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A thousand webOS developers flocking to Windows Phone 7
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I don’t know how many developers webOS claimed, but that number is likely at least 1000 smaller, with more than 1000 webOS developers responding to Brandon Watson’s call for them to take up Windows Phone 7 development following HP’s assassination of webOS.
The call had been widely covered in the media, and is even pulling in developers from other platforms, including Android and Symbian.
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Microsoft starts ITC trial against Motorola, asks to block all Droid imports
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The case has been rumbling for a while but Microsoft is finally having its day in court with Google’s new fiancé, Motorola.
Microsoft’s case against Motorola at the ITC in Washington has started today. Microsoft is accused Motorola Mobility of infringing seven of its patents which Microsoft calls “essential to the smartphone user experience,” including ways to synchronize e- mail, calendars and contacts; schedule meetings; and notify applications of changes in signal strength and battery power.
“We have a responsibility to our employees, customers, partners and shareholders to safeguard our intellectual property,” David Howard, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and deputy general counse...
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New Windows Phone 7 handsets are possibly being unveiled at HTC's event as well?
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All eyes will surely be placed on HTC just one day before IFA is expected to commence over in Germany, and of course, the big name speculated to arrive at HTC’s various events being held on September 1st throughout Europe is none other than the HTC Puccini. However, we may very well see some new Windows Phone 7 handsets from them as well.
In fact, it’s becoming increasingly obvious since fall signals the release of Mango to the masses – and what better way to flaunt it with brand spanking new devices? Taking a peek over at the Windows Phone UK Facebook page, their post regarding the September 1st London event significantly indicates that Windows Phone 7’s presence will be there. As much as ...
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Microsoft giving away WP7 handsets, training for free to woo webOS developers
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The quick demise of HP’s webOS hardware business might have shocked many, but Microsoft has been quick to react to the new realities by offering free Windows Phone 7 handsets and training to published webOS devs.
"To any published webOS [developers]," Microsoft’s Brandon Watson said on Twitter as HP took the industry by surprise on Friday. "We'll give you what you need to be successful on Windows Phone, including free phones, dev tools, and training, etc."
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Microsoft: Windows Phone Mango Is Done, Manufacturers Just Need To Release It
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Well, this is something new. Here in the tech world, we hear about delay after delay — but very rarely does a company step out and say: “Hey! We’re ahead of schedule!”
Today, Microsoft was that company, and the product was Windows Phone 7 Mango.
Peter Wissinger, Microsoft’s director of Mobile Business in the Nordic countries, today released an official statement on Mango’s status:
“Now it’s up to our manufacturing partners to release Mango to our customers. Microsoft has delivered complete Mango earlier than planned to the manufacturers. Feels good now.”
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Microsoft's Kinect Designed to Survive Drops, Zaps – and Not Budge a Bit
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Even after being dropped on concrete, a typical Microsoft Kinect's sensors won't even move a millimeter. Or a micron, Microsoft representatives said Thursday night.
In a dissection of the Microsoft Kinect motion controller for the Xbox, at the Hot Chips conference here, Microsoft engineers Dawson Yee and Scott McEldowney described some of the hurdles Microsoft overcame in creating the Kinect, one of the first motion controllers for video game consoles.
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Vertu phones with Windows Phone 7 coming
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It probably goes without saying and is not really unexpected, but it is still nice to have Eldar ‘confirm’ Nokia Vertu handsets running Windows Phone 7 are coming.
Vertu handsets tend to be covered in gold and jewels, but still run the creaky Symbian OS inside.
Would any of out readers be tempted to splash out on a Vertu if it ran our favourite OS, or would it still be too tasteless. Let us know below.
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Windows 8 App Store officially announced, we're all shocked
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Windows president Steven Sinofsky has confirmed that Windows 8 is getting an app store. He casually dropped the scoop whilst listing the software's dev teams as if he was listing the week's groceries. Such a tease, that man.
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Finally! Microsoft planning to connect Windows Phone and the desktop
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While the cloud is great and all, the highest bandwidth connection is between one’s windows phone 7 handset and the desktop (or laptop) right next to it, and users have been complaining for most of the last year about not being able to take advantage of that to sync documents, contacts and other scenarios.
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After Microsoft, it's Nokia's turn to scare the Android masses over the Google-Motorola deal
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After Microsoft's Andy Lees said the other day that Windows Phone is now the only "equal opportunity" platform, referring to the Google-Motorola deal, it is a turn of the company that actually stand to enjoy preferable treatment by Redmond to chime in.
Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop, speaking at a seminar in Helsinki, tried to make the other Android manufacturers worried in his turn. "If I happened to be someone who was an Android manufacturer or an operator, or anyone with a stake in that environment, I would be picking up my phone and calling certain executives at Google and say 'I see signs of danger ahead'", said Mr Elop.
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Microsoft patent application points to fast-booting streaming OS
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While Microsoft is busy readying the much talked about Windows 8 for release, a new patent application has popped up that could reveal even bigger -- or at least faster -- things to come. According to the filing for "Fast Machine Booting Through Streaming Storage," which was submitted in February of last year and released last week, Redmond is looking at creating a system that could stream an entire OS to just about anything with a screen. The proposed setup would enlist a series of storage devices, both remote and local, to act as a virtual hard disk, allowing anything from a set top box to a tablet to boot almost instantaneously. We don't know about you, but we've already started a list of...
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For Developers: Microsoft releases Mango Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit update
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Microsoft has announced the immediate availability of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit (August 2011) add-on which will make it even easier for developers to create applications which match the look and feel of native Windows Phone 7 apps.
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Nokia 800 and Acer M310 caught on Windows Phone dev's stats, likely in testing
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The fact that Nokia and Acer are busily preparing Windows Phones is no secret, but Sea Ray and W4 may not be the manufacturers' only projects. Elbert Perez, a Windows Phone game developer with a keen eye for statistics, was looking through a list of the various devices that run his games, and a couple gems stood out -- the Nokia 800 and Acer M310.
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WP7 info graphic claims 4% of users already on Mango
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Know your Mobile have posted this infographic created from data collected by Dude, where’s my Update, a Windows Phone 7 app which collects device ID and OS data from users eager to check if their software update is rolling out yet.
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Microsoft already working on Windows Phone 8 and is hiring talents to build it
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In a time when Windows Phone 7 fans are eagerly expecting the Mango update to start rolling out, Microsoft appears to be looking into the future and is already working on the platform's next major release – Windows Phone 8. That is what becomes apparent after a job offering searching for experienced software engineers has been spotted over at the company's careers web page.
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