Tag: Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 Tango shots – The devil is in the detail

Russian website wp7forum.ru appear to have shots and information about the upcoming Windows Phone Tango release. They highlight a number of changes, including the support of additional countries, an increase on the amount of preloaded apps (from 16 to 40), SIM contact management and importing (ideal for new …

OneNote for Android released

Who needs a Windows Phone when you can get great Microsoft apps for Android eh? (Ducks) With this free version of Microsoft OneNote Mobile you can create up to 500 notes before upgrading through an in-app purchase. You’ll need a Microsoft LiveID to get going, then you can …

LG Miracle Windows Phone Rendered

In the usual manner leading up to a major press event, manufacturers are always just “leaking” images out to the press to garner interest. Well this time it is LG’s turn and Pocketnow have got hold of an image of what was previously thought to be called the …

White Lumia 900 Outed accidentally?

Want another white phone? This snap of what looks to be a white Nokia Lumia 900 has just appeared on the Nokia Facebook page. The image is listed as being a Lumia 800 but looks to have been posted accidentally-on-purpose. What are your thoughts on colours when buying …

Is Amazon working on a Microsoft smartphone?

This weekend Brandon Watson, Head of Developer Experience on Windows Phone 7, has left Microsoft and is headed to Amazon. He joins a chunk of people leaving the team but his arrival at Amazon has already got the web gossips mentioning an Amazon smartphone. It will, according to …

Windows Phone 8 Previews and rumours hit the web

The new major version of Windows Phone looks set to be a big change yet again. The existing kernel – Windows CE – is to be ditched although, contrary to rumours, it won’t affect app compatibility. The new Windows Phone 8 will also tightly integrate and blend with …

My T-Mobile for Windows Phone

T-Mobile UK have released an app onto the Windows Phone Marketplace for their pay monthly customers. Great idea I thought, so I installed it and it doesn’t work. So let me know if it works for you. Here are some shots from the Marketplace where it obviously works. …

Nokia Lumia 710 Unboxing

Want a closer peek at the new Nokia Lumia 710? Check out this video, added by Nokia today, it features a geezer with greasy hair showing you around the phone. There’s 8GB of storage, 1.4GHz CPU and a 3.7″ 480×800 screen with 5 megapixel camera. If you want …

Nokia Lumia sales figures calculated using Facebook

Yesterday we posted an article about Nokia and how an analyst firm had decided that Nokia had sold between 800,000 and 2 million handsets globally. Well today some slightly more solid evidence has come to light and it’s via Facebook of all places. All Windows Phone handsets have a …

Windows Phone 8 to be incompatible with Windows Phone 7 apps?

Another day and another set of Tweets from Editor Eldar Murtazin. Today he’s talking Windows Phone 8, aka Apollo. That bit we knew already. What he is saying is that it’ll arrive in October this year and, surprisingly it looks to be incompatible with Windows Phone 7 on …

Nokia Lumia 910 Arriving soon?

 If Eldar Murtazin speaks, we usually listen. He’s just added a very interesting tit-bit to his Twitter timeline which states.. Who needs lumia 900 in june if they want to launch lumia 910 (12mpx) in may? Europe It comes just a day after Carphone Warehouse accidentally added a …

Nokia Lumia sales looking promising

An estimate from 22 Bloomberg analysts puts Lumia sales to operators and retailers at between 800,000 and 2 million units globally. Not bad projections when the Lumia only went on sale in Europe in November 2011 and the figures are up to the end of the year. These …

Why 2012 may not be the year of the Windows Phone

Watch out now, because this is probably going to descend into a rant. Task – Windows Phone. Microsoft. Discuss. Most of my day is spent looking around the web to try and get a handle on the “vibe” and what’s going on in the mobile market. Now, I’ll …

Early Lumia sales stats – A slow starter?

Sales figures for Windows Phone devices have always been a little hard to quantify. For the new Nokia Lumia 800 it’s still early days, but we do have some info from Mobiles Please. Their stats, which are based on 5377 sales during November, show that the Lumia made …

Microsoft Lync now for Android too

Unified Communications. Collaborative working. Engaging, accessible, highly secure and connected. Well, that’s enough buzz-words for one paragraph. If you’ve got a fully licensed Lync Server then here, friends, is the Android version of the app. The app lets you do audio conferencing, instant messaging, viewing colleagues availability and …

Microsoft Lync now available

Microsoft has released Lync 2010, its unified communications platform for  Windows Phone 7 and is now available to download on the Zune Marketplace. Lync is the new collaborative working tool and looks set to roll out on other platforms pretty soon too. Link – Microsoft Lync

Win by getting “Into” Windows Phone

Microsoft are still splashing out the marketing cash on the Windows Phone handsets. This time it’s not just the Nokia Lumia, although that is featured pretty heavily in the advert below. Microsoft want new and existing Windows Phone owners to try out their new rewards programme, which you …

Try Windows Phone, right now

Want to try Windows Phone? Want to pretend that your iPhone or Android handset has had a visit from Microsoft in the night? Want to fool you friends into thinking that you’ve added a Windows Phone 7.5 ROM on your Android? Look no further, just type aka.ms/wpdemo into …

Huawei to licence patents from Microsoft too

Patents. They’re everywhere and money seems to be changing hands with alarming regularity to use intellectual property. Microsoft have been one of the big winners in the mobile patent game, taking cash for handsets using Android because of several royalty fees paid to Microsoft for patent use. Now …

