Microsoft was kind enough to release the software development kit for
Windows Phone 7 Series on Monday, and although there was some fun to be had by scrolling around and exploring, much of the cool stuff the company showed off at
MIX last week is not included -- or is it? As it turns out it's in there; only a little help is needed to unlock 'em and then all those magical hubs start them spinning for your enjoyment, including a few things not seen before. Most notable? A comprehensive looking file explorer and even a task manager, something a bit curious given the OS's
effective lack of multi-tasking. The unlock was discovered and initially distributed by engineer Dan Ardelean, but he has since recanted and pulled the required file. Naturally, though, it has been mirrored in numerous places, links to which can be found at the xda-developer forum if you'd like to try this yourself. Just keep in mind that this is a far from final version of the OS, so don't be too disappointed if it doesn't quite
pop like it does when
Anna or Luca use it.
Update: A couple
videos of the unlocked features have been upped by
TechAU.tv, head over to check 'em out..
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
posted March 19th 2010 6:58AM
It will be interesting to see if a jailbreak community develops around WinMo7 Series
microsoft could release a "no warranty no whining" version with everything enabled....
if users break the phone by running too many apps or gets some tsr malware, microsoft shall not fix it for them....
@mocax
And then the reputation of a $270 billion company will go down the toilet because those using "no whining" version will whine everywhere and blame MS for that.
I would say , no thanks to such a suggestion.
It has begun...
Bring on the ROMs!
Wow, this looks like the beginnings of an NT port to ARM though limited to some userland components only and obviously still built on CE (NK.exe). I'll confirm this with some people.