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Microsoft abandons old Windows Mobile apps
Although it has been saying that Windows Mobile 7 is a clean break from the past, not everyone understood that Microsoft was flushing support for all of the software written for earlier Windows Mobile versions. Microsoft is being very glib about this …
Read More..>>Video: Microsoft ‘Mobile Surface’
A Microsoft Research project dubbed “Mobile Surface” links a mobile phone to a camera and projector, letting people interact with a screen projected onto a tabletop by moving their hands in the air above it. It’s named after the company’s Surface …
Read More..>>Microsoft Refuses to Confirm Windows Mobile Will Not Be Upgradable
Microsoft declined to confirm reports that smartphones running Windows Mobile 6.x will not be upgradable to Windows Phone 7 Series, its new operating system. Microsoft has made a point of enforcing strict hardware requirements for devices that run …
Read More..>>Verizon said to offer Microsoft phones in May or June
Until now, Microsoft has focused on providing its mobile Windows software to phone makers, rather than offering a model under its own brand. The move would parallel Google Inc.’s decision to sell the Nexus One phone, which uses that company’s …
Read More..>>Microsoft to sell phone on Verizon by summer-source
A man looks at his phone as he walks past a Verizon wireless store in New York, July 30, 2009 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is aiming to launch two phones that will be sold by top U.S. mobile …
Read More..>>New Windows Phone 7 won’t run current Windows Mobile applications
NEW YORK – Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a “clean break” with the past. Now it’s clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won’t run any applications written …
Read More..>>Windows Phone 7 Will Not Run Current Windows Mobile Apps
The development platform for Windows Phone 7 Series will be different, Microsoft says–so different in fact that previously built Windows mobile applications will not run on Windows Phone 7 Series. The development platform for Windows Phone 7 Series …
Read More..>>Microsoft’s Dual Track Strategy for Mobile May Include Sidekick …
When Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT – News ) unveiled Windows Phone 7 last month, we figured that was the extent of its comeback plans in mobile. But now, there’s evidence that the software giant has something else up its sleeve. Why Microsoft would …
Read More..>>Microsoft (re)confirms HTC HD2s won’t run Windows Phone 7 operating …
After APC Magazine recently quoted a Microsoft official saying Windows Mobile 6.x devices wouldn’t be able to get an upgrade to the Windows Phone 7.0 OS , the Softies spread a little uncertainty as to the veracity of that report. We were all told …
Read More..>>Microsoft Obtains Navizon To Power Mobile Geolocation
Redmond, Washington — Software major Microsoft Corp., today announced that it has inked a licensing deal with geo-positioning startup Navizon to offer geolocation for mobile users. Navizon Inc., (formerly Mexens Technology) in a statement said that …
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