Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed that the Zune media platform will be integrated into Windows Mobile 7, which is expected to launch sometime next year.
PhoneNews.com Editor at-Large Christopher Price has previously emphasized the need for Zune platform integration on Windows Mobile in order to compete with iPhone in past editorial columns.

Following up on the previous article, T-Mobile has posted complete contact recovery instructions for Sidekick users and former Sidekick users that have since switched to other devices as a result of the Microsoft/Danger meltdown.
T-Mobile has also released the following statement:

“Microsoft/Danger continues its efforts to recover pictures, calendar entries and to-do lists, which may be available [...]

After a week and half of the biggest mistakes and missteps a carrier and service provider can make, Microsoft Corporate VP of Premium Mobile Experiences Roz Ho has confirmed that most, if not all Sidekick user data thought lost has been completely recovered after a thorough system rebuild with the next restoration update available on [...]

After months of rumor and speculation, Nokia has officially announced its entry into the netbook market with its own machine in the Nokia Booklet 3G.
Nokia has chosen the well-traveled path of many other manufacturers with specifications that equal or exceed those in other competing models with an Intel Atom processor, integrated 3G HSPA modem with [...]

Nokia and Microsoft have jointly announced a new enterprise software development partnership between both companies in order to provide a widely used enterprise software solution for corporate Nokia device users.
Microsoft will be developing a version of its Office Mobile software suite for Symbian to be released in 2010 on the E series of business oriented [...]

According to the Microsoft Worlwide Partner Conference Keynote, the Windows Marketplace will be opening application submission to registered developers on July 27th, with the biggest news being that the Marketplace will indeed be offered on devices running Wndows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 instead of being exclusive to 6.5 as was expected during the first announcements [...]

Microsoft’s recently unveiled Bing! search engine now features a mobile portal that on relies user input location information to provide relevant results such as directions, maps, weather and movie showings with convenient shortcuts.
Bing is in open beta now and the mobile version is free to use.

As expected, Verizon has launched its first subsidized netbook in the HP Mini.
The netbook itself features Qualcomm’s GOBI tri-mode EVDO/UMTS/GSM/EDGE 3G modem with dual-band EVDO Rev. A, quadband GSM/EDGE and triband HSPA access with US 3G support.
Major hardware specifications consist of a 10.1 inch display, 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM expandable to 2GB, 80 GB [...]

TellMe Networks has announced that it plans to integrate its eponymous voice activated search service within Windows Mobile 6.5 as a replacement for Microsoft’s venerable yet primitive voice control in use since Windows Mobile 5.0.

TellMe will offer the “One-Button TellMe Search” capability to carriers and hardware manufacturers at no cost, with the decision to implement [...]

Microsoft, early next month, will release to the public the first official Release Candidate of Windows 7.
PhoneNews.com has obtained an early copy of the release, and has been focusing on one new feature in particular, absent from the previous builds: Windows Media Player Remote Media Experience (RME).
At first glance, RME appears to be nothing more [...]