July 18, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, IOS, Microsoft, rim, windows mobile, windows phone 7, WP7News
July 13, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, IOS, iPhone, Joe Belfiore, Windows Phone, worldwide partner conference, WP7, WPCNews
July 13, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, augemented reality, geovector, iPhone, Microsoft, Windows Phone, WP7News
July 13, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, Android Market, Google, Metro UI, Pivot Controls, Windows Phone, WP7News
July 12, 2011
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 […]
Tags: acer, Android, Fujitsu, Mango, Microsoft, Nokia, samsung, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung SGH-i937, SGH-i937, windows phone 7, worldwide partner conference, WP7, ZTENews, Phones
July 6, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, Apple, Google, IP, lawsuit, Microsoft, Patents, samsung, US Patent, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
July 5, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, Apple, General Dynamics Itronix, Google, HTC, intellectual properties, IP, lawsuit, Microsoft, Onkyo, Patents, US Patent, Velocity Micro, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, Wistron, WP7News
June 27, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, WDS, windows phone 7, WP7News
June 21, 2011
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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June 20, 2011
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…” […]
Tags: Android, Apple, iPhone, Microsoft, Nokia, windows phone 7, WP7News