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Microsoft Kin Phones Could Be Hampered by Price

May 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft will debut its Kin One and Kin Two phones in stores May 13. While the devices are targeted at a social-networking-happy demographic, their high monthly price for calls and data could put them out of reach of teenagers and younger users. Reports indicate that Microsoft may eventually merge the Kin platform with Windows Phone 7, scheduled to debut near the end of 2010, which would in theory allow Kin users to download mobile applications. Analysts say Kin phones will need a number of factors to work in their favor to succeed.
– Microsoft’s Kin phones, designed to appeal specifically to a younger demographic
interested in social networking, are due to debut in stores May 13. Carried
exclusively in the United States by Verizon, the Kin One and Kin Two
include hardware and applications meant to deliver a constant stream o…

Microsoft’s ‘Project Pink’ Phones Seek Younger Audience

April 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft invited journalists to an April 12 event in San Francisco, where its expected to finally introduce its Â“Project PinkÂ” phones. Geared toward young users, the Pink phones are shooting to be next-gen Sidekicks and wont run Windows Phone 7.
– Microsoft is expected to finally introduce the two smartphones in its
project code-named Â“PinkÂ” on Monday, April 12. The company sent invitations to
select journalists for a San Francisco
event, with the title Â“Its Time to Share.Â”

The phones have been the stuff of rumors for months, with the…

10 Reasons Why Windows Phone 7 Series Needs Enterprise Help

March 17th, 2010 | No Comments

News Analysis: Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series is still months away, but already Microsoft is positioning the software as a consumer product. That’s a mistake. If Microsoft’s latest mobile OS will be successful, it will have the enterprise, not consumers, to thank for it.
– Windows Mobile is in a difficult position. The
mobile operating system is losing ground on a daily basis to more complete and
appealing operating systems, such as the iPhone OS and Android.
And until it’s relieved by Microsoft’s
upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, it’s entirely possible t…

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Needs to Avoid Past Strategy

March 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft is revamping its smartphone offerings with the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series operating system and Windows Phone Marketplace. While Microsoft is using its MIX 10 conference in Las Vegas to aggressively promote Windows Phone 7 to developers, the company may need to avoid the strategies it employed for its last smartphone releases, Windows Mobile 6.5 and the Windows Mobile for Marketplace, neither of which seems to have contributed the traction that Microsoft needs as it competes against Google, Research In Motion and Apple for market share in the crowded smartphone arena.
– Microsoft hopes to compete head-on against Google and Apple in the
mobile-applications category with its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series
smartphone operating system, despite the substantial lead that both the iPhone
and Google Android devices currently enjoy in their number of available apps.
St…

Microsoft Demos Windows Phone 7 Series Apps at Mix 2010

March 15th, 2010 | No Comments

At its Mix conference for Web developers and designers, Microsoft shed more light on plans for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series family of devices. The software giant provided more detail on the development experience for creating applications for the new smartphone platform and demonstrated some of the applications that can be expected on the platform. Moreover, Microsoft sent its Windows Phone 7 Series development tools to a bunch of its partners to build applications and integrations of their technology with the Windows Phone 7 Series. This slide show looks at a smattering of those apps.
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Motorola May Produce Windows Phone 7 Devices, Says Report

February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft may see its new Windows Phone 7 Series operating system ported onto Motorola phones, according to comments made by Motorolas co-CEO to The Wall Street Journal. That would be positive news for Microsoft as it seeks to interest handset manufacturers and developers in its new software, designed to help the company either halt or reverse its slide in mobile market share. Unlike Google Android devices and the iPhone, which emphasize individual mobile applications, Windows Phone 7 Series centers its user interface on hubs that collect Web and application content.
– Motorola may re-embrace the idea of releasing smartphones running a Windows
operating system, according to comments made by one of the companys CEOs to
The Wall Street Journal. The news potentially bodes well for the adoption of the
Windows Phone 7 Series, which was announced in a high-profile pr…

Motorola May Produce Windows Phone 7 Devices, Says Report

February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Should We Expect Windows Phone 7 on HD2?

February 19th, 2010 | No Comments

HD2 offered by HTC is considered to be the most powerful cell phone. Despite the fact that the handset is equipped with the largest screen, it is powered with the fastest processor as well as humongous amount of RAM. One should not forget that it includes a start button and a capacitive display.
All these [...]

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series Challenges Google, Apple

February 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft is trhing to revamp its smartphone OS franchise with Windows Phone 7 Series, which it officially announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Feb. 15. In addition to integrating Xbox Live and Zune, Windows Phone 7 Series groups mobile applications and Web services into a series of hubs: People, Pictures, Office, Music Video, and Games. Hardware partners for the initiative include HP, HTC, Sony Ericsson, LG and Samsung. Microsoft plans to have phones running Windows Phone 7 for sale in time for the holiday season. If Windows Phone 7 Series is to reverse Microsofts declining market-share in the mobile space, it will need to appeal to both consumers and the enterprise.
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