The New Windows phone 7 update issues a number of improvements and more importantly bug fixes to Windows Phone, addressing the likes of the mysterious disappearing keyboard issue that has plagued users by hiding the on-screen keyboard in general use.

There are also more security centric fixes too, such as the location privacy issue that Microsoft said caused "unintended behavior" by sending excess location data relative to nearby cell towers and WiFi access points.

The update uses the version number to 7.10.8107.79 and the change-log is:

• Stops the on-screen keyboard disappearing when in use
• Provides a fix for Gmail sync issue
• Fixes location access issue. Following the upgrade, sending location information anonymously to Microsoft regarding nearby Wi-Fi access points and cell antennas is optional
•Revocation of certificates issued by DigiCert Sdn Bhd to solve a problem of encryption
• Fixes a problem with e-mail related to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. When you reply to or forward an email, the original message is now included in the response
• Fixes an issue with voicemail notifications

Windows Phone users may find Apple Siri service so awesome that makes the default Bing Voice look like an ancient technology. No more, thanks to the new app called Ask Ziggy.

Available as a free download, it will understand your question and assist you in areas such as emailing, texting, calling, social network updates, and getting directions. In addition, Ask Ziggy is said to be good for mathematical questions, checking flight status and random trivia.

ChevronWP7 Labs (Making WP7 jailbreak) will be coming to an end as soon as those remaining tokens sell out. This was (and still is) the onlysanctioned unlocking tool outside of Microsoft 99 USD AppHub and was to serve as the gateway to a large homebrew community. Not to mention allowing new devs without the hundred bucks to play around before committing to the platform.

ChevronWP7 Labs statements :

"ChevronWP7 Labs enters the New Year with 10,000 token sales under our belt. Hooah! Nearly 90% of the tokens we've sold have been used to successfully unlock a Windows Phone thus far.

Our agreement with Microsoft was to sell no more than 10,000 tokens. Our team doesn't currently have plans to renegotiate this number, although it's a matter we're still discussing."

There have been a lot of hints and suggestions of what the Windows Phone LTE offerings will look like next year. Paul Thurrott over at Winsupersite says that with all the rumors and suggestions he is just going to out the real plans and then goes on to lay out the LTE scheme. He says that Microsoft and its smartphone partners do intend lots of LTE devices next year.

The smartphone will start to land in a six-month period next year and all of them will be offered on the AT&T network.

There are only two platforms mobile-gamers Preferes : iOS and Android. Microsoft knows this and is reportedly trying its best to produce some Windows Phone exclusive titles in order to get gamers to also embrace the Windows Phone platform as the premier gaming platform.

Microsoft already has some exclusive titles in development and plans to release one of them next month. Not only that, but Microsoft is also doing some back-door deals to obtain some apps of note from iOS onto Windows Phone 7. Seeing as there are not many iOS exclusive games, that is, besides Infinity Blade and Infinity Blade II, getting key iOS games on the WP7 platform should not be too difficult.