Microsoft released the Windows Phone 7 OS to manufacturing on Sept. 1, and its OEM partners are in the process of testing it on handsets. The Windows Phone 7 developer tools are the final piece of the ...

Rapidly evolving are perhaps the two most apt words to describe cell phone technology. This tool didn't exist until the 1970s, and since then, it has transformed the entire concept of communication.

For many consumers, Windows Phone 7 will come with one major caveat it's made by Microsoft. The relative cool response to Windows Mobile beyond its base in enterprise will be a hurdle Microsoft will ...