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Microsoft Exec Kevin Turner calls iPhone 4 Apple’s Vista
And as the iPhone antenna grandstanding continues, Microsoft executive Kevin Turner took some time during his keynote speech at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference to diss the iPhone 4 by comparing it to Windows Vista. Company pride, ya’ll. “It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that,” Turner said. Well, […]
Continue reading...Windows Phone 7 Development Team – CNET goes behind the scenes
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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If you’re searching for something that embodies the difference in how Microsoft and Apple view product secrecy, look no further than this engaging piece from CNET which goes behind the scenes with the Windows Phone 7 development team to assess the progress of their efforts to reclaim a glimmer of relevancy in the smartphone market […]
Continue reading...Report: Microsoft offering iPhone developers wads of cash to port apps over to Windows Phone 7
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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With Windows Phone 7 being Microsoft’s last ditch effort to salvage any semblance of relevance in the smartphone market, the folks at Redmond understand that in today’s market, you can’t just get by with a snazzy UI and sexy hardware. You need apps, good ones, and a lot of them. The only problem is that […]
Continue reading...Windows Phone 7 Series won’t support “cut and paste”
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Microsoft has confirmed that its next-gen mobile OS, Windows Phone 7 Series, won’t include support for “cut and paste.” While we’re not terribly excited for Microsoft’s latest mobile offering (have you seen the damn thing?), Microsoft’s reluctance to throw every feature it can into the OS can only be seen as a good thing. Much […]
Continue reading...10% of Microsoft employees reportedly own iPhones
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Even though Google is fast taking the lead, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more vibrant tech rivalry than Microsoft v. Apple, if only due to a historical competitiveness between two companies that stretches back more than 2 decades. If I may get nerdy on ya’ll for a second, I once tried to buy […]
Continue reading...Does Microsoft pose a threat to Apple when it comes to mobile gaming?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
For a company as historically disinterested in gaming as Apple, it’s somewhat ironic that the iTunes App Store is largely anchored by the popularity of games. Looking forward, Apple’s involvement in gaming is about to be taken a step further in light of the excitement developers are showing over the upcoming iPad, and more recently, […]
Continue reading...If Windows Phone 7 series won’t allow full-on multitasking, how do you explain this? [Video]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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It appears that Microsof’s new Windows Phone 7 series OS will include multitasking to the same degree that Apple’s iPhone OS does. In other words, only basic functions like email and music playback will remain ‘open’ when other apps are opened. That’s all well and good, but the following commercial for Windows Phone 7 series […]
Continue reading...Video of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 series in action
Monday, February 15, 2010
Engadget copped some video of the new Windows Phone 7 series UI in action. While it’s obviously a step up from Windows Mobile 6.5, the on-screen interface seems a bit clunky, confusing, and downright unresponsive at times.
Continue reading...Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 7, errr, Windows Phone 7 series
Monday, February 15, 2010
Earlier today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft finally unveiled its long awaited and often delayed Windows Mobile 7 mobile OS – only WM 7 isn’t what it’s called. Microsoft has completely rebranded their mobile OS under the moniker Windows Phone 7 series. Semantics aside, here’s what we know so far about the new […]
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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