Microsoft and Yahoo are trading blame for a Windows Phone 7 data-drain issue related to synchronization between Yahoo Mail and Windows Phone Mail Client. – Microsoft has
blamed Yahoo Mail for a “data-drain” bug affecting a small subset of Windows
Phone 7 devices. However, Yahoo seems intent on shoveling that blame right back
on its rival-backslash-partner.
The fun
originally began when an unknown subset of Windows Phone 7 users began
complaining …
Microsoft suggested an "inefficiency" between Yahoo Mail and the Windows Phone Mail client is causing Windows Phone 7s unexplained data drain for some users. – Microsoft is
blaming Yahoo Mail for a “data-drain” bug affecting a small subset of Windows
Phone 7 devices.
For weeks, the
company had been investigating complaints of smartphones devouring users data,
even when not running applications or cruising the Web. Some users reported
that this unexp…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 lagged behind its older Windows Mobile platform for the fourth quarter 2010, according to new data from the NPD Group. – Microsofts
Windows Phone 7 faces a steep uphill climb for consumer adoption, with the
latest numbers from research firm NPD Group suggesting the smartphone
platforms market share lags behind that of Windows Mobile, its older and
increasingly antiquated predecessor.
For the fourth
quarter of 2…
Facebook is again denying that its building a phone. A new HTC phone, and an earlier reported INQ Mobile phone, may just have “deep integrations of Facebook.” – Facebook officials are once
again denying they have a smartphone
in development. The social network sites denial follows a report by London
site City A.M. that the Taiwanese
smartphone maker HTC plans to unveil two Facebook-branded phones at the Mobile
World Congress event next month.
The p…
Microsoft could use its Jan. 27 earnings call to highlight Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 sales, and cloud-services adoption. But its profits could lag behind Apples. – Microsoft is set to announce its latest quarterly earnings
after the market closes Jan. 27.
Analyst estimates
posted by Thomson Reuters suggest the companys overall sales will hit
$19.15 billion, a slight year-over-year uptick, and $5.93 billion in profit.
Should the latter number come to pass…
Microsofts Windows Phone 7 has shipped 2 million units to carriers, but the number of those sold to consumers remains unclear. – So, how many Windows Phone 7 devices have sold to consumers?
Thats the multibillion-dollar question without an official answer. During this Januarys Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Microsoft executive told eWEEK that the company had never made a regular habit of releasing comprehensive sa…
A new femtocell called the world’s first attocell has debuted and it was designed for the iPhone, but works with any 3G phone. It’s made to allow people that travel to make phone calls and receive calls just as if they were at home over the internet. ID8 has announced a new case for the [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD7 offers users a solid smartphone experience, but the platform may need something more to compete with the iPhone and Android. – As implemented in HTC’s HD7 smartphone, Microsoft’s
Windows Phone 7 emerges as a solid mobile operating system with no major issues
worth complaining about. Despite its overall polish and functionality, the
platform feels a bit like a first draft one far more polished than the Android
1.6 that r…
Telcom firms have launched a major advertising, marketing and promotional blitz to attract new and existing customers after the government launched a pan-India scheme that allows them to switch operators while retaining the numbers. Although mobile number portability may not be a big game changer for the industry, it is certainly proving to be a [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is reportedly on the verge of being jailbroken again, with Microsoft reaching out to the developer in question. – More jailbreaks of Microsofts Windows Phone 7 are
apparently underway.
Windows Phone developer Julien Schapman is reportedly
refining a way to unlock Windows Phone 7 smartphones so they can download
applications outside of Microsofts applications Marketplace. “My unlock method
is similar to tha…
Microsoft claims to have discovered the cause behind a mysterious Windows Phone 7 data drain, placing blame on an unnamed third-party application. – Microsoft claims to have discovered the source of a mysterious quot;data
drain quot; on Windows Phone 7 handsets: an unnamed third-party application
configured to download unexpectedly large amounts of data.
Microsoft has contacted quot;the third party to assist them in making the
necessary…
Industry researcher iSuppli predicts NAND flash revenue this year will reach $22.0 billion, up 18 percent from $18.7 billion in 2010 (itself a 38 percent rise over 2009). – Apple and several other
companies aren’t only changing the world as we know it when it comes to
portable phones, music devices, and tablet PCs. They also are recharging the
supply markets in a big way.
Because NAND flash memory provides the storage media for most of those consumer
electronics…
Facebook has temporarily suspended a move to share user mobile phone numbers and addresses with applications. – Facebook has temporarily backed away from its decision to allow
applications to access users’ mobile phone and address information.
The decision to share the information touched off days of
controversy as privacy advocates and security pros aired concerns the
feature could be abused. According …
Facebook is now offering applications access to users’ mobile phone and addresses, though sharing must be approved by users. – Facebook’s decision to offer applications access to users’ phone numbers and
addresses has put the company in the crosshairs of yet another
privacy debate.
quot;We are now making a users address and mobile phone number accessible
as part of the User Graph object, quot; blogged Jeff Bowen, a…
Several readers lauded the notion of Google becoming a phone carrier to service their voice and data needs. eWEEK enlisted some industry analysts to parse the theory. – eWEEK started the new year by skewering the popular, but quite speculative
notion that Google could become a phone carrier, offering these five reasons why this wouldn’t happen.
To say nothing about the costs associated with such a move, we believe
incumbent carriers, Congress, privacy advocates,…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 didnt meet initial expectations, according to an LG Electronics executive quoted by a blog, although he declined to offer sales figures. – Microsofts Windows Phone 7 smartphone is proving an early
disappointment, at least according to one LG Electronics executive.
“From an industry perspective we had a high expectation, but
from a consumer point of view the visibility is less than we expected,” James
Choi, a marketing strategy and…
Malaysia and Singapore will review and announce new telecommunication rates between both the countries in two months, Rais Yatim, minister for information, communications and culture, said in Kuala Lumpur today.
The countries will also announce new roaming phone charges, he told reporters.
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plans on closing a loophole that allowed Windows Phone 7 owners to unlock their
devices, says a developer team that created such an unlocking applicatio…
An updated, 4G version of the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S phone may be headed for T-Mobile and may be the carriers fastest device yet. – T-Mobile may soon be getting a new 4G smartphone and its
fastest yet the Samsung Vibrant 4G Galaxy S phone, an update to its current
3G model of the Vibrant.
T-Mo News, an unofficial blog of all things T-Mobile, on
Jan. 11 posted an image of promotional signage for the smartphone, which appears…
The reported Facebook Phone could be the INQ Cloud Touch device referenced in a Bluetooth certification specification. But it’s probably just another smartphone with social widgets. – One of the most intriguing rumors to surface concerning
Facebook in 2010 was the supposition that the social network would launch a
phone tailored for its users.
Facebook was allegedly teaming with INQ Mobile to build
a branded smartphone with deep integration into the handset’s contacts list.
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