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Survey Places Windows Phone 7 in Second Place in Customer Satisfaction

July 18, 2011 No Comments

Many of us who have taken the leap of faith with Windows Phone 7 know that it does not disappoint. A recent survey by ChangeWave Research was conducted in order to figure out how satisfied people were with their OS. Unfortunately for the study Windows Phone was grouped with Windows Mobile. Because of that fact Windows […]

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New HTML5 Speed Test, The Battle Continues

July 13, 2011 No Comments

If you have been following along on the happenings of Windows Phone for a while then you know that at Mix11 Joe Belfiore showcased the difference in browser speed working at tht time with the latest Mango build for Windows Phone 7, an iPhone 4 and an Android device.  The video clocked the iPhone speed […]

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Augmented Reality Licensing Agreement Signed by Microsoft

July 13, 2011 No Comments

Mobile Augmented reality, a concept by the GeoVector corp. that allows you to use your mobile device to explore the things around you by using your phone’s camera has been licensed by Microsoft. The main way that this technology is being used is  through the pointing option which lets you point your phone at an object […]

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Pivot Controls: Android Steals from Windows Phone Again (video)

July 13, 2011 1 Comment

Does the fact that Android is open source mean that it can just take technology from other companies whenever the mood hits. Google has announced and shown off their new marketplace for Android recently. Not only does it look like a bad Metro UI layout but it blatantly takes Microsoft’s WP7 Pivot controls. What do […]

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Microsoft Unveils New Mango Devices – Samsung SGH-i937 (Video)

July 12, 2011 No Comments

We have all been curious about the second generation of Windows Phones. We have waited patiently for Microsoft to give us any snippet of information pertaining to the new devices so that we could satisfy our curiousity, even if only for a moment. Apparently the time has come and Microsoft has given us a glimpse […]

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After 4 Recent Successful Patent Deals – Microsoft Focuses on Samsung

July 6, 2011 1 Comment

Yesterday we detailed how Microsoft is after patent licensing for every Android and Chrome manufacturer. Recently they have successfully signed four Android manufacturers to licensing agreements for the use of Android. Now Microsoft sets it’s eyes on the biggest Android manufacturer of them all… Samsung. Reuter reports that Microsoft is looking for $15 per Android handset that […]

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Microsoft Signs Another Patent Deal With a Android Manufacturer (That’s 4 in 9 Days)

July 5, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft announced today that it has signed a patent deal with the manufacturing company Wistron. That makes 4 patent deals in nine days. Recently Microsoft also made similar deals with General Dynamics Itronix, Velocity Micro and Onkyo. Just late last year Microsoft also made a deal with HTC that brings home a reportedly $5 per Android […]

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Study Shows Android Phones to be the Leader in Faulty Smartphones

June 27, 2011 1 Comment

In a not so surprising turn of events, a study by WDS done over the course of a year based on technical support calls has determined that of all major smartphones , Android is the one most likely to have some type of hardware malfunction. The study examined 600,000 calls and 14% of them were […]

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Seesmic Discontinues Blackberry Support: Focuses Support for Popular Platforms Like WP7

June 21, 2011 No Comments

With RIM’s world crumbling down this past year and more of their users switching to other platforms. Seesmic drops support for blackberry all together and decides to focus their energy on popular platforms like Windows Phone 7. In an open letter on their website to Blackberry users, Seesmic says that they are discontinuing support for blackberry […]

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Nokia Hopes to Build Hype for First Windows Phone 7 Device

June 20, 2011 1 Comment

  Nokia has a great deal riding on the success of their Windows Phone 7 devices due to be released this Fall.  Nokia employees know that their very lively hood could rest on the success of this partnership. “If we can build the same hype around our first Windows Phone as Apple does about iPhone…” […]

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Mango Now Rolling Out For Samsung Focus V1.4

The Samsung Focus received the Mango update along with almost every other device back in September but not every...

Samsung Focus S & Flash Now Available on AT&T

The Samsung Focus S and the Samsung Focus Flash are now available on AT&T. Display 480×800 (4.27” WVGA) Super...