Fujitsu IS12T Windows phone mango launched in Japan today (fast service)

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Last month, Fujitsu in Japan unveiled IS12T, declared the first cellphone running on Windows phone 7.5 aka mango. And the country's second largest mobile carrier (and exclusive supplier of phone) KDDI au, not losing a lot of time: IS12T became available today, and here (this is Fujitsu, official press release in English today).

As we reported earlier, mango tubes, comes with a 3.7 inch LCD 800 × 480 resolution, 13.2 MP CMOS camera, the body is water and shock proof 32 GB internal memory, support the microUSB port, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (do not bind), DLNA, GSM/CDMA, etc.

There are nine languages for user interface, and IS12T is available in three colors "Neon" (citrus fruits, black, purple).

I went to the store only a mobile phone in my area today, having a look at the phone, but unfortunately, I got a few pictures (see above) and play around with it for a few minutes before I had to leave (not video photo no).

My first impression was that the phone itself felt light and thin, but very cheap and plasticky (I couldn't give Xbox Live, Internet Explorer and other apps spin because Wi-Fi and 3 G have been turned off – within a few minutes, I played with it, the UI felt great).

Price-Wise IS12T is located at the upper end of the spectrum for mobile phones in Japan: storage (and all other retailers, for that matter) implements the phone up to $955 (but with steep discounts in certain circumstances). So if Fujitsu really starts selling mobile phone outside Japan (they have international plans), don't expect it will be a budget model.

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Windows phone application 30000 reaches market opens for submissions mango

Currently available 30000 mobile applications for Windows phone, the latest mobile operating system from Microsoft Corporation. It is a huge leap from 11500 Microsoft reported in March, but remain far from industry leaders, iOS and Android. For comparison purposes have 425000 iOS apps and over 250000 on Android, at least according to the latest official figures. However, the 30 K apps not bad for an operating system that has not yet even a year ago, we approve.

All existing Windows phone applications will run on Microsoft Windows phone "Mango", Microsoft says – last updated mobile operating system due out sometime next month. No fragmentation is here!

Mango is a major update that will introduce a number of new features, including background sound, fast app switching, multiple double side live tiles, better search integration and hundreds of other functions.

Windows phone SDK hits RC status

Microsoft on Monday opened its Windows Marketplace phone app to accept submissions from developers of mango. And it also now updated phone Windows SDK (software development kit) 7.1 status release candidate (RC). The SDK is available in English and Japanese, says Microsoft.

The SDK includes "Go Live" license that allows developers to publish their applications on the market of mango ready after they have been recompiled. In addition the SDK includes the final version of "the market test Kit" and a new Profiler, which allows developers to test their applications for certification prior to its submission. This helps speed up the approval process – means that applications will hit the market soon. Telephone advertising Microsoft Windows SDK, a new SDK, too, for those developers who want to integrate ads into their mobile applications.

Microsoft is also giving developers a green light to cross to submit their games in the newly supported mango country, along with any game ratings information via hub App.

RC version of the SDK is not the final SDK, but is still set to arrive in September this year, presumably along with mango and public launch.

But there's a bit of bad news: Although mangos apps will arrive on the market back-end systems, those of you running mango beta build will not be able to run them yet. You'll have to wait until September, like everyone else!

Update: Android now has 250 K apps, Google spokesman tells us.

Update 2: we see that Microsoft's blog says there are "almost" 30000 apps. For what it's worth, the statement we got from Microsoft to post going read as follows: "... all Windows phone application and 30000 game titles will run on mango. (This is the first time we've Shared The 30 k Figure publicly). "

Whether it's "almost or exactly 30000 splitting hairs a bit, but is well worth noting.

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Microsoft: Windows phone mango, manufacturers just have to release it

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Well this is something new. Here in the tech world, we hear of delay after delay, but very few companies come out and say: ' Hey! We are ideally come earlier! "

Today, Microsoft was that company and the product was Windows phone 7 mango.

Peter Wissinger, Director of Microsoft's mobile business in the Nordic countries, today released an official statement on the status of mango in:

And for those whose Swedish can be a little rusty, translation:

"Now it's up to our manufacturing partners to release mango for our clients. Microsoft has full mango earlier than planned for producers. Feels good right now. "

(Shout out to WinMobile .se to identify statement first)

The only hanging: just because Microsoft finished mango earlier did not mean that its OEM partners are ready to rock and roll. Microsoft is currently in the list of hardware partners includes HTC, LG, Samsung, Dell, Acer, Fujitsu, ZTE Corporation, and, of course, Nokia. We already know that Fujitsu has something (probably a Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T) in the works, scheduled for early September, and at the end of June, we got a quick peek at the Nokia first mango Smartphone, the so-called "Sea Ray".

There is really no telling how long will it take to get them out of WP7 devices based on mango or when we could expect-mango devices to start to see updates, but the ball is out of Microsoft in court.

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Windows phone VP razvenčivaûtsâ mango September 1 release, we are still not convinced

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If you keep up with mango Windows phone (which you absolutely must be, because it looks pretty awesome), remember that we reported on the possible release of September 1 for the update. Reliable, yet untitled, Pocket-Lint sources confirmed rumours. Well that's that. We were absolutely right. We're just not sure what part we were right about yet — that his ear, or that we will see mango 1 September.

Vice President of Microsoft's Windows phone Joe Belfiore sent out a Tweet debunking 1 September claims. "# mango 1 September? Just a rumor, "he tweeted. We want to believe you, Joe. Indeed, we do. But the Pocket-Lint, usually pretty solid with the rumors and the timing couldn't be more perfect with the IFA on the following day. IFA is the largest show gadget in Europe, and the Windows phone also happens to be incredibly popular in Europe. Connecting the dots?

Companies often uncomfortable to walk the line between teasing secrets and keeping them closely guarded. They want us to know that something is absolutely amazing is going to go, but they do not want us to know where, when, or what the situation. In this case, it would be very shocking, if Microsoft does not use the IFA show his latest and greatest OS. But it is very understandable that Belfiore wants to get the cat back in the bag, at least for the moment.

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