Last year Nokia and Microsoft announced an alliance to bring Mobile Productivity solutions to Nokia phones and the first child from the alliance is Microsoft Communicator Mobile and application is now available from the Ovi Store. Only Nokia E72 and Nokia E52 seem to be supported at the moment.
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In a interesting turn of events Microsoft who is the maker of Windows Mobile Operating System has signed a Patent agreement with phone maker HTC. Taiwan based HTC has been one of the biggest supporters of Windows Mobile so far and now they are one of the major adopters of Android with handsets like the Google Nexus One, HTC Desire and Legend.As a part of the new agreement HTC will have to pay Microsoft a royalty. Looks like Android OS has some Intellectual Property issues.
Microsoft Windows Mobile grew popular mainly due to the support for Office documents and MS Exchange. But the implementation in WinMo was not very usable and the hardware was not great. Now Windows Phone 7 might be a winner and Microsoft might make a great comeback to the Mobile phone market. Just look at the videos below which show the amazing Office integration built into the platform. No one can achieve this kind of integration except Microsoft who actually makes MS Office . You can edit Powerpoint /Word / Excel files right from the phone and email them to the person who sent them to you. Calendar integration is also pretty neat Continue reading “New Windows Phone 7 Videos shows Amazing Office Integration”
While we are a tad disappointed that Microsoft PINK aka KIN Phones launched in USA today on Verizon’s network. But now a tweet from Vodafone UK confirms that the KIN is indeed going to be available in UK too soon.
The KIN2 is the widescreen , fully loaded version of the KIN1 and here are some official photos of the KIN2 or KIN TWO. The Kin phones pack the KIN Loop homescreen as you can see above and makes sharing information between your friends very easy . Facebook, MySpace and Twitter is integrated into the device.
Here are some official photos of the Microsoft KIN1 which is a Social Networking phone. The KIN aims to be a New Kind of Social Phone and social networking is built into the fabric of the phone. Continue reading “Microsoft KIN1 Photos”
The Microsoft Pink Project is finally official in the form of the Kin phones from Microsoft in a tie up with Sharp. These new phones are called the KIN 1 and KIN 2 and are aimed at the youth with sharing capabilities . The phones are going to be launched in May on Verizon USA’s Network. But we have a feeling it will be available outside the US too.
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Finally, we get the first real/live picture of the Microsoft Pink phone. The rumours about the Microsoft phone has been going around for ages and we have seen various pictures leaked but this is the first live picture.
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Engadget has received some unusual invite in the form a circular package to a Microsoft event taking place on the April 12th and the invite is talking about Time to Share. It’s expected that Microsoft will announce a new pink range of phones which has been in the news since last September
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Irrespective of whether people liked the new Windows Phone 7 Series or not, almost everyone hated the name. Well, for starters it is a very long name hence, kinda tedious to keep saying the name. Continue reading ““Series” Gets Chucked. Windows Phone 7 is the New Name”
The popular Microsoft Bing iPhone App has crossed 1 million downloads on the Apple App store according to a posting by Florian Voss on the official Bing community
A new updated version of the app is also available from the App Store for Free. Way to go Microsoft !
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At MIX 2010 which is a MS developer event , Microsoft showed showcased its shiny new Windows Phone Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Series phones.
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Microsoft did something interesting today by launching it’s First Google Android app – Microsoft Tag Reader
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A new native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 based handsets has been launched by Opera Software today
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According to Forbes Microsoft is planning to invest over $1 billion in the mobile space . The information comes from an analyst who claims he got this info from the General Manager, Investor Relations at Microsoft
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