Windows Phone 7 owners reportedly experiencing Wi-Fi issues

Yesterday, Microsoft launched their latest mobile operating system entitled Windows Phone 7. You have probably heard of it. If you haven’t, Redmond’s $500 million marketing campaign isn’t doing its job. And while yesterday’s launch went smoothly, no reports of rabid crowds fighting over devices, today’s mood seems to be completely different.

According to a report and corroborated by several emails from newly adopted Windows Phone 7 owners, a few if not all of the WP7 launch devices are experiencing issues connecting to Wi-Fi.

And what good is a smartphone without the ability to connect to Wi-Fi?

It seems as though Dell’s Venue Pro as well as the HTC HD7 are both having trouble maintaining a connection to password protected routers.When attempting to connect, users are greeted with a friendly “couldn’t reach the Wi-Fi network” message.

Strangely, the problem doesn’t seem to extend to public connections and only seems to be affecting owners in the United States. However, it’s a little disheartening that this one, this is coming up a day after launch and two, it’s affecting multiple devices.

As of right now, HTC, Dell and Microsoft have all stayed mum on the subject but if the bug  turns out to be a widespread issue, expect them to address the situation in the near future.

Super-deal underway: 2TBs of cloud storage under $60

Don’t you love it when a series of discounts and special offers line up just so, landing a valuable resource in your shopping cart at a massive discount off its true value?

It’s happening right now with Degoo Premium cloud storage , putting $1,200 worth of fully encrypted and secure off-site backup space in your hands for $51 from TNW Deals with coupon code: SAVE15.

Degoo is just as simple as it should be. Pull together the scores of a computer, tablet and smartphone files you don’t regularly need (but don’t want to throw away) and push ‘em to your 2TBs of cloud storage room. Clear your computer’s storage space and watch your processor spring back to life without the cumbersome weight of all your old data slowing it down.

Degoo will even perform those backups automatically, assuring you constantly have the latest, most useful versions of all your files…even if you forgot to back them up yourself.

High-speed transfers zip your uploads to the cloud quickly and make retrieval convenient rather than time-consuming and tedious.

Get more cloud storage than from Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive accounts combined — and right now, it’s ridiculously cheap. A $1,200 value, Degoo’s premium service is discounted down to $65.00, with an additional price cut dropping that figure down to $59.99. But if you also enter the secret code SAVE15 during checkout, you’ll knock another 20 percent off that price, getting you a lifetime of cloud stage for less than $52 .

VUDU keeps on trucking, heads to Panasonic VIERA Cast Blu-ray players

Finally.

In the past 18 months, VUDU has expanded from just one partner, LG, to another 8 including Mitsubishi, Samsung, SANYO, Sharp, Toshiba, Vizi and Panasonic. You might also recall that VUDU just recently announced that it would become avaliable on the PlayStation 3 come November 23rd .

Well, a day after that, the built-in TV web entertainment and movie streaming service will become available on Panasonic’s 2010 lineup of VIERA Cast enabled Blu-ray players .

What does that mean?

Those of you who own a 2010 VIERA Cast Blu-ray player will now be able to stream more than 4,000 1080p quality movies which will push those of you teetering on the edge of becoming a coach potato over the fence, possibly for good. It doesn’t help that Panasonic, in addition to VUDU,  has packed VIERA Cast full of other goodies either. Netflix, Skype, Twitter, Pandora, Amazon VOD, YouTube, and Picasa are also on board Panny’s IPTV solution.

Oh, and if you’re a new VUDU customer, you’ll also be given a $5.99 credit so you can watch your first HD movie on the service for free. Remember VUDU, unlike Netflix, doesn’t charge a monthly fee.

They just charge $2.99 for a two-night rental making the service ideal for occasional movie watchers.

So, don’t be shocked on Wednesday when you fire up your Blu-ray player up and find yet another option at your fingertips.