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Good news, remaining Silverlight fans, you have a new toy today: The Silverlight toolkit for Windows Phone’s Mango update has been released. Yes, Silverlight has managed to hold onto its place at the Windows Phone table, even as Microsoft consistentlybeats the HTML5drumwherever it can. Application submission for Mango begins on August 22nd, just 5 days away, so those developers who do plan on using Silverlight are being given scant time to build what they may want to submit, if they wish to send in their apps on the first day that they are allowed to do so....

Microsoft will formally launch the Mango update to its Windows Phone mobile platform on September 1st, according to anew report. TNW has not been able to independently confirm the date, but the original post claims “multiple trusted sources.” The date itself is not out of the question, and fits with previously rumored timelines. The launch timing appears to have been selected to match up with IFA, one of the largest electronics shows in the world....

With confirmation that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” updateis due to land within two weeks, it seems that AT&T Windows Phone owners now have a definitive date for when they will receive the much-anticipated new release, with leaked plans confirming a September 27 launch. WPCentral received a number of emailssent between AT&T employees in the know, providing details on the company’s Mango updates and a definitive schedule. The email reads:...

It’s a rough day for Windows Phone community, as a fair slice of the users of the mobile line are being roughed up by an error in the WP7 Marketplace that is leaving them frustrated. The error, which renders the Marketplace unusable to some, is yet unknown in its origin. TNW Microsoft has requested a comment from Microsoft on the matter. This post will be later updated to reflect its response....

According to anew report from ZDNet, which cites trusted sources, the oft rumored Tango update to the Windows Phone platform is real, is not Windows Phone 8, and will come after Mango. Even more, it should be a less beefy update (when compared to Mango), and is often mentioned in conjunction with Nokia. It could be, ZDNet says, and TNWmicrosoft finds this reasonable, that Tango is the low-cost version of Windows Phone that Nokia and Microsoft want to make available in a number of markets....