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Facebook authentication uses HTTPS (S = S ecure (SSL Encrypted)) communication for security.  

However, on mobile devices this causes a problem because the root certificate used by Facebook is not provisioned (digitally signed for any specific device ) on most devices by default.  

This means that secure HTTPS requests will fail! Resulting in various functions within an FB application that will not work correctly or not at all.

It is possible to work around this by downloading the root certificate for the FaceBook application you are currently using and adding it to the device.  Should you wish to continue using the HTTPS option.  Windows Root Certificate Program

Microsoft needs to stop hiring.  It's hard enough finding the scarcest of . . .  HTML5 is the Next Big Thing if you listen to some folks who have large impact . . .  Windows Mobile 7: we so dropped the ball in our early phone OS presence that now it

Microsoft have been busy talking about games for Windows Phone 7. Having seen the success of the iPhone and iPod touch as a gaming platform it appears Microsoft are keen to ensure that Windows Phone 7 devices are as good as, if not better. Firstly they have integrated Xbox LIVE into the OS— from Xbox LIVE Avatars to staying connected with friends.

“We believe that no matter where life takes you, the best in gaming and entertainment should follow,” said Marc Whitten, corporate vice president of Xbox LIVE at Microsoft. “Windows Phone 7 takes a different approach to handheld gaming, utilizing Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Game Studios, leading game publishers, and innovative indie developers, to create powerful, shared experiences for everyone.”



 Only Windows Phone 7 has a Games hub featuring Xbox LIVE, creating a different kind of mobile gaming experience that puts the games you want front and center. Xbox LIVE games on Windows Phone 7 will be specially selected from the top names in mobile, PC and console game development, making the best mobile games even better, thanks to Xbox LIVE. With try-before-you-buy demos, Xbox LIVE leaderboards, turn-based multiplayer, Achievements and more, Windows Phone 7 brings the quality, consistency and community of the Xbox experience to gamers on the go.

Windows Phone 7 also will be supported by content from Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), providing strong first-party gaming titles and intellectual property for the phone. For Xbox fans, this means that Windows Phone 7 will offer companion titles to familiar names, such as “Halo: Waypoint,” and “Crackdown 2,” extending the experience of their favorite Xbox 360 franchises.

Click here for a full list of launch day games.

For PC remote i use LMaxi Control PC, i think it's the most simple and nicely application for it. . .

I think this is a problem with your internet connection ask your service provider to resolve that issue.

Microsoft have announced that after the Windows Phone 7 OS has been used daily by more than 1,000 people in Microsoft and over 10,000 developers that the technical preview is now out there to the broader community. From yesterday they say that thousands of prototype phones from Asus, LG and Samsung are making their way into the hands of developers over the next few weeks.

The whole mobile OS has moved on massively since Microsoft first released Pocket PC and this early preview is getting some pretty mixed reviews.

The BoyGenius Report states that "There is no killer application on Windows Phone 7, and we can’t see an overwhelming reason to use one instead of an iPhone, BlackBerry or Android handset. Whether Microsoft’s OS updates to the platform will be enough to change our minds in the future is up to them, but for now, they’ve created a decent mobile operating system from scratch, but it unfortunately still has that Microsoft feel. And that’s not the best thing sometimes."

Infoworld is alot more brutal stating "Windows Phone 7: Don't bother with this disaster Microsoft's demos of its great mobile hope shows Windows Phone 7 to be only a tepid knockoff of a 2007-era iPhone"

ZDNet balance the views stating "After using the Technical Preview version of Windows Phone 7 in an up close and personal way I can honestly say that I am quite excited for the holiday season when we will see these devices launching from Microsoft".

Finally Engadget give a more cautious review "What we've been presented with here doesn't exactly feel like a complete mobile operating system in many ways. Some parts of Windows Phone 7 are more like a wireframe -- an interesting design study, an example of what a next-gen phone platform could be. That's both good and bad. On one side, we're still really excited by the prospect of Metro as a viable, clean-slate approach to the mobile user experience, and there are lots of smart moves being made that could lead to greatness. On the other side, Microsoft has to turn this into a viable retail product that can hang with the fiercest competition in the history of the cellphone in just a few months' time, and there are some serious issues that need to be addressed. Frankly, it's a little scary."

So what does that tell us? In my view this a pre-Beta v1 Mobile OS and thus is going to have some flaws and missing capabilities, the problem is that Microsoft has to finalise this quickyl to get it out to the vendors and carriers so that they can do their testing in order to get it released before the end of the year, so the time to make any changes is almost over. Let's face it, huge changes like multi tasking and cut n paste aren't going to be there. With iPhone now on v4 hardware and the 4th iteration of the OS, and Android making some major changes with Froyo, is it all too late from Microsoft? Time and sales figures will tell...

Gizmodo are hearing that Microsoft are killing off the Kin project, which is hardly surprising given the poor uptake and the bad reviews that the device received. I actually think this is good news, with Kin and Windows Phone 7, as well as the recently announced Windows Phone Enterprise edition, Microsoft was making their mobile phone OS story confusing and fragmented. By moving the Kin team into the Windows Phone team, hopefully can only be goodness.

Microsoft's official statement is We have made the decision to focus on our Windows Phone 7 launch and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones

source: gizmodo.com

hey im here a new member and found iPAQ topic very nice.  I just want to ask you what is better windows mobile ?? bcz last topic have been closed. . . .

Would you like a different ringtone based on the category of the caller, rather than assigning ringtones per individual contact? Well over at xda-developers, v3patel has updated the app he created in 2007, which is called VipPimRIngTone. It should work on  WM5 or WM6 with any .netcf version including 3.5

Microsoft offered the best fun for Halloween as gift to surfers.  Scary ringtones and wallpapers matched the holiday.  I also downloaded Halloween Wallpapers and Ringtones on my cellphone and that all was for free.