Category: Windows

Microsoft and HTC sign Patent Agreement

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.

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New Windows Phone 7 Videos shows Amazing Office Integration

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”

Micromax W900 – Windows Phone with MapMyIndia Maps

Micromax has launched the W900 running Windows Mobile 6.1  and the phone reminds us of the Nokia 5800 for sure. Since the phone runs on WinMo you get MS office and related goodies.  And the best feature of the phone is that the W900 comes with Local Maps courtesy of MapmyIndia which even partnered with Motorola recently Continue reading “Micromax W900 – Windows Phone with MapMyIndia Maps”

Vodafone to sell Microsoft Kin Phones exclusively in UK and Italy , Spain and Germany

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.

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Microsoft KIN2 Photos

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.

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T-Mobile Allows You To Trade iPhone For HTC HD2

iPhone customers have another reason to cheer. If you are not using your old iPhone anymore, then you can get upto $350 credit while purchasing a new HTC HD2 from T-Mobile in exchange of your old iPhone.

iPhone customers have another reason to cheer. If you are not using your old iPhone anymore, then you can get upto $350 credit while purchasing a new HTC HD2 from T-Mobile in exchange of your old iPhone. This offer is valid only till May 19, 2010.

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Video : HP Slate – Windows Tablet PC with Flash , Web Cam , Memory Card Slot

HP just posted a short video of it’s upcoming Slate PC and interestingly most of the highlights of this product from HP are features missing on the Apple iPad which just went on sale this Saturday .

Its got a Web Cam, Full Flash support ,  Camera ,  Memory Card Slot. Tablet computers are the future and the iPad kicked of the revolution. Android , Windows and Linux tablets is a space to watch for and if these devices come with impressive specs which are better than most smartphones. I’ll pickup one of these and trade my Smartphone for a Nokia 1100.  What do you guys think ?  Will tablets replace smartphones ?

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“Series” Gets Chucked. Windows Phone 7 is the New Name

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”

Garmin Asus M10 Smartphone available in India for Rs.19990

The Garmin Asus M10 was launched before MWC 2010 and now it’s quickly made it’s way onto Indian shores. For those of you who have not heard about it , the M10 is a full-touchscreen Windows Mobile phone with a focus on Navigation . It comes with preloaded maps for India and voice guidance is available in both Hindi and English.

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Video : HTC HD Mini is a mini HD2

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The HTC HD Mini should have been called the miniHD2  as it’s a downsized HD2. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 with HTC Sense UI.

We got a chance to play with this phone at Barcelona and we managed to compare it with the HD2

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Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 Final Versions out for download

Opera Mini is one of most widely used mobile browsers and it’s one of the best mobile browsers in the market. We even asked Opera’s CEO if handset manufacturers should stop wasting time developing mobile browsers and simply bundle Opera Mini. Good news for all Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users, the Norway based company just announced that the final version of the software ( both mini and mobile) has been released today

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