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Off-topic and will be closed here unless it connects to the desktop/laptop. Instead consider the site for Windows Phone, http://windowsphone.stackexchange.com. Mobile operating system, successor to the Windows Mobile platform.

Note: Questions relating to Windows Phone are off-topic on Super User, please consider the Windows Phone StackExchange instead.

Windows Phone is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft as the successor to the Windows Mobile platform. It was officially unveiled on February 15, 2010 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The final SDK was released September 16, 2010.

The first version was Windows Phone 7, as seen below:

shot of Windows Phone screen

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What font is used on Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8?

What font is used for the interface in Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8? Is this font free to use?
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Take a screenshot on Windows Phone 7

Is there a way to take a screenshot of the Windows Phone 7? On the iPhone you can press the square button and the power button at the same time to take a screenshot, is there an equivalent action on WP7? I am using a real phone and not the emulator.…
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Windows Phone 7 - How to download SMS (text) messages to disk

I need to download some text messages (including date and time and sender information) on my WP7 phone, on to my desktop computer. Is there defined way?
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Can't run Hyper-V after changing to SSD

I swapped out my HDD for a Samsung 840 EVO SSD, and migrated my OS using Samsung's Data Migration Program. I had Visual Studio 2013 installed with the Windows Phone SDK 8.0, and I was able to run all emulators normally on the HDD. However, the…
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Internet connection issues after installing Windows Phone 8 SDK

first of all I must admit, that I'm not good in all this network stuff. I am using Windows 8 OS. On my laptop (Lenovo G570) I have installed Windows Phone 8 SDK and shortly after this I started having weird issues with internet connection. When I…
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Metro or Modern UI?

In the previews of Windows 8 everyone was talking about Metro and since a few weeks ago it's called Modern UI. Why the change and should I stop using the term Metro?
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How do I change the Windows Phone reserved space and other content?

I have bought a Windows Phone and I love it. It reserves some space for other content. When I saw it the first time. It was just a few hundred MB. And it was for documents and other stuffs. Now it's 2.15 GB. I have searched online forums which…
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Using a smartphone as a wireless router

I wanted to know if it is possible for a smartphone with hotspot capabilities (such as some Android devices) to act as a Wi-Fi router. Basically, the setup would be something like : Internet | …
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Running Hyper-V and VMWare together

I have two virtualization software on one of my laptops which is dedicated to Windows 8 development. A VMWare for generic virtualization and the Windows 8 like Hyper-V for the WP8 SDK. Unfortunately these softwares don't like each other. Is there…
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How delete "Other" files in SD card windows phone

When I opened Storage Sense from my Lumia mobile, it has a section of other files. And it is saying around 1.3 GB of other files are present and they were not recognized. It also says, connect mobile to a PC to view and delete. But I don't see any…
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How do you mark MP3 files so that Windows Phone (Zune software) treats them as Podcasts?

Exactly what it says in the title. I ripped my Pimsleur Quick and Simple Spanish CDs to Zune so I could play them on my Windows Phone (had to edit their characteristics to get them all in the same album and in the right order). So far so good, but…
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Synchronize Outlook RSS feeds and a Windows phone

I use Outlook desktop for reading my feeds. I would like to sync these feeds in order to check them on my windows phone, Nokia lumia 620.
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Can you wirelessly sync a Windows 7 phone (HTC Trophy) without leaving it plugged in to charge for 15 mins?

The only way I know of to sync my HTC Trophy wirelessly is to plug it in to the wall to charge, after which it will automatically sync after X number of minutes. However, most of the time I want to sync my phone without having to search for my USB…
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How to Sync photos from SkyDrive to iPhoto

I'm running OSX (Lion) as my home computer, and use iPhoto ('11) for photo management. Windows Phone 7.5 automatically uploads photos to SkyDrive when taken - and I'd like to automatically sync these photos into iPhoto. Anybody got a good idea of…
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Change billing country Windows Live / Zune

When I registered my Live account, I had the country set to US - primarily because at the time I was going to explore getting a Zune pass. I never ended up getting it and now want to change my account to Australia so I can use my Australian credit…
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