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Nokia has announced that they will be giving away 3,000,000 Lumia 900 to the first US FaceBook members to like their FaceBook page (facebook.com/nokia) AND post a message on their wall about what they would do with their new Lumia 900. This comes as part of the strong investment that Nokia is making to promote [Click for More]

Mango is here!

 Posted by on 2011/09/27 at 9:36 am  No Responses »
Sep 272011
 
Mango is here!

It is not quite a full week into the fall and Microsoft delivered on its promise of releasing the Windows Phone OS 7.5 update. The “where’s my phone update” page hosted by the Redmond giant is reporting that all US carriers (except Sprint) are scheduling the update to all their existing Windows Phone 7 smartphones. [Click for More]

Android + Zune = Awesome!

 Posted by on 2011/08/07 at 7:49 pm  No Responses »
Aug 072011
 
Android + Zune = Awesome!

So, what happens when you cross an Android smartphone with the Windows Phone Music UI? You get Metro’s minimalistic UI in an Android app, and it looks just great! Just in case you have not noticed, these pictures show a Windows Phone on the left and an Android phone on the right. It is said [Click for More]

Jul 192011
 
Windows Phone Marketplace, Preparing the Field for Mango

It looks like Microsoft is preparing the field for releasing the Mango update or as it will be officially known: Windows Phone OS 7.5. One of such changes preparing the field is the reorganization of the Marketplace, where I have noticed today a re-categorization of all apps. The Marketplace is divided at the top level [Click for More]

Jul 122011
 
Windows Phone 7 Financed by Android OEMs

Microsoft will make by the end of this year well over $1.3 billion from Android devices. Last week we learned from the Web that Microsoft is getting paid by Android smartphone OEMs a licensing fee in order to meet patent and copyright laws. This is no news, out of curiosity I just did the exercise [Click for More]

News, News and more News

 Posted by on 2011/07/08 at 7:43 pm  No Responses »
Jul 082011
 
News, News and more News

Hi everyone, after a few weeks of being offline I have returned to writing. In these last few weeks a lot has happened… and I mean A LOT. Let’s see where to start; Windows Phone Mango was branded as Windows Phone OS 7.5, then Windows Phone OS 7.1… same old, same old… Microsoft being Microsoft [Click for More]

TechEd 2011 North America

 Posted by on 2011/05/15 at 5:03 pm  No Responses »
May 152011
 
TechEd 2011 North America

I am just about to complete my first day at the Georgia World Convention Center in Atlanta, GA where this year’s TechEd is being held. For those of you who have never heard of TechEd, this is Microsoft’s premier technical education event focused on current and soon to be released products by Microsoft or using [Click for More]

May 092011
 
Spain's Telefónica is Officially Microsoft's Worldwide Worst Partner on WP7

Now that Telstra (from Australia) is Scheduling the March Update delivery for Windows Phone 7; Spain’s Telefónica is the only carrier left who is still "Testing" the Windows Phone 7 March Update. Telefónica has officially earned the Worldwide Worst Windows Phone 7 Partner title. Congratulations! On a much more positive note, Telefonica will "soon" start [Click for More]