Win a Nokia Lumia

Nokia are giving away five Lumia handsets on their Facebook page. You just need to “Like” the page and then add your details in to be in with a chance of winning. The competition is open until November 9th. Link – Facebook

T-Mobile offers up the Nokia Lumia 800 too

Whilst reading my favourite daily newspaper (I’m so high-brow), I tripped over yet another Nokia Lumia ad this morning… ….and then, I got yet more Nokia Lumia goodness on the YouTube page…. …I figured it was worth looking to see if any other networks are carrying the handset …

Microsoft now earning from over half of all Android handsets

Microsoft are doing pretty well thanks to success of Android. Estimates state that Microsoft will make $444 million (nearly £284 million) from the sale of Android handsets in 2012. It’s all because Android partners are entering into licence agreements with Microsoft, who hold a number of patents relating …

Fun Time Friday makes a one-off return..

A few years ago we used to post something fun or off the wall every Friday. I thought I’d bring it back for a one-off special today. Why? Well, if you’ve been lucky enough to visit Microsoft HQ and watch one of those infamous “conference videos” you’ll have …

Hey Android users, how’s that Computer Science going?

Steve Ballmer. He always creates headlines when he makes a speech, but sometimes it’s not for the reasons he’d hoped. The Microsoft boss told the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that .. You don’t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows phone (but ) …

The Microsoft mobile success story, thanks to Android

Let’s all be honest, we’re quickly losing track of who is suing who and owns which patent. What is clear though, is just how much one company can make from the success of a competitor. According to a Goldman Sachs analysts, Microsoft will make $444 million (nearly £284 …

Windows Phone – Sales not going well..

Just how many Windows Phone 7 devices are selling ? How well is Windows Phone doing ? We’ve been trying to find out for quite some time but… it’s all a bit of a mystery. With the new OS rapidly reaching its’ first birthday, Steve Ballmer from Microsoft …

Platformance: Temple Death platformer for Windows Phone

A new platform gamed called “Platformance: Temple Death” is now available for Windows Phone 7. Priced at just $0.99 or 79p it features 40 challenges, a zoom mode and three difficulty levels. You can take screenshots to share with your friends and there’s a free trial available too. …

Google attacks the opposition

In recent months we’ve seen patent wars heat up with more and more mobile companies attacking each other over intellectual property. Google have come out fighting with this statement on their blog. Google are proud of Android – they state that it’s “on fire” with more that 550,000 …

Has the Xperia PLAY caught the “Kin” bug ?

The Xperia PLAY got launched during Mobile World Congress with a certain amount of fanfare. It has a great camera, 1GHz CPU and a good catalogue of games .. oh, and let’s not forget that slide-out gaming controller and the fact that it can also call people. We …

comScore figures hold no good news for Microsoft

Back in March Android leapt to the top of of the comScore chart but we also spotted the start of a very worrying Microsoft slope. The Micorosft share according to the March numbers showed a drop in share from 9.7% (October 2010) to 8% (January 2011). Back then …

Windows Phone Announcement Details

Microsoft have just taken the lid off their latest update to Windows Phone named ‘Mango’ and WOW what an update it is. So sit back, grab a drink and take time to read up on all the information below Nokia Conversations have confirmed that this will be the …

Microsoft grab Skype – The details

Following our news item this morning we can now confirm everything thanks to a full press release on from the company. The figure paid by Microsoft is indeed $8.5 billion (£5.2bn), and was paid in cash. Microsoft state that … The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time …

Microsoft to buy Skype

With Microsoft supposedly on the back foot it’s all too easy for critics to write off their mobile offerings. In a word, don’t. If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s never to underestimate Microsoft. The agreement with Nokia has been done. A new Windows Phone release is about …

Nokia to cut 7000 jobs

Nokia has unveiled plans to cut 7000 staff following their tie-up with Microsoft. Here in the UK 700 jobs will be lost with 4000 positions removed across the world. 3000 more jobs will transfer to Accenture – the company charged with providing a future for Symbian. Links – …

What the future holds for Nokia and Microsoft

The Microsoft and Nokia deal has been completed. A post on the Nokia website states that .. Nokia and Microsoft have signed the definitive agreement for our strategic partnership to build a new global mobile ecosystem that is unlike any other. Nokia have even taken on the “Developers, …

Microsoft release a new mobile app – Only for the iPhone

Meet Microsoft Photosynth. It’s an application for creating panoramas by piecing together several photographs. There’s a set of desktop tools for “creating and capturing the world in 3D” which you can then share on Facebook or publish onto Bing Maps. There’s also now a mobile application, but for …

Microsoft – Mango is on the way, this year

Microsoft have just announced Mango – the next version of Windows Phone. It’ll be arriving on new and existing handsets “later this year” and developers will soon have new Windows Phone Developer Tools to play with. The new version will include access to sensors, with application multitasking for …

Microsoft complain to EU about Google

Microsoft have today voiced their concerns about Google in Europe. They’re unhappy with various Google “practices” including blocking access to parts of YouTube that Android phones can access… “Google blocked Microsoft’s new Windows Phones from operating properly with YouTube. Google has enabled its own Android phones to access …

“More than $1 billion” paid by Microsoft to Nokia

Sources close recent Microsoft / Nokia deal state that at least $1 billion was transferred across from Microsoft to Nokia. The agreement also includes some patents and lasts for at least 5 years. The Microsoft cash is for Nokia to “promote and develop Windows-based handsets” although Nokia will …