Microsoft today released a first beta of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools.

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Any of you interested in game development for Windows Phone 7? Windows Phone 7 can be programmed with either Silverlight (for basic apps), or XNA for more graphical programs like games. AT&T will host an developer webcast for XNA basics:

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Borders has been gearing up for the launch of its new eReaders for a while and has officially opened its new eBook store. Along with the new eBook store, Borders is also announced apps for Android and Blackberry smartphones allowing users to read books from the Borders eBook Store.

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Bluetooth 4.0 is nearly here. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced formal adoption of the 4.0 specifications.

New features included on the new specification include a low energy feature that allows Bluetooth devices to run for several years on a coin cell battery.

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The folks of BGR took the brand new Droid X and iPhone 4 for a test drive, trying out their cameras, in order to find out which device handles 720p video capture better. Here’s a screenshot of how the files resulting from the video capture look like:

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An official Windows Phone 7 Features video showing the highlights of this new operating system. It focuses heavily on the system wide social networking features implemented in WP7.
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Orange has unveiled a rather unusual mobile phone accessory. The Orange Phone Visor has been produced so that people can watch the World Cup on their mobile without having the suns glare interfering with the viewing experience.

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Unlimited are the things of the present, and considering they probably won’t be around long after the launch of widespread 4G in the coming year(s), we’ll have to take full advantage of them now, now won’t we? Thankfully, T-Mobile USA’s the latest wireless carrier out there to introduce a brand new unlimited pre-pay plan, which means you get all the benefits of unlimited features, but don’t have to sign any contracts.

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Google Buzz for mobile was launched in February this year as a web application available only for Android (version 2.0 or higher) and iPhone.

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Well, this is definitely not good news. Skype, one of the largest voice/video chat platforms in the world, has just said that they’re not going to go ahead and create an application for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile Operating System. No, this is definitely not good news at all.

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