

You can make Ziggy repeat any time by clicking on Ziggy’s speech bubble.

You can also change Ziggy’s voice in the settings page.

Just ask away. See some examples below.

Source: Ziggybot (Ask Ziggy), Marketplace, WP Central

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Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 prototype photo leaked

Mobile Geeky — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:09:09 +0000

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Sony Ericsson was rumored of developing Windows Phone 7 Smartphone for four months ago. The leaked images from Chinese blog Lizhecome.com, this Sony Ericsson slide-out smartphone running Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. It’s a side slider that reveals a fully QWERTY keyboard with neatly spaced out keys that aren’t much oppressed.

Previously leaked reports point that this smartphone may be branded under Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X7 running Windows Phone 7. If the leaked screenshots are of Xperia X7, then the smartphone will have 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor along with an integrated GPU capable of up to 88M triangles/sec and 532M 3D pixels/sec. Other rumored specs include a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, an 8.1 megapixel camera with 720p HD recording, HSPA+ connectivity and HDMI out port.

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HTC HD2 gets dual boot Windows Phone 7 and Android in same SD card

Mobile Geeky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:49:46 +0000

If you’re finding it difficult to decide which OS to boot, why not opt for a dual-boot solution? The folks over at XDA-Developers have managed to get an HTC HD2 to dual-boot both Android and Windows Phone 7 using the same SD card.

To complete this modification on your own phone, you will need a pair of SD cards ie, an 8GB and 16GB card. The reason for the two cards is so that you can perform the task of creating the partitions and once this step has been completed, you copy the smaller card partition to the larger card.

The whole process is condensed in to 23 steps for you to follow. Head over to XDA-developers to get the full instructions, which includes multiple methods of accomplishing the task at hand. Or Check out video’s instructions to install Android and WP7 in a same SD card on below.

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HTC 7 Pro appears on O2 Germany’s website, expected to launch in January 2011

Mobile Geeky — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:44:57 +0000

Windows Phone 7 is the latest Operating System of smartphone device in the market. HTC Pro 7 Pro Smartphone powered with windows phone 7 OS and expected to be released in January 2011 on O2 Germany.

The HTC 7 Pro is designed with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and has virtually the same specs in terms of dimensions and weight as the HTC Touch Pro 2. It features 3.6-inch, 480 x 800 TFT touchscreen display, 5 MP camera, Window Phone 7 and weight 185 gram.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any further information as to when it will be shipping here in the United States.

Source: O2 Germany

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Windows Phone 7 jailbreak tool – ChevronWP7 released

Mobile Geeky — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:40:28 +0000

A clever trio of developers – Long Zheng, Rafael Rivera, and Chris Walsh devised the ChevronWP7 tool to unlock WP7 device without a Marketplace developer account. Unlike the iOS world of jailbreaking, it’s apparently possible to re-lock your WP7 device once you’ve got what you want installed, keeping end-users a little bit safer when roaming around on public networks.

ChevronWP7 is a simple executable file which allow anyone to unlock any WP7 device on the market using a USB cable and just a couple clicks. This tool works with Windows XP SP2 and higher versions and will need to have the Zune Desktop software installed on your computer.

Microsoft has responded to the release of ChevronWP7, saying:

“We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system. We encourage people to use their Windows Phone as supplied by the manufacturer to ensure the best possible user experience. Attempting to unlock a device could void the warranty, disable phone functionality, interrupt access to Windows Phone 7 services or render the phone permanently unusable.”

Source: chevronwp7

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HTC Surround and LG Quantum WP7 phones for a Penny on Amazon

Mobile Geeky — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:21:46 +0000

If you have been considering purchasing a cheap Windows Phone 7 smartphone, we’d say Amazon has offered a great deal on two AT&T handsets for the new Windows Phone 7 platform, the HTC Surround and LG Quantum, for one cent in this week.

The HTC Surround has integrated Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound speakers, it was still in stock and is expected to be shipped within 24 hours. While the LG Quantum phone comes with a physical QWERTY keyboard, it was already backordered status at Amazon, so it may take up to 1 to 2 weeks.

Check out a great deals for HTC Surround, LG Quantum.

Source: Engadget

